aljazeera, havana. >> up next, syrian airstrikes hit schools and mosques. reports of at least 10 children killed. and plus, the impact on fracking on one of california's biggest cash crops. >> a child caught up in the war. this is the aftermath of the syrian government's strike in dumas that hit a school. activists have loaded these videos on the internet that show the makeshift staff struggling to cope. many pieces of shrapnel have been taken from the boy, and he showed signs of life before he had to be resustated. children waiting to be seen by the medics. their school was not the only one hit on tuesday. others died as well. the rising number of child casualties in the war that's well into its fourth year. more than 11,000 chirp have been killed across syria, and thousands of schools have been destroyed or damage. many of them are being occupied for military purposes. some cues the regime of starting schools. and entire areas have been leveled. reports from the city of raqqah, which has been taken by isil, said that they have killed more than a dozen peo

aljazeera, in moscow. >>> today, a major course correction. sony decided to release the film, "the interview" on christmas day. after the cyber attack that have blamed on north korea. what was behind sony's decision? >> they haven't said why they changed their mind. but they confirmed to aljazeera that they will start showing it on christmas day in 300 to 500 independent theaters across the country. they were originally going to release it in 3,000 locations. even president obama called the decision a mistake, but now he's applauding sony's turn around. michael linton said that we will never give up on showing the interview. and we're finding more ways to show the movie so people can see it. we're proud to release it to the public and have stood up to those who oppose free speech. >> they are standing up, and any expectation of turn out for the movie on christmas day. >> it's likely that it's going to be pretty high, david. one of the theaters that said that it's going to be showing it, alamo draft house, it's going to open the website to book

aljazeera, new york. >> we're joined by our aljazeera contributor jason johnson from ohio. thanks for being with us. will anything change? >> that remains to be seen. it depends on if the department of justice head eric holder and soon to be attorney journal lynch of committed to getting some sort of indictment and real investigations of these police departments. justice moves very slowly. there were officers convicted of civil rights violations in 2011 for having committed crimes in new orleans during hurricane katrina. the likelihood of progress soon is unlikely. >> the 1960's radical once told me racism was as american as apple pie. is he right? is that why we are seeing something to engrained in american society that no matter what, it's not going to change? >> yeah. this is not a new crazy of murders, this isn't some brand new phenomenon, this is how the american justice system has always worked. the pass sit acceptance of death or abuse of minority people in this country is not new. the key is this is not an issue for reform. we need to fundamentally change how our le

and she appears in aljazeera's fantastic documentary, in god we trust, about the madoff saga. part one airs this friday at 9 p.m. and 6:00 pacific. and then part two on sunday evening. >>> the rocketeers have the moon in their sights, but that doesn't stop other countries. billions of dollars at stake on the business of space. >> nasa's mars rover, the curiosity, is beaming extraordinary information to earth. as i speak, the rover is climbing a mountain on mars, smack dab in the middle of an os tried crater. it's three miles high, layer after layer of rock, that scientists believe will tell them the story of how mars was formed. it's a big deal for nasa and it's $2 billion mission. but nasa isn't the only organization with notches on its belt loop. space exploration, the last installment of the business of space series, we take you inside of the economy. >> reporter: the european space agency erupts into tears and hugs. the spacecraft lands on a speeding comet as it travels 4 million miles over the last decade. it's aim, to gather information about space. it was a social media

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aljazeera, moscow. >> a senior u.s. commander confirmed for the first time that fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant of running training camps in libya. it is feared political turmoil could provide federal tile ground for violent groups to spread. hundreds of fighters are undergoing training in camps in libya. >> the u.s. is set to approve $5 million to fight isil. videos show peshmerga shooting an isil fighter. you may find parts of our report disturbing. >> an isil fighter lice on the ground, captured by kurdish forces in a battle south of kirkuk. they should take him prisoner. instead what follows could be described as a war crime. a peshmerga fighter shouts he's still alive, so the fighter on the left opens fire, then the others follow suit. >> in another video, given to us by a peshmerga fighter, they are seen dragging the bodies of an isil commander and fighters around after the battle. the brigadier general at this peshmerga forward position said his fighters do adhere to conventions rewarding p

lucia new man, aljazeera, chile. >> just unimaginable. you know in neighboring argentina, there are hundreds of undocumented cases of babies there taken from imprisoned mothers during the 1970's. >> the same thing happened in ireland, those investigations are taking place there. implications all the way to the united states congress in that case. >> what is disturbing is the church's implications in this, wimp means in many case it was the most vulnerable, the most disadvantaged that were taken advantage of. >> the rolling stones long time sacks phonist bobby keith has died. ♪ >> most famous for his solo on "brown sugar." the 70-year-old has been battling cirrhosis. he began his career playing sax for buddy holly as a teen. he played for the who, lynrd sknyrd and john lennon. >> in israel, they lit this huge christmas treener tel-aviv. a bell ringing santa was on hand. orthodox leader said celebration brings hope of unit among the regions three religions. >> i wish that this could bring peace to our land, to israel, christian, muslims and

aljazeera, chicago. >> here to talk more about this is dr., an associate professor at the nyu school of medicine. when it comes to the ohio state football player's death, it's not definitive that concussion led to that but what does medical evidence tell us about the links between concussion and suicide. >> there are a couple things. when you have multiple concussions, changes take place in the brain. there are two times. your brain can shrink, certain parts become smaller and other parts become damaged. these things can cause symptoms that might lead to suicide. the way i usually try to explain brain juries, there are two times, the direct injury like if you hit your head and also sort of like an acceleration deceleration of having your head swing back and forth, so you might not get hit but could have a brain injury. it's the same idea as having a rubber band that stretches out and when it comes back looks normal but may not function the same way. >> the famous nfl star dave dewarson committed saturday and it was found that he hat c.t.e. wh

this is aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. the cia tactics and alleged bribes. why torture didn't even work. extreme measures, near drowns and death threats. secret tactics more brutal than we knew. backlash, how will the world react? and plus, hiding out. the fears of undocumented immigrants. coming out of the shadows, and release plans. the new steps to fight california's drought. >> nearly drowning prisoners, depriving them of sleep for up to a week. keeping america safe, and it may not have done any good at all. all of this is deposited in a new report, and tonight, the world is reacting. patty has more. >> hundreds page of pains with details and evidence of what happened to men. >> the cia program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> up to 180 hours t. no sleep, more than a week. enemas, not for medical reasons. and it's likely that three people were water boarded, which the cia itself described as a series of near drowns, and a series of physical, violent beats. assurances from top cia bosses the senate report says that the cia purposely

. >> this is aljazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. possible nominee to be the new defense secretary, what you need to know about the likely person to lead the pentagon. >> ferguson unrest, a gut wrenching cry of despair or inciting a rye idea? police investigating michael brown's stepfather. >> a weekup call for american american cities. >> 3-2-1. >> plus tis the season, perhaps the only thing republicans and democrats can agree on, tonight, the history of the capitol tree. >> he is a physicist and expert in mid evil history and may very well be the next defense secretary. his name is ashton carter. president obama tapped him to replace chuck hagel but how would he change the pentagon. we have details. the man who appears in line to be president obama's fourth secretary of defense has been a fixture in the national security world for years and most recently was the number two in charge at the pentagon. >> ashton carter who likes to be called ash made his mark as a top weapons buyer sheparding in a 10 year plan to safe $500 billion. he

on aljazeera america. >>> the headline stories here on al jazeera. the u.s.ry of state john kerry says the fight against isil is working, but it isn't done yet. he was speaking after a meeting of rep senttives of 60 countries in this brussels. >>> a bomb targeted the residence of the newly appointed iranian ambassador to yemen. he was not there, but at least one person was killed. al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula has claimed responsibility. >>> israeli police say a palestinian teenager has been shot after stabbing two israelis. the attack happened at the israeli settlement in the west bank. it is simply being reported that the two israelis have beening wounded and the palestinian is in a serious medical condition. >>> more than 1 million syrian refugees in lebanon are getting ready for the possibility of a terrible winter. their preparation has been made even harder by the u.n. world food program announcing they can no longer provide assistance to them. >> reporter: it's hard to believe life could get tougher for these syrian refugees. but a shortfall in u.n

aljazeera. >> corruption and lack of regulation has long plagued america's cricks in iraq. in 2007, a congressional report revealed 200,000 weapons were unaccounted for in iraq. >> an oil worker, american oil worker has been killed egypt. a group with isil ties claims it killed the worker. the u.s. coalition has carried out 30 airstrikes. there's been no immediate response from the u.s. military so far. >>ing hong kong, both sides facing off in the most violent confrontations between protestors and police. this has been an intense battle. who has the upper hand? >> a very close look at the scorecard, it is evening here, the speeches have started, part of the evening routine. just behind me, we're expecting to hear hopefully from the students leading this movement just what the next plan is. their current plan, which was to have expanded this protest and paralyze the government surrounding the government headquarters just over my shoulder here simply didn't work. they came out in the thousands, but police fought back, pushed them back from the barricades. there is a sense of

plus it's pink. >> it is pink. >> aljazeera, seattle. >> gun advocates backed by the n.r.a. pledge to overturn the rules. those who support it say they want to expand the regulations, possibly allowing police to take guns from people with mental health issues. >> comedian bill cosby is fighting back against the latest sexual assault allegations against him. she a woman accused him of drugging and raping him while she was underage. >> his latest accuser is said to be trying to extort money. coz byes lawyers claimed she tried to get $250,000 out of him just a month ago. she tried to sell her story to a tabloid 10 years ago, but nobody was buying it back then. his lawyers say her suit was filed after mr. cosby objected the outrageous demands for money. she claims when she was 15 she met cosby in 1974 and that he drugged and assaulted her during a visit to the playboy mansion. if his team can prove extortion from 10 years ago, it would certainly undermine her case. perhaps winning this one case will be too little too late for mr. cosby. the most recent organization to cut ties w

this is aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. pakistan horror, scores of children slaughtered in school. who is behind the attack? an extraordinary move to prop up russia's economy. why it might not work. under surveillance, police body cameras now mandatory for one of the biggest forces in the country. and prior knowledge. what made the comic legend tick. we'll talk to the man who wrote the book on richard pryor. we begin tonight with the horror in pakistan, and shock around the world. taliban gunmen stormed a school in the city of bashar today, and the attack lasted for hours. when it was over, 140 people were dead, almost all of them children. shocked families stood over the injured. witnesses said that the gunmen fired at random, their primary goal to kill as many as possible. >> reporter: it was an attack many people in pakistan had feared would eventually come. the blowback, as the taliban takes its revenge on the army for launching a military campaign against it. but no one thought the target would be a school. >> we ran,

i was just watching aljazeera america, and i saw a very nice picture of a somali ice hockey team playing in sweden where they have integrated very well. but australia is a good example of a country that's giving extremely hostile reception to refugees, intercepting their boats, and sending them back to indonesia and sending them to remote pacific islands in extreme conditions, without the prospect of long-term future in australia. so there are generous countries around the world, but also very countries. >> so many people suffering in so many places, jeff crisp thank you for your time. >>> thanks to the conflicts last year, the world witnessed the biggest displacement of religious communities in memory. 75% of the people in the world live in countries that do not respect religious freedom. john kerry singled out theids lambic group, where christians have been told to converter die. >> isis have declared that any remaining christians must convert, pay a tax or be executed on the spot. around the world, oppressive governments and groups have been clear about what they stand against, so we

i think that's start to go show. >> aljazeera america syria contributor, thank you so much, rasha. >>outh korea ready to restart high level talks with north korea. they hope top discuss issues including the reunion of families separated by the korean war, both sides meeting last october when pyongyang sent a delegation. >> sharing sensitive information about north korea's nuclear and missile programs, japan was once the colonial ruler of the peninsula. >> greece is headed for a general election next month after parliament failed to elect a new president this morning. under greek law the parliament must now dissolve and the stall in leadership could delay the country's bailout. we are live in athens. this was the third vote, so why no consensus? >> essentially because this is a country split politically between those who grudgingly during six years of recession have come to accept the need for policies of austerity and those who on the center left or the leftwing believe that austerity has failed to improve people's lives and needs to go, so to increase the international debt burden an

. >> the plight of three aljazeera journalists sentenced to prison in egypt last june prompted worldwiderotests and continued effort to see them free, but journalism isn't under assault only in other countries, but here as well with the birthplace of freedom of the press. last june, the u.s. represented the peal that risen could not appeal to testify because he was a journalist. he had refused to testify in the trial of cia eight, david sperling, who was indicted in 2010 for allegedly giving risen information for a book, but now he could face jail time. jim, it's very good to have you with us, and thank you for joining us. you recently spoke at the secrets conference in march, and you had this to say about the obama administration. >> they are now perceived widely within the journalistic industry, as the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered as an industry in at least a generation. >> now, others have echoed your comments, and president obama promised a lot of transparency during his campaign, and you said that the administration has doubled on down on bush administrat

. >> you're watching "inside story" on aljazeera america. i'm ray suarez. wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments in the case of young versus united parcel service. there's been a law on the books since the end of the clinton administration called the pregnancy discrimination act that seeks to protect the workplace rights of pregnant women. in this case, a upa driver, peggy young maintains the delivery service failed to accomodate her needs during a pregnancy, during which she had been advised to do only light duty at work, by her doctors. tom, as would a lot of gender discrimination cases, only women get pregnant, so it's an interesting challenge to think about workplace accommodation and what it means when men and women are both working side by side in similar jobs. what does peggy young say should have been done for her? >> peggy young says that the law as written should be a applied. congress pass add law, ray, that says women affected by pregnancy or child bearing shall be treated as other employees not so affected, but similar in their abilit

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good morning, merry christmas and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> merry christmas to you and to all. i'm john henry smith in for del walters. >> after a shooting of a young armed black man by a police officer, distrust between the community and police was apparent overnight. dozens gathered at the gas station where the 18-year-old was shot by an officer. >> now the mayor of berkeley says this is not comparable to the michael brown or eric garner cases. the police say martin pull add gun on the officer and that he had a criminal history. we have more on the investigation. >> another deadly altercation between the police and a black teenager, the 18-year-old was shot dead near ferguson where michael brown was shot in august. protestors were quick to gather at the scene. police say an officer approached martin and his companion, then this happened. >> the individual that is going to have the firearm, he backed away to the east just for a few steps, turned back around, the officer started engaging him in conversation again, and then

on aljazeera america. >> the taliban was planning another attack against the afghan national army. >>hile he was waiting for the fighters to gather, i asked the taliban commander - leesan - about how he felt about killing fellow afghans. >> i asked him if the taliban today was changing its approach. >> i was driven to the outskirts of town to film a large gathering of over a hundred taliban fighters. this was undoubtedly a show of strength for the camera. and a reminder why so many are concerned about what will happen when the nato troops withdraw later this year. >> as you can see, some of the commanders are planning their attack today. they're planning to attack an afghan national army base. >> the key us war aim was to prevent al qaeda from being able to operate out of afghanistan. before they went on their raid, i asked them whether they would renounce ties with al qaeda - something that the taliban's leadership has so far refused to do. >> being present at a gathering of armed taliban in these numbers was terrifying - this was a potentially a prime target for a us drone strike. a

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. soon after war, american veterans began campaigning to get wartime compensation. after an orderouos fight, the industry agreed to divide money for their families. it was important for them to get similar compensation so far failed. the most recent class action suit against the manufacturers was dismissed by the u.s. supreme court in 2009. it ruled the toxins were intended to destroy flora and veg vegetation, not to harm people and that links between the injuries of millions of vietnamese and agent orange were not proven. the same position has always been taken by the best known producer of agent orange, the multi-national chemical corporation, monsanto. while it says it simympathizes with the vietnamese sick and disabled, it has denied any connection between herbicide. it's echoed by all of the other toxin producers. >> i grew up thinking america did everything good. then

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. ahead in this next half hour, the controversy over "the interview" forcing sony to stream it on line, maybe paverring the way for studios to make money. >> president obama speaking out about the state of race relations in the u.s. >> indonesias officials and air asia confirming debris and bodies are from flight airasia flight 8501, found not far from the plane's final known location. investigators say the shadow of the many can be seen under sea. bodies will be transported to be identified. this is the third time a malaysian jet has been lost alone just this year, the incident leaving unanswered questions, one of them is how can an airplane go missing in this day and age. we go to libby casey for the answer to that question. a lot of people wanting to know are tracking systems not as advanced as we expect them to be? >> it's especially challenging over open water but more sophisticated tracking and communication technology does exist, however putting it into place across the entire ai

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. former fbi special agent ali soufan. >> if that specific information was shared with to the fbi agent 911 could have been stopped at its early stages. >> the ethics of torture, preventing terrorism and combatting isil. >> islamic state, their strategy differs from al qaeda because for the first time now they are controlling land. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> only on al jazeera america. v. >> nasa is about to take v. one of the first big steps of putting a man on mars. the orion sais craft is on spacecraft is scheduled to take a maiden voyage. while the mission sounds simple enough if successful it may herald a new era of space exploration for nasa and the u.s. joining us from philadelphia, dr. derek pitts, derek good to see you. this mission sounds like something that nasa has been

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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. i'm adam may, this is "america tonight"'s special investigation into vermont's heroin epidemic in our final report we look to the future. children born into the dangerous drug culture, paying the price for their parent's addiction. >> it is quite the cry. >> i know. that was constant. >> jessica calman says the guilt is overwhelming. every time she watches this video of her baby boy. jax was born physically dependent on a heroin replacement drug. >> he detoxed. he had the symptoms. there's no settling him. >> jessica lived her life in rutland, vermont. it's a small town with a secret - the most pregnant heroin addicted women per capital. by age 20 jessica was addicted to heroin and stayed hooked for 10 years. when she found she was pregnant she fixed to a replacement therapy. her new son's withdrawal from the drug was so bad jessica thought he would die. >> he went quiet,

on aljazeera america. here is a reminder of the headlines on al jazeera. a suicide bomber blew you have a caffey in the mostly kurdish city killing 15. earlier 16 people died in two car bombings. russian president has accused the west of wanting to tear his country apart. in his annual state of the nation address, he warns of tough economic times ahead, due to sanctions over the country's role in ukraine. >> and putin's speech cake hours after a deadly attack in chechynia. they storm the building in the capitol at least ten police officers and ten of the attackers were killed. >> the united states is said to approve $5 billion to fund the campaign against isil. some of that will go to kurdish peshmerga forces. reports now just south -- and the warning you may find parts of her report disstubbinging an isil fighter lies on the ground, captured by kurdish forces in a battle south. they should take him prisoner, instead what follows can be described as a war crime. >> a fighter shouts he is still alive, so the fighter on the left opens fire, and then the othe

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. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police >> a fault lines special investigation >> there's a general distrust of this prosecutor >> courageous and in depth... >> it's a target you can't get rid of... >> the untold story... >> who do you protect? >> ...of what's really going on in ferguson >> they were so angry because it could have been them >> fault lines, ferguson: race and justice in the u.s. one hour special only on al jazeera america >> let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera. several army personnel have been killed in a suicide attack. it's the latest in a series of taliban attacks across the country on saturday. the groups also killed 12 workers clearing minds in helmand province. isil fighters have captured mortar tore. the group has taken the village 12 kilometers of ramadi. and police in i

on aljazeera america. >> we'll remind you of the top stories here on al jazeera. two hostages were killed in a failed rescue attempt. they were killed by fighters. >>> protests in lebanon after an al-qaeda-linked syrian group says it killed a lebanese policeman it held captive. and more than a million and a half people find shelter as a typhoon merchandise towards the islanheads towards the island nation. >> zimbabwe's president mugabe wife grace mugabe has been placed as the president of the women as league which puts her on the path to follow her husband to power. it's thought that the justice minister will be selected to replace mujuru as vice president. we have more about the decision of grace mugabe's appointment as women's league. >> that is a very powerful position here in zimbabwe. most members are women, and they're influential in decision-making processes and political-making processes. and ultimately the policies of the party will become the policies of the country. her husband was named first secretary general. it means that the mugabes are firmly in c

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. . [music] | >> welcome back to tech know. guy, fig uring out how long you will live is a difficult but important question. do you think a cell phone could help you figure it out? >> i'm skeptical, i have to be honest. >> no, i don't think we are there yet. >> our colleague talked to two researchers who have an app that can maybe get us part way there. let's take a look. >> the tell tale lines on our faces give a good indication of our age. but what if the signs of aging could predict how long we are going to live. >> we know people who look younger for their age tend to live longer. >> useing this premise, the doctor partnered with a computer science professor at the university of north carolina. they created a program and website called face my age. >> and so the purpose of the website is to allow people to upload their picture and then allow the algorythms tell them how

on aljazeera america. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >> just going to check. >> okay. >> in dozens of clinical trial around the world a new technique for transcrannial direct stimulation is being used for a range of issues. >> where they put the electrode on the head is intentional. you might put it for motor regions if someone had a stroke. >> an on-going stud setesting to see if stroke patient cans benefit. this 78-year-old signed up for the trial. >> did you feel anything? >> there was a slight warmth a little tingle and that's about all. >> you felt it on your skin, but did you feel anything inside your brain or mind? >> no, i was looking for something like that, but it never happened. >> patients under go 20 minutes followed by physical therapy. instead of a human physical therapist a robotic device is used to engage th

on aljazeera america. >> the cast sytem is alive and well in america >> a city divided >> this is thethird shooting in 24 hours in baltimore >> raveged by violence... > for any black community it's always been a recession >> can a community break the cycle? >> the way the game is rigged... they can't win... >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> we're back with "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. imagine, a syrian family that drove out of the country with everything they could park in a compact car. they've already sold everything that could raise some quick cash. the adults for the most part are either barred from working legally or simply not welcome in the legitimate economy. they may have concluded a long time ago that going back to syria is simply not an option. after three and a half years of war how are they going to eat? goane kripke some is

. >> you're watching "inside story" on aljazeera america. i'm ray suarez. >> you're watching "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. wednesday the supreme court will hear arguments in the case of young versus united parcel service. there's been a law on the book since the end of the quloint administratioclintonadministrate pregnancy delivery act. failed to accommodate her needs during a pregnancy during which time she was adviced by doctors to only do light duty work. sahil kapur and al jazeera's jamie york is still with us and tom gagan who specializes in employment law. tom in gender discrimination law only women get pregnant. it's an interesting challenge to talk about workplace accommodation and what it means when men and women are both working side by side in similar jobs. what does peggy young say should have been done for her? >> peggy young says that the law as written should be applied. congress passed a law, ray, that says women affected by pregnancy or child bearing shall be treated as other employees, not so affecte

on aljazeera america. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >>> you are watching "talk to al jazeera." i am ali velshi speaking to musician and human rights activist peter gabe bre yell? >> i thought i misread that. you are creating apes. >> yeah. well, i mean i played -- i had a year when i was working with sue savage-rumbeau with these extraordinary bonobo apes and i went down there four times. sometimes with musicians and, and we tried different things but in the end, we got a bonobois on the keyboard, two of the apes and i would be playing in the next door room. they could see me and they would just experiment with different notes according to what i was playing, and most people, you know, i mean i think some people have seen stuff on the movies and they expect had he them to play beetoven but what you see is an extraordinary intellig

and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations.you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> hello, i'm del walters in new york. you are watching our continuing coverage of the house homeland security committee hearings on immigration reform that the president eye announced in a nationwide news conference last month. libby casey is in washington, d.c. libby the battle line has been drawn for sometime. perhaps, i guess the one thing they both have in common is that they agree that the house has done nothing. >> well, that is true to some degree. now house republicans would like to do this piecemeal approach work on securing the

on aljazeera america. been watching "talk to al jazeera" i am ali velshi.y guest is ali sufan. >> you have written a book called "the black banners." the title is very interesting because when we see on news video of these groups particularly is and many of these groups, military tapt groups, they have a black flag, black banners. tell me the history. >> the prophet says at the end of time, you will have a group they come from horoson a historic every that is iran, central asia. their flags are black and they will bring back islam to the way the prophet wachtsd it to be. they will be victorious until they reach jerusalem bin laden when he declared his war against the united states in the declaration of jihad, he signed a toroson. they would the headquarters of al-qaeda, the leadership stays in horoson. this is what we hear, the horoson group and there are horoson individuals. >> means those individuals follow the leadership of al-qaeda cents tral. not necessarily an al-qaeda affiliate. those are the black banners. the prophet aged we want on to describe the

. >> good morning and welcome to aljazeera america. >> we begin with breaking news out of los angeles, where a huge fire has shut down two major freeways there. >> in fact, this is an image of the downtown l.a. skyline, where you can clearly see the building up in flames about that fire firms say it was an apartment complex under construction, the fire so intensity shut down parts of two free ways. >> some 250 firefighters are now battling that blaze and no one was living there and officials say so far, there are no reports of any injuries. >> this is a live look right now at the scene, firefighters still trying to bring the flames under control. we'll bring you the very latest on that as we get it. >> american embassies are on high alert bracing for a potentially explosive report on the c.i.a. >> it has details of u.s. interrogation tactics scribbled as graphic and shocking. we are live in washington this morning. this report is due out any day now. it's creating a fire storm in congress. >> it is, indeed. you know, the report really was given to the committee two years ago, so some

. >> we are going to carry the president's news conference right here on aljazeera america. >> the white house is considering options to respond to the cyber hacking on sony pictures, officials calling it a national security matter. >> that could be a very serious response if north carolina i go behind the breach, north carolina denying involvement. what more do we know about the hackers? >> this is such a sophisticated cyber attack, it has some saying north korea must have had help from other more web savvy countries. president obama is weighing options for a response. experts say the malware used in the attack was too high tech for north korea to handle on its own. >> they've done something quite sophisticated abruptly out of nowhere. how did they suddenly acquire that capability? it's hard to imagine they could do it without outside help. >> reports say north korea's possible outside help could have come from china, russia and iran. the assault was routed through a number of infected computers as various locations overseas, including singapore, thailand, poland, sign press and bo boli

on aljazeera america. >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacked against you. >> and so we have a school to prison pipeline operating in baltimore and in other cities across the nation where young people believe with some good reason that their destiny lies behind bars and they, too, will become members of the under-caste. >> females is getting pregnant and they're having children. now it's children raising children. without no high school education, how are they going to take care of that child? you see what i'm saying? >> my mother was a child when she had us, you know. my mother told me she hated me, you know, and to get out of her face before she'd kill me. that had an impact on me. >> no one's thinking about, "let's look at these infants. let's help these infants out. let's help these mothers out so that these kids are raised in a healthy environment. let's put the money there rather than put it into like the back end." you know, $25,000 per prisoner, per year. in the federal system it's probably something like 30 something thousand per year. that's w

on aljazeera america. >> consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >>> welcome back. we are discussing contemporary ways individuals are opting out of modern technology and we turn to the way some concerned citizens aresponding to online personal data collection. joining us is niko sell of wicker, an app that self desstructions your text, pictures, audio from your phone and on skype from valley forge, gabe reyell wineberg, founder of duck duck go. thanks for being here. niko, first of all, i have to sunglasses? >> so far, there is no pictures of my eyes on google. trying to keep it that way as long as possible. >> is there something about the eye that allows you to be more identifying than the rest of your features? >> it's just trying to decrease your digital footprint in any way you can. >> that's one of the ways i have been successful so far. so, i try to keep it going. >> how did you become so hyper issues? >> i have had

on aljazeera america. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> baltimore wasn't always a city in decline. it was once a shipping powerhouse, one of the largest seaports of the mid-atlantic states, and a major center of industrial manufacturing. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, a very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving, going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in bal

on aljazeera america. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >>> as a communications professional, i can't live off of the grid nor would i want to. my interactions on social media have helped me network for my career but i can understand the allure of a tech-free lifestyle. teaching kids away from the digital distractions can strengthen family bonds. >> we believe back. we are discussing ways people are disconnecting. joining us out of hawaii, living off of the grid for more than 20 years and believe disconnecting made their family even more connected we are joined bynitialty nyhaus who stopped living after off of the grid after 15 years of doing so. she said this lifestyle has allowed her to live more comfortably. >> will and kalima, you went all out. what motivated you to go off of the grid? >> what we wanted to do was live in a

and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations.st stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> if it's a constant battle between quality and schedule we found a casualty. hundreds of kilometres from south carolina in mississippi. >> my name is john woods. i'm an aerospace engineer. i work for general electric, lockheed, boeing. >> john woods spent a career in the highly specialised field of aerospace composite. boeing hired woods knowing he had qualified psychiatric conditions. attention deficit disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and mild depression. his job was to write instructions on how to repair parts damaged during the manufacturing process. >> it was my job to make sure that that aircraft is safe. >> woods says when he tried to enforce quality standards in the south carolina plant he was berated by his bosses. and a couple of meetings, there were a group of managers screaming at me to dumb down my work instruction, saying "you have to remove requireme

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. >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >> welcome back. the syrian government has agreed to participate in negotiations aimed to restart the peace talks in moscow. meanwhile, government forces are continuing their offensive against rebel-held areas. >>> thousands of people have been displaced by flooding across southern thailand and northern ma lava. more heavy rain is forecast for the coming days. >>> top leader offal ha of al-shabab has been captured. let's return to our top story on the proposed preliminary attacks in finding a resolution to the war in syria. >> up until now there is no official invitation that

on aljazeera america. >> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginable story of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them. since ferguson, and the fury ignited by the police shooting we have marry in cities both large and small. right now, of course, the anger is centered in new york after eric garner's death and the decision not to indict the officer. and it may ignite in cleveland, where 12-year-old was gunned down by an officer too, in a community not far from new orleans, the death of a teenager who answered a door and faced officers drawn and firing america tonight found a different outcome. >> we have braking news where a teenager was shot and killed by a sheriffs deputy tonight. >> september 23rd, 2014. >> the encounter leading up to this shooting are -- that's still under investigation at thi

he told aljazeera america that president obama did the right thing. >> some of the best news i've had this year, and in a national sense is long overdo, good for the people of the united states and cuba. i'm very proud of president obama for having made such a wise and courageous decision. >> carter says he also believes this deal will give cubans a better life and he thinks it will open new markets for the u.s. coming up in our next half hour, we'll go live to little havana in miami. we have reaction from the cuban american community there. >> russian president vladimir putin reassuring his country that their economy will recover. during his annual news conference, he said they have enough in reserve to stabilize the ruble. >> this situation has been provoked by external factors for first and foremost, but we believe that a lot has not been done by us of which we plan diversifying our economy. >> so far, he hasn't given concrete measures that he plans to introduce to fix his economy. during his speech, the ruble started to slide again, now worth a fraction of what it was earlier this