i'm alli velshi. thanks for joining us. the news is next >>> [ ♪ ] >>> thanks for joining us on america tonight. drop by drop, flint michigan, already awash in a flood of troubles. it now finds itself facing even more under heavy pressure. michigan governor has led to a special panel to try to understand what led to the water crisis where it is clear the local water was poisoned by a number of toxins, including dangerous led. now the feds are looking for answers too. our correspondent first reported on these concerns here weeks ago, before flint's crisis made the headlines. >> they are not people that are disposable. we just are not. it is a crime for people to be serviced with water that is classified by the e.p.a. as toxic waste >> reporter: in this lady's house in flint michigan >> i have a filter here. this is one of the certified ones that filters out the led. >> reporter: cold water runs through a new filter, but the 52-year-old stroke survivor says she still won't drink it >> i have to depend on others' family member

i'm alli velshi. thanks for joining us.he news is next >>> [ ♪ ] >>> thanks for joining us on america tonight. drop by drop, flint michigan, already awash in a flood of troubles. it now finds itself facing even more under heavy pressure. michigan

sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. the news continues here on al jazeera america. ♪ executive action president obama takes up the gun fight moving ahead on its own to close gun show loopholes. >>> in the occupation in oregon armed protesters give al jazeera a tour of the land they claimed as local officials ask them to leave. >> i do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for this job at a moment of great importance. >> reporter: bill clinton hitting the campaign trail for his wife but could his past help or hurt her bid in new hampshire. >>> second day of talks and the chinese government is stepping in to prop up its struggling financial market. ♪

sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshithe news continues here on al jazeera america. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: >> on "america tonight": why they run. children with autism and the impulses that can lead them to bottle toward danger. but first the refugee crisis in europe and the big issue now on the forefront: unaccompanied miles an hour. >> do yominors. >> do you think about your family? >> yes. >> does your family know where you are? >> no. >> sheila macvicar on athe road ahead for refugees. good evening and thank you for

sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> still living in these tent cities. >> we're back to square minus one. >> the city is a powder keg at the moment. >> you see transactional sex and no one is held to account for that. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: >>> a group of armed opinion has taken ore a federal building at a wildlife refuge in eastern oregon. they say they are prepared to hold the facility for years. the men are armed. some have told reporters they are prepared to kill and die for their cause. federal officers haven't simply run them off of the property. have the militia men proved when you have got a cause, being armed matters. armed politics. it's the inside story. ♪

allies like israel. the u.s. and e.u. are lifting trade sanctions. last summer ali velshi met with some who told him they were ready to trade away their nuclear ambitions in exchange for economic prosperity. >> translation: we need to have relations with the world. we need to able to export what we make and import things. >> reporter: this man is an executive in a car parts factory west of tehran. he is like many people we met. hesitant to talk politics, but eager to tell us that given a choice between iran's nuclear ambitions and the country's economic prosperity, he would choose integrating iran back into the world economy. >> translation: in this very unique moment in time iran needs to move away from its oil exporting dependency and move towards a production-based economy. >> reporter: his auto parts company is part of iran's auto industry, one of the largest in asia. in terms of production output, it's second only to iran's oil and gas industry. he says the sanctions poresd him to make parts instead of importing them. now that sanctions are about to be lifted, he thin

ally valshi. and genie. >> 20 seconds john. >> and i think he isn't going to answer the question, i don't think. that's the broadcast, thank you for watching, ali velshi on target, is next. "on target" tonight. mike huckabee is struggling in the polls but is not giving up his fight to be the 2016 republican nominee for president. i'll ask him how long he'll stay in the race and why he still has faith that evangelical voters will still have faith in him and reject ted cruz. >>> the 2016 election proirnl season officially kicks off with the avoid caucus on february 1st and on the republican side