this book "america" answers domestic critics of america, people in america who say the wealth of america is based on theft. >> in your book, the real shock of asian dominance for people in the west is to see it differently the world is going to be run when america is no longer running it. >> america is arguably an empire but if it is, it's a very different empire and the romans or the british. those were empires that were based on exploitation. their goal was to extract wealth from minerals, free labor from colonies which were typically settled by those countries your america has essentially governed the world as an umpire. america keeps the sea lanes open so commerce and sake of it without being molested by pirates are thieves. america is not used its power to talk or other countries. we have invaded grenada, iraq but we go in and go out. unlike other colonial expeditions that often ends up costing us money. we lost money in iraq. if it were true a colonial expedition we would have made money. we would have reversed ourselves with the costs of invasion by taking their oil. we didn't do

on "america tonight"'s "america tonight"'s "america tonight"'s lisa fletcher on what's behind the violence> and why black violence is gaining ground in brazil. >>> thanks for joining joining m joie chen. here is how bad it's gotten. in our nation's capital, open mic night kept officials in the hot seat in the 3:00 in the morning, demanding something be done about violence. it is disturbing case of deja vu. the murder monday kerr it's been tagged with, in the 1990s. as lisa fletcher found , raising fear once again. >> reporter: the sounds of sirens blaring. the sound of a city in crisis. officers racing to the scene of yet another violent crime. the most powerful city in america seems powerless to stop the killing that's terrorizing the community and destroying families. august 30th, 36-year-old mother of seven came face to face with the violence. >> hear gunshot. i'm thinking like about six, six gun shots. pow pow pow pow pow. you could see you know the guy running through door. and he's bleeding. and you know, like wow, kids outside, running towards this door. >> her 13-year-old daughter

on al jazeera america. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight labor pains. the truth about immigrant workers american jobs and the so-called skills gap in the tech industry. plus border backlog. immigrants who want to become americans left in limbo. america's immigration debate came back with a vengeance at the week's republican presidential debate in boulder. have a listen. >> people coming in legally and mexico is going to pay for the wall. >> before you hire anyone from abroad you should have to advertise that job for 180 days. you would have to pay these people more than someone else so you wouldn't undercut by bringing in cheaper labor. >> when it comes to america's system, undocumented workers crossing into the u.s. from mexico also also the system of temporary work visas that silicon valley and others say they rely on to hire skilled workers. big business says think need foreign workers, h 1b we're going to have more on that in a moment but first almost everyone agrees there is a shortage of workers in stem field, science technology engineering and ma

i'm antonio mora, "america tonight" is next, i'll see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight." second chances? >> from the sounds of it, you would assume it was a crime against kids. >> "america tonight's" adam may on the penalties low level offenders must pay even after they've been punished. >>> also ahead, hangup. the most valuable number an inmate can have and how some prisons are profiting from it. >> how much money do you think you spent in total? >> i easily could have spent up to $500 a month. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. we begin our report with a disconnect between the notion of rehabilitation in prison and the real burdens the institutions put on inmates. the key of a return to normal life or the cost of keeping families together may be more than the prisoners or the prison system can afford. lori jane gliha reports on the high price of staying connected. >> every year on their birthdays, bethany frazier's boys looked forward to a special call. one running to pick it up. >> kids, daddy, we're running down the stairs and grabbing the phone. >> the voice o

"america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. [ ♪ ] >>> on"america tonight", learning lessons. readyicly new approach to higher ed, but does it work. >> you see all the times that anyone spoke, typed anything. >> this is not even possible in a standard classroom. >> exactly. >> "america tonight" on whether this experiment in education may make the identifyie league reconsider its approach. also ahead, $100 million in likes. but is it enough to save their schools. >> i taught it would come and fix everything. they robbed the children. >> the new york new jersey school will try to get by with help from their friends. >> thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. was it an investment in the future or throwing good money after bad. the latest colossal bid to remake education. once again, the experiment in remaking new jersey's largest school system began five months ago, and as sara hoy found, 100 billion of facebook likes might not have been enough. >> i've committed to starting the start-up education foundation, whose first projected will be $100 million challenge grant. >> $100 milli

jazeera america news, i'm antonio mora, thanks for watching, "america tonight" is up next. i'm see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": a view from the other side of the world. and the other side of life. >> the filipinos who live here are known by many derogatory names, skeletons, zombies, the cemetery people, but the cemetery is the only place they can afford to live. >> an insider's view of the cemetery people. >> they have more than earned their spot in this country and they have certainly earned more than a welcome to america, good luck godspeed and then a swift kick in the ass. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar with those who risked their lives for u.s. forces and how we repaid them. thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. an extension of the long good-bye as president obama steps back from his long held promise, the u.s. would exit afghanistan by the end of his administration. it is a reminder of the sacrifices to get afghanistan to this point. u.s. forces have of course given their all. but they, in turn, have counted on the support of many afghans. "am

we have to build in america america again where success is measured by how many people work their waymiddle class, not how many ceos get bonuses. by how many children climb out of poverty, how many families can afford health care, many young people can go to college without taking on years of debt. [cheering] clinton: that is how we should measure success in this country. as i said at the debate in las vegas, i am a progressive who likes to get things done. [cheering] clinton: and i still believe, as a smart man once said, there is nothing wrong with america that can't be fixed by what is right with america. so i hear donald trump when he says we have to make america great again. here is what i say. america is great. we just have to make it fair and just. we have to make america work for everyone, not just those at the top. [cheering] clinton: because i know that when americans come together, come up with smart solutions, and fight to get results, there is no challenge we cannot meet. and at the top of my list of fights we have to wage and win, it is this. americans need a raise. that

those people have lived in north america for 300 years. but they have always been an underclass within the american society, and what has been revealed by the names is that they are actually moving towards the average but it's still going to take another couple hundred years before they become completely average. this is a group that a lot of them are concentrated in new england which is not a low status part you look at the cajun names of louisiana. again, low status, moving at a very slow rate. other names we can look at in the united states are, for example, names of latino origin, low status, moving towards the mean but moving at very slow rate. so the basic conclusion is that america may offer many things. it doesn't offer an alchemy that says if you're at the bottom of your home society you can come to america and now you're free. what is going to happen is if you're at the bolt of your home status and come at the america you'll be at the bottom of the american societior, at the top of your home societior, come to america and be the

"america tonight" is up next. i will see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": the vug to stastruggle to stay aflo. >> the titanic from the same time. >> our ship the most famous ship that didn't sink. >> america's gray lady, a vision of grander days and why her next journey may be her last. >>> also, bull's eye, maine takes a second shot at juvenile justice. >> they're often more likely to end up back in the court system. >> reporter: but don't communities need to be protected from offending kids? >> "america tonight's" lisa fletcher. clamping down on offending teens but does it work? thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. in the latest count of juvenile justice, some 90,000 were housed throughout the country. one state maine has made a surprising adjustment and has seen a big impact on its juvenile justice program. "america tonight's" lynch explains what's made a difference. >> go ahead and get ready guys. >> reporter: for first time in his life, 18-year-old david chessbro is on target. just years ago, c

america tonight is up next. >> on america tonight, shooting lessons. >> is that andy warhol right there? >> yes. >> a typical andy, john lenin, yoko ohno party of that period, where all of their different artists come together at some place. >> a glimpse into the real lives of stars we hardly knew. captured by a rare paster -- master and insider with his own amazing tale. >>> also tonight, what's bugging you. 12 million americans are infected with diseases they can't even pronounce. >> hook worm infection and it's elephanttiasis. ache say them faster than anybody. >> and incredibly enough, most don't even know they have these diseases. america tonight's michael oku on the trail of the killers. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. it's the stuff of nightmares, blood suckers, tape worms, killer parasites. millions of americans may be sickened by them and may not even know it. a group of diseases flying below the radar virtually unknown, even by most doctors in this country that could be behind everything from mental retardation to sudden death. america tonight's michael oku now with

our young people will not listen to those made in america, made by america and want to bow down in america for fearless leadership but leadership that cannot be bought. leadership that is willing to sacrifice its life to see a better future for our children. i'm honored that my brother and friend, father flager is here, who is a great fighter in chicago. i am honored that cora master berry is here and i thank allah for her and her dear departed husband who really showed us the way. i thank allah for all of you who want to sacrifice in some way, to make a difference? there can be no freedom, no justice, no equity without the willingness for some to sacrifice for the rest. what good is life if we are not free. what good is it to be alive and every day that you live, you see your people suffering. what good is it to continue in life under tyranny? so there must come a time when we say enough is enough. it must change. i am willing to do whatever it takes to bring about that change. i thank allah for brother makina from haiti and brother vladimir from the dominican republic, two great brothers

america can do better. america must do better. let's create a pathway by passing h.r. 2646, to immediate treatment for those mentally ill citizens dangerous to others and dangerous to themselves. congressman murphy, i can't thank you enough. i don't recall a bill which has such broad bipartisan support. you have worked so hard to go around the country, this is not a partisan issue, this is an american issue. i hope america can lead the world in trying to find a better way. the suffering that we see in our districts, in community after community after commuferte community, broken families -- community, broken families, broken people. this doesn't have to be in our country. in the hearing that you conducted in cleveland, i learned something really important that i didn't know. and that is that in the way that the reimbursement occurs to hospitals for people seeking care, that research and mental illness is not even -- it's at the bottom of the list. because reimbursement doesn't flow the same way, so as we try to find answers to wha

john: how many wars can america fight?al candidates want stronger action against illegal immigration. >> secure the border. >> secure your border. >> secure the border. >> secure the border. john: okay, we should secure our border, but the same candidates want tough action against drugs. >> you're against marijuana legalization. >> yeah. >> drugs are discouraged in this country. >> what happened in colorado legalizing marijuana. >> a big mistake. >> why is it a mistake? the bad things predict forward colorado have not happened. crime is down, there traffic accidents are down. but regardless what you think about marijuana legalization, the drug war, a, hasn't worked, supplies of drugs are up anyway, and b, the war increased the illegal immigration that they say they want to stop. that's because our drug war turned many immigrants' homes as a questioner said before into hell! >> an eruption of deadly ambushes freak shootings, home invasions, assassinations, kidnappings brought chaos from juarez to tijuana. >> 49 found dead,

america has gun laws?!" (laughter) it's time to get nightly, america -- let's do this! (cheers an captioning sponsored by comedy central ♪ >> larry: thank you very much! welcome to the nightly show. what great guests! thank you very much! (audience chanting larry) >> larry: they are right. i'm larry wilmore. i don't think they know my last name. larrr-eeee! thank you very much. (laughter) we're still trying to wrap our heads around the horrible event that happened on thursday in oregon. it's tough to talk about, but one of the things that's toughest for americans to talk about is the issue of guns. so, we're going to talk about it in a segment we're calling, "america's conversation about not talking about guns." okay, step one in not talking about guns is called exhaustment. this step begins by overwhelming us with numbers. >> this was the 45th school shooting at an american school this year. >> it marks 142 similar school shootings since sandy hook. >> 294 mass shootings this year alone, nearly a thousand since the database was created. >> 380 people have died in mass

now, america was proving that again. latin america had republics, but they were in turmoil. , lot of military despotism revolutions right and left. it seems that the republican unproven. was republicsan idea that , ever since the time of the ancient republics in rome and greece, that they were inherently fragile and weak, that they would always descend into anarchy or despotism. the democracies in particular could not fight wars. they could not sustain the strain of war. , anow have a theory democratic war theory, that argues the democracies don't make war with each other. it's popular in some circles these days. in the 19 century, the idea was that democracies could not fight wars, they were incapable of it. when america descended into war and lincoln suspended habeas corpus, there was talk in england about to the steel being raised. there was despotism as well as that the great republic was descending into. bellaton, one of the french republicans who plays a minor role in the story says is not onlyca america, it is the

"america tonight"s christopher putzel's candid conversation that's wednesday on "america tonight". >>'ve been asked to keep my voice down cause we >>> if you are a college senior, it is has probably already begun. many are thinking about pay, if they get in. this is a huge concern, even to leaders in higher ed. putting a stop to it may take a radical learning lesson, and a new approach that florian mayer found in the min everybodia -- pinerva >>. >> because it's private, doesn't scientificly. >> reporter: for a small group of students, this is a typical day at college. there's no classrooms or lectures, no tenured professors and no libraries, yet the students may be getting a better education without them. minerva is a new online university aiming to compete with elite schools. founding dean, steven coslin joined the start up after a lifetime in the i'vie league. >> i don't think students are being educated. i don't think they are acquiring what we think of as the great cognitive tools that allow them to succeed. >> he may have a point. a study of a sample book of undergraduates found

be fixed by what is right with america. donald trump when he says we have to make america great again. here is what i said. america is great. we just have to make it fair and just. we have to make america work for everyone, not just those at the top. [cheering] sen. clinton: because i know that when americans come together, come up with smart solutions, and fight to get results, there is no challenge we cannot meet. and at the top of my list of fights we have to wage and win, it is this. americans need a raise. that is why we must raise the minimum wage for it. nobody who works full-time should live in poverty. and i want companies to have incentives to share more profits with employees who help to make the profits in the first place. and companies that ship jobs and profits overseas should not get tax breaks. you should get tax breaks again. [cheering] sen. clinton: i said i want to be the small business president and i mean it. because small businesses will create most of the good new jobs of the future and should have le

, made in america. your tax dollars being used to build locomotives in america. it's part of a transportation olicy, which is where i want to go now. oh, but before i do, i guess i forgot to pull this one up. that is a liquefied natural gas tanker. i was just talking about crude oil and what could be done. this is another one. if we're going to export our natural gas, that strategic asset, it ought to be exported on american-made tankers. liquefied natural tankers. a new facility is opening down texas to export liquefied naturals gas. and that facility will take 100 tankers for that one facility. not to worry, those tankers are going to be made in china, japan, korea, they're not going to be made in america. but under 16 lines of law, all we need to do is write 16 lines of law, we would be manufacturing these tankers in the united states. same argument that i made about the crude oil tankers. i won't go into it in any more detail. this is one of the great could-do's, should-do's, ought-to-do for america

latinos make america stronger. .ou make america smarter you make america more creative and innovativeof course, so many aspects of our culture, our food, our music, arts, sports, have been transformed by latinos for the better. this might seem like the most obvious thing to say, but as you know too well, many people in our own country don't see how vital latinos are to the united states and our future. [applause] latinos areee that not strangers. you are not intruders. our neighbors, our colleagues, our families. that mismatch between who latinos are and who some people say you are, that is a problem. it is a problem when a leading republican candidate for president says that immigrants from new mexico are rapists and junk dealers. [booing] it is a problem when candidates choose offensive terms like anchor babies, or talk about changing the constitution to take citizenship away from those who were born here. we need people who will stand up to this ugly rhetoric and extreme thinking. [applause] say with our words and our actions, enough, and this. -- end this. tonight, i am introducin

he can't discuss the details but speaks to "america tonight".olice. >> i don't think spheres get enough credit for what they do. and in this city they bury 100 officers in the line of duty. we see officers working for little money under adverse assistance with not thanks. >> reporter: a new poll finds one in four african-americans believe it's equal treatment by police. some blame nears of an aggressive style known as zero tolerance, in the 2000s arrests skyrocketed as police conducte random stop and frisk searches. >> there's a fine mine between aggressive policing that is proactive. and on the flipside if the policing is too aggressive, it breaks down the trust in police. also a line between being aggressive. it can harm no one, stop and frisk, if done properly, as long as the officer doesn't go up to corners patting people down. >> coupled with stop and frisk. baltimore accused compstat. a tool that critics say encouraged officers to over-arrest people so they this good numbers. >> looking at any police department. it's a numbers game. >> nor

for me, in terms of middle-class versus middle america, versus urban america that is a great point.from harvard university to have a store out about said just because he has a suit on, no negro, i'm a preacher and i was raised as a preacher and i understand this is the uniform of war. i'm in war against mrs. conceptions of what black misses. if you can consider that i am challenging respectability. i'm saying to you, black people must understand that even people who are denied and seen as less than are just as important who are seen more than. i'll tell you what the consequence of respectability and politics is. a big bowl of jell-o. pudding pie, the man who promoted it now deals with these horrible consequences of his alleged activity, that is the ultimate logic of respectability politics in america. urban america is not be privileged above all others. we talked we talk about the city right here, it might've been chocolate city but it is awful vanilla right now. the reality is gentrification is real. it is powerful. i'm not saying we should invite everyone in but james baldwin of t

weeknights, on al jazeera america. >> we fast-forward now with the second look at forgotten victims. a technology driven approach to conflict resolution may be saving more americans, keeping those forces out of harm's way. but lives, innocent victims are at risk. we visit a man who suffered the consequences of fire from above. it was late summer in eastern yemen, the year 2012, the entire village of kashamir gathered to watch him get matter. led the men in celebration. just two days later, both selem and walid were dead. the yemeni government said they had been killed by a u.s. drone strike. >> translator: we heard three or four massive explosions. rockets hitting from the sky. and we hurried up towards the mosque and found them. body parts all over the place. it was a dark and disastrous day. >> the yemeni government concluded the strike was what it called a u.s. mistake. one that provoked a furious backlash with an already-fragile u.s. ally. in time protests died down. but still grieving a year later, jaber said he t

fixed by what is right with america.n her donald trump says we have to make america great again. here is what i said. america is great. we just have to make it fair and just. we have to make america work for everyone, not just those of the top. -- at the top. [cheering] sen. clinton: because i know that when americans come come up with smart solutions, and fight to get results, there is no challenge we cannot meet. and at the top of my list of fights we have to wage and win, it is this. americans need a raise. that is why we must raise the minimum wage for it. nobody who works full-time should live in poverty. and i want companies to have incentives to share more profits with employees who hope to make the profits in the first place -- help to make the profits in the first place. andcompanies that ship jobs profits overseas should not get tax breaks. you should get tax breaks again. [cheering] sen. clinton: i said i want to be the small business president and i mean it. because small businesses will create most of the go

"america tonight." "america tonight." >> it's that weekend when our thoughts turn to ghosts goblins and chocolate, lots of it. but this headline one that strikes real fear in the hearts of millions, get this: the world is running out of chocolate and who's to blame for this? who can save us from a cocoa calamity? who knows more about chocolate than willy wonka. >> it looks like heaven. incredible. >> just a giant -- i mean it's full to the brim with chocolate! >> this is as close as any of us will ever get to living little charlie's dream. >> just imagine all those people going to enjoy it how many different products it's going to make. >> cocoa coins, gift-wrapped good eies. this is not ann gu's factory an. he samples, the man's job is to eat chocolate for a living, as much as three pounds of it a day. >> i'm considered to be the real life willy wonka, that is creative magical side that people want to believe in with chocolate. >> you might say he was born with a chocolate bar in thotomy. iin themouth.

right here on al jazeera america.tay with us, more news after a very short break. >>> the obama administration is cracking down on pollution linked to asthma and other respiratory problem. the epa has set new standards coming from ozone from tail pipes. health and environmental activists say the new rules do not go far enough, and business groups say they will hurt the economy. >>> the u.s. head of volkswagen will testify before congress next week. he will likely face a grilling over the company's violations of medical emission standards. they have admitted using software to cheat on emission standards in the united states. the scandal has prompted france to launch an investigation of its own into the german car maker. >>> millions of t-mobile users may be at risk this morning after the phone company suffered a major data breach. a hacker spoke into experiencian last month. connecticut's attorney general is now look going the breach. >>> well that does it for us at this half hour. thank you so much for watching. i'm j

al jazeera america. >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> these are very vivid, human stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". saturday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> i'm talking about the seemingly impossible position panela put the united states in in syria. the u.s. opposes both the regime of syrian president bashar al-assad, and the i.s.i.l. fighters who are trying to bring him down. a strategy of bombing i.s.i.l. and backing moderate groups who oppose the syrian regime failed miserably to stop i.s.i.l.'s progress. some hope moderates can find a solution. michael envisions a regional solution to syria, involving strengthening moderate forces, and joins me from i.s.i.l. part of the issue is where we are caught up in language,

we have to set people free to make us energy independent in north america and particularly here in america. [applause] we need a all of the above energy policy. make sure we produce more energy from oil and gas, from nuclear, from cold that we did clean and burn. alternatives and renewables and anything else we can find and we will do it responsibly. we need all and it should come from right here. we cannot continue to rely on energy from overseas. our goal will be to meet the energy needs. and with the right policies in place, we can work with our closest neighbors, canada and mexico to take care of our own needs without having to depend on four of countries were dangerous parts of the world. that includes approving the keystone xl pipeline. enough with the delay. we will approve the pipeline because energy freedom is a matter of national security. we don't want wars. it is all about energy. when we can do what we need to do in america to be energy independent and we are on the road to getting it done. when i am president, we will accomplish it. we set ourselves free from energy overseas,

captain america, more like captain hates mark.in america beats the crap out of anti-militia. a young boy went missing along the border and he heads to the border to confront the sons of ther is pebt. they are -- the sons of the serpent. he yells, until the mighty wall is built you come here for employment that is rightfully ours. and if denied you seek welfare paid for by our tax dollars adding also you know how youxd make me press one for english at the beginning of every call to my satellite provider? that's something i cannot abide. captain socialist springs to action up loading a can of whop ass on the conservative. until the old real captain america shows up and orders sam wilson to stand down. well, well, well. katie, what is going on here? what happened to captain america? >> it is a sad day to society. the red skull and the captain octopus has concurred so much. in fact the biggest foes are anti-immigration. that's crazy. >> it is amazing. >> it is a sad story. >> who are these characters you brought up before? >> i think

that the wrath of god would come down on america is america would not free the slaves. -- if america knew it should be done. so, thomas jefferson said we need to let the slaves go. we need to give them a good sendoff. we need to give them land, we need to give them machinery. we need to give them seeds to plant crops. we need to teach them the science of where fair -- warfare that they would be able to defend the land they would be given. this is thomas jefferson. but he could not force it. there are good why people -- good why people who want to see you free but the politics of the situation will not allow it to happen. -- good white people. i don't care nothing about what the politicians are saying. "we think you all should have some freedom." like the pope who came so beautifully a few weeks ago and i listened to him, i took a few days rest from the tour because i became sick with pneumonia and i went away for 10 days. during that 10 days, his holiness was here and i watched him every day until his plane left. i thought about this human being who has captured the world. and then i

there has not been the fullest more adequate discussion of race in america.t needs to be put on the table. >> you brought up the point we're not so far removed from slavery and not so removed from the lives of slaiches. slaves. i believe your grandfather was a slave. >> and my grandmother was a slave on my father's side. my grandmother would set, taking care of the two kids that she had to take care of for her owner and when the tuner would teach the two kids she'd stay in the room, and listen, played her able to teach her kids. so my grandfather who walked on the weekends 20 miles to connect with his family, reclaim them after the war, our family was always interested in education. that's why my uncle that i never knew became a medical doctor. >> uh-huh. >> as fathers, his mother and father were slaves. can you imagine that? >> as a man who knew slaves in your family, it's too early to be a post-racial world, we haven't worked that out. >> that's why i'm putting the united states slavery museum at the old church we had in richmond, virginia, at the virginia

starting monday on al jazeera america. >> you're the first one on the scene. suicides, homicides, the roof is crushing into somebody's chest. >> what is the number one cause of death for police officers? >> suicide. >> the debate over immigration reform, low skilled work in this country there is a serious debate about the need to source more high skilled workers from abroad. right now companies are allowed to bring in tens of thousands of skilled workers every year by issuing h 1b temporary work visas. hal saltsman says the h 1b visa is operational used in the tech field to keep salaries down. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you heardviveck, employees are on that h 1b, they can't get a green card and leave the employee that they'remploy theyy speaking wages for h 1b workers are higher than american workers. >> that's not actually true. let me start with my long term friend viveck, talk about where we agree where about 15% of the demand is for the quote talent pool. viveck and i agree that some place in silicon valley there's a demand for global -- >>

. >> on "america tonight," under the big sky. going toe to toe with the nra. >> putting guns in bars, in banks, making it so that your er physician can't ask whether you come in on an ambulance whether you have a firearm or not. >> "america tonight"'s aadam may "america tonight"'s adam may on the firing line. >>> and treat or trick. >> you are the man lind one of behind one of the most terrifying predictions i have heard at one time. >> the world i will run out of chocolate by 2020. >> the real life willie wonka with a real life horror story. >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. big sky of montana where individual rights and guns would seem to hold sway but the latest standoff between gun control advocates and the it will nra is lining up in america's second biggest city. "america tonight's" adam may. >> hayes has traded and sold guns almost his entire life. >> now i'm going to load the gun. it's loaded and ready to fire. would you like to shoot it? >> reporter: uh sure. >> excellent you did a good job. >> reporter: did i get

this is a deadly kiss. >> typically found in most of latin america. kissing bugs are popping up in the u.s. and spreading chaggis. the cdc estimates 300,000 people in the u.s. have the disease. a number considered to be grossly under estimated by dr. hotas' team at baylor. here they are studying the bugs as part of research into chaggis. >> it's huge. imagine that being on your face at night while you sleep. it can bite close to your lips. >> is that where it tries to go? >> it tries to go to your lip. >> yes, that's why it's called a kissing bug. >> the bug carries parasites, and the fast twitching objects that you see that enter the bloodstream and eat the cell surrounding the heart. the third of the victims will develop heart disease. this is a house heart -- mouse heart with chaggis. >> this is not a rare disease. 9.4 million living in poverty have chaggis disease. >> frustrated by the lack after tension that these diseases get, hotas developed the school of tropical medicine at baylor, the only one of its kind in north america. with financial bac

"america tonight" is up next. i'll see you in an hour. >> on "america tonight," the crack down on immigration. >> i was born here blessed to be a citizen. for me to look at them and see that they're the ones destroying my country, it is hard for me right now. >> can what started in kansas city as a simple idea turn into a national solution. also tonight. >> we were very adamant about the fact that we were being attacked, that our race was going to be killed off the face of the earth, that there was a white genocide. >> "america tonight's" christof putzel, is hate music a inspiration? >> thank you for joining us, i'm adam may sitting in for joie chen tonight. when dylann roof killed black church goers in south carolina, what was his motivation? racist music, christof putzel goes inside, now reaching more people than ever before. >> reporter: in july a group of white supremacists gather in the south carolina capital to protest the removal of the confederate flag. >> this flag has flown for generations and all of a s

america works. america works far better from the bottom-up rather than from up rathere bottom than from the top down. [applause] the finalbush: suggestion that i have is that there should be greater deference to the states. in this world where all the smart people in the age of obama reside in washington, d.c., the rest of us are kind of in all of their raw intelligence and their great capability to tell us how we are supposed to live our lives. we need to turn that upside down. the states should have greater deference. if virginia wants to allow federal waters off their coast to be developed because they believe that will help them grow their economy, then there should be some deference and recognition so that virginia knows what is going on. toy know they don't want destroy their beaches and their natural environments. if alaska wants to do the same thing, then there should be some deference instead of imposing the well from washington, d.c. be people that are going to making these decisions actua

america is great. i intend to make america strong, again. going to be the champion of the middle class where i came from. if you make me your president, our best days are ahead. i'm ready to be commander in chief, ladies and gentlemen, on day one. i intend to win a war that we cannot afford to lose. i will be a commander in chief worthy of a sacrifice of those brave americans who have been defending our nation. they have had our back, god knows they have had our backs. i intend to have their back as commander in chief. make me commander in chief. >> thank you, senator graham. governor pataki. >> thank you for the opportunity to be with this great audience tonight. i'm a limited government conservative. and i mean not just when it comes to economic issues, leaving them to the state, but social issues, as well. and that i differ from every other candidate seeking the republican nomination. i take the 10th amendment very, very seriously. i'm a republican who embraces science and understands we have to work with the next generation of millennial

>> her belief in america. for all these people their belief is, if the bulk buyer, a very wealthy property owner out of texas, if he decides to get rid of the remaining owners and have grand oasis entirely as a rental project, rental complex, he can do that and can force her out regardless of the amount of money she has put into her unit, regardless of the upgrades she has put in, which of course the company will benefit from because they will charge more rent for that unit, no compensation for that whatsoever. >> so for the people who are thinking about investing in florida, thinking about buying a condo, thinking about buying a foreclosure? >> this is the law on the books. the law doesn't protect you unless you live in your condominium full time, that's first. if you are a snow bird and you want a vacation place then don't. the law doesn't protect you if you are buying on the secondary market or a foreclosure or whatever. so don't. if something happens in your complex and if a bulk buyer is able to come in a

we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. call for international protection foe at the al-aqsa mosque. another day of confrontation between palestinians and israelis. hello, i'm darren jordan, live in doha. russian planes bomb syrian rebels. hungary shuts its border to prevent refugees.

this is america tonight. >>> bag to the local news of the day. kevin mccarthy takes his name out of the running to be the new house speaker. that comes as a huge surprise for house republicans as they gather to vote on the next speaker. the current house speaker, john boehn boehner, has postponed that election. representative jason chaffetz of utah and daniel webster of florida are running for the position also. we go to michael standing by on capitol hill. earlier you were interviewing a member of the republican caucus, and he seemed to suggest there was a possibility that mccarthy might change his mind and get back in the running based on what you heard mccarthy say at this news conference. do you think that's likely? >> reporter: i don't think it's likely given the demeanor of kevin mccarthy before the cameras after announcing and facing the press for the first time. you know, with this anything is possible, and you have a -- so many people running around this capitol right now saying, i don't know what's going to happen. anything could happen