teach for america. and people end up doing teach for america for like many of the right reasons. however, teach for america is a big -- as a system, a broad organization, is a huge part of the corporatization and privatization of america's public schools. >> one of their main complaints, veteran teachers are sacrificed so schools can bring in tfa core members who work for less. >> as public schools are closing, many teachers are being laid off. there are position reserved for core members. like in chicago, massive school closings, teachers and there was spaces reserved for teach for america. >> many te 300 teachers were hired. tfa agreed to sit down with the periods of usas but neither left very satisfied much had been acomplished? >> i didn't find a satisfactory answer to many of my questions. >> we need to talk to tfa about the criticisms. the few minutes at this meeting were the closest we got. tfa eventually declined our request for an interview. >> if they were truly interested in improving education in the country, they would work with universities and teacher organizations

al jazeera america. >>> millions of vietnamese have been affected by wartime poisening. the fact that so many need long-term care is a major challenge to the country. it is often said to act as a break in it's long-term economic development. vava, the vietnam association of victims of agent orange was established after the war they represent health services and fund raises for their long-term treatment which costs tennessee of millions of dollars every year. the money comes mainly from the vietnam government. r, ngosnd chair at this. little if any of this care has been forthcoming from the u.s. government or from the dozens of manufacturers of toxic herb sides used during the war. for american official the plight of agent oranges victims is by those who for the in vietnam. this is the friendship village outside of hanoi. it's run by former combatants from six countries including america 40 vietnamese war veterans are recovering in the village. >> many american soldiers have died from agent orange in amer

there were social connections with america. i feel i must mention here that george washington's only visit abroad was to the islands of barbados. he went there at a time when he hadn't visited many parts of the 13 colonies. he went there with his older half-brother, lawrence washington, who was ill. lawrence washington later died and left george washington [indiscernible] mount vernon was named after a british admiral in the caribbean. admiral vernon introduced a tradition of serving rum in the british navy and therefore even mount vernon had a caribbean connection. benjamin franklin said his nephew, who is something of a black sheep called benjamin makem, he sent him down to the island of antigua. franklin's own apprentice when he was in philadelphia was active in barbados. they had an active renting presses. perhaps the most famous connection is alexander hamilton, who was born on the island. these are just representatives. there was a tremendous traffic in people and mutual knowledge, and it was quite likely that many would

and for that wreaths across america gets a huge helping hand for america's trucking industry with truckersonating their time equipment and money to deliver the wreaths to all 50 states. the effort is spearheaded by the truck load carriers association. >> at about 1 in 13 people employed by the trucking industry and that surprises some people. so your typical truck driver is probably one of your neighbors and you may not know what he does but a lot of people don't realize the emotion isn't just for us that are connected here, but i was in the convoy several years back and our lead driver, the first truck coming through into arlington got on the cb and said may have some safety issues here. i'm having trouble seeing. he was crying so hard. as a truck driver when he pulled into arlington national cemetery and the military was lined up saluting him and the other truck drivers, it was something that he'll never forget. and he continues to talk about that. and it touches every one of us that were on that channel listening. it's a tough career. and having that opportunity to be perceived in such

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that's "america tonight." tomorrow on this prom we'l program, we'll investigate the death of lennon lacey, found swinging from a swing set. was it murder or suicide? join the conversation on twitter or at our facebook page any time. good night, we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> 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. >> this is a group of men who have grown rich through secretive energy deals between egypt and israel. they have cost the egyptian people billions of dollars in lost revenues. >> so it was obvious that egypt was being ripped off. >> one of the men responsible was a confidant of ex-president hosni mubarak. >> did you steal your country's

america -- were very reluctant to fight on behalf of the british in south america because they had to engage in the nasty business of liquidating the native americans and ousting them from their land and they felt their time was better spent doing that than fighting for more colonial conquests for london. obviously, this was enflaming the ire of london that these colonists were notes inly reliable politically -- were not necessarily reliable politically. i should also mention another point with regard to this rivalry between spain and britain which helps to lead to the foundation of the united states of america. and that is that as you probably know the country known as ireland was a british possession. it could fairly be called one of the earliest colonial conquests. but of the -- many of the irish were not politically reliable because they had a bone the to pick with london as well. and some of the leaders in fact, of the spanish military were irish because they had defected to the other side because they would rather fight the english than to fight the spanish. you may have heard a

america in 230 years has done all things and some people say that america is not exceptional, that america has not done great things. i've been to 13 different countries, i've been in three different combat zones. and what you have in the united states of america is unique and unlike any other place. i was born in atlanta, georgia, and look at where i stand tonight, look at what i have been able to achieve. it is because in america you can do all things and in america you have an equality of opportunity that does not matter where you come from and no matter where you are born, that does not determine your and achievement in life. and that's what it says in the bible. that i can do all things through christ who strengthens me. so if you're going to be a champion for christ and for your country, you have to have that confidence can go out and be great. so when you think about being a great nation, it's all about the individual. christianity is about personal salvation. the strength of america is in the indomitable individual spirit with life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. but if you're

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on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. >> josue's immediate family lives more than three thousand miles away -- near new york city. >> last year his mother luz paid several thousand dollars to send for her oldest son daniel roberto. unlike josue daniel roberto reached us soil before being detained by border patrol. and from there where did they send you? us law protected him from immediate deportation. instead, daniel roberto was released to his mother. now he's fighting for asylum. are you afraid for josue? >> immigration lawyers say us judges rarely grant asylum to children who escaped gang violence. daniel roberto's mother, luz, left her boys a decade ago. >> a lot of people find it difficult to understand how a mother can leave her kids behind. what would you say to them? >> in el salvador, josue is back in the neighborhood where his brother fled gang recruitment and wh

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"america tonight": the weekend edition. stunning confessions from the fortress of faith. a blockbuster report backs up about conclusions of an "america tonight" investigation into the flagship university of christian fundamentalism and how it dealt with victims of sexual assault. >> it confirmed my worst nightmare. it was something about me, in my thoughts. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye met victims, who received abuse confirmed the pain of their assaults. and now a follow up as bob jones university officials admit they made mistakes. >>> game on. a full on sexual assault. >> you were threatened by rape, murder. your husband was threatened. >> who what why where and when they were going to murder my husband. it was to personally destroy the woman that was critiquing them. >> "america tonight's" adam may on game esh gate. gamer gate. a backlash against those who dared to speak up. and tuning in. new research that could mean break through for children with very early signs of autism. michael okwu on efforts to reach into t

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we are now seeing manufacturing coming back to north america.he word north america, because the united states is important, but as you mentioned we opened two new plants in mexico and honduras, to support the united states plants, when we combine them together, that gives us the strength. >> what is the advantage that mexico or honduras has right now labor cost? >> not labor costs, but experience. we are the largest manufacturer of upholstered furniture in north carolina. we have a very, very strong presence in vermont, where we started 82 years back. in north carolina our bottleneck was that we were not getting people who were sewing and cutting. and in fact it was hard to get people to do that. we had people who were interested in other jobs, so we went to central mexico about six, seven years back, and established a state-of-the-art manufacturing, we have over 800 associates and almost 85% of cutting and sewing is there, and we ship it to north carolina -- >> where you have different techniques. >> exactly. and why we are able to maintain man

if america is a rising power of the international system it can ignore revolution in america and ignore that they not threaten its interest? so given broad stroke that is bad history but cautious and very much is something is of a clear threat he read not be as opposed as we think gore is cautious to think what our other interests are. so that is my vague answer to your good question. >> given that he had been at the founding is sought by slavery had to be compromised, did he come up with a how will this end? duty predict how it wouldn't ? gimmicky was watching slavery about how this would and. is interesting two's speculate is to his mother abigail when the schools in massachusetts during the american revolution in with the continental congress to say we don't want them here. don't argue with abigail the matter what you do she is a blunt hemmer and reminds them remember root the american revolution is about in shames them into integrating the school. whether or not that translates directly to john quincy adams but privately he makes observations about slavery. publicly he is more equiv

we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow.each 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? >> >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm here in doha, these are the top stories on al jazeera. secret prisons and torture did not work - the u.s. senate report slams the c.i.a.'s interrogation techniques. [ explosion ] >>> iraq asks for more help from the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. a special report on the iraqi forces battling the group >>> lisa zimmermann's president-

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america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. since we have been following these families a year ago, the american economy has been showing signs of strength. in november, the u.s. added 3 it 21,000 jobs, and that's the most in three years. the stock market is up, and the housing market continues to gain ground after the bubble bursted. it all adds up to an economy that is expected to grow 3% this year, and middle class families are still struggling. the sabinos you just met. a couple living on long island, new york, who make $95,000 a year, and as a school bus [ audio difficulties ] earnings barely cover their expenses, and to make it worse, their property taxes have more than doubled to $12,000 a year 1998. all of that i found out that i lost total trust because he didn't come forward to me and tell me exactly what was going on. i feel betrayed. and i feel like he didn't put me in partnership. so there's like a block now. >> i was getting scared and stressed and i was afraid to tell her. she gets very nervous, and she was going

on america tonight, shocking evidence that america veterans who risked all for our defense were sickened by poisons as they serve their country. >> a lot of people are saying orange. >> reporter: shiela mc-victor has an exclusive in depth look at the illnesses facing veterans of iraq and afghanistan and the fiery pits that may have poisoned them. also tonight a big health warning from the fda about one of the most common medical procedures facing millions of american women, america tonight sarah hokye brought us a procedure that some fear may spread cancer and a follow-up and what doctors should do about it. and branches of government. >> capitol christmas tree is pretty new. >> reporter: we have a story behind the tree now gracing the nation's capitol. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: lighting up a season of peace on earth in a place where peace can be hard to come by. ♪ and good evening and thanks for joining us i'm joie chan and half of the veterans in iraq and afghanistan sufficient tear a disability connected to their service. they range from traumatic physical wounds of war to life

that's "america tonight."f you'd like to comment on any stories, logon to our website, aljazeera.com/americatonight. join the conversation with us on twitter or on facebook. good night. we have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> 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. >> >>> the world angrily reacts to the pakistani-taliban's massacre of more than 130 schoolchildren. jed bush says he's actively exploring a run for the white house, and a religion persecuted by i.s.i.l., we hear from a woman whose plea for help gained worldwide attention. hello, i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more ahead. >> children were slaughtered in

they come to america to be part of america. did not want to continue to exist in a european sent where they -- a european sense where they are a separate people, kept apart. what kind of a world is henry ford thinking up here? >> he says that jewish rights clash with american rights. jews are not conforming to american culture. they will not melt. >> either it is a battle of jews versus non-jews, or as michelle says, he believes they want to change america. and that means he's got an answer for why america has shifted. all of these innovations and indeed -- take a look in the middle here. what is another innovation he doesn't like? movies. they are obscene. they are portraying wicked values. by the way, [indiscernible] who is to blame for that? the jews. you have read this before. hollywood. there were jews in the film industry, but he suddenly is able to blame jews for yet another element he doesn't like and what makes this so very frightening -- much more frightening in some ways than the protocols of the elders of zion becau

>> yes, there's white america. and there's black america.ca. >> "america tonight" sarah hoye with tough talk. >>> and on the heels of a break through with cuba, a look back to a harsher time and the tough kids. >> i travelled with my 5-year-old sister. and it was very painful, because she asked my mom, why do i have to leave? i mean how could you explain to a 5-year-old child that she had to leave her mother and you know? >> the children of operation pedro pan. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america morning news >> good morning and w

and america moves to end decades of isolation from cuba. between the lines in the government spending bill a provision to give sacred native american land away to a copper mining company. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." ♪ >>> it's the story that soukds so ridiculous it may as well be a hollywood blockbuster. sony has canceled the scheduled christmas release of the interview. a comedy about the assassination of north korea's leader. it is the latest of the hack that will not end. it began with a barrage of exposed emails, each feature big names and bigger embarrassments for sony executives. no one spared, seemingly. but recently the story took a far more threatening tone. the hackers threatened to kill people who go to the movie. now the u.s. government is involved setting in motion a bizarre diplomatic showdown, but sony is just the latest example of a truly troubling trend. an nbc news pole found that a shockley high 45% of americans say they or a family member have been notified that their credit card information might have been sto

what has won is this idea of america's religious pluralism.ugh he operated in a subordinate role to greater social trends, president obama has played a role in this almost casual acceptance of america's religious pluralism. in his inaugural address of 2009 , obama becomes the first president to acknowledge a wide swath of faiths, including the nons, people with no faith, as importing constituents in the american project. we are a nation of christians and muslims, jews and hindus and non-believers, he said. we are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the pass,treds shall someday that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself. in addition to this stirring rhetoric, once you start quoting him it's very hard to know how to stop -- in addition to the rhetoric, obama almost ofediately, within a week becoming president, re-cra

what america was made of. so earth seemed to work quite well. water. early nce again, the american settlers on the east the largely got in to interior of the country by going up the rivers, the james and the rapohanoc and the hudson. inland, they all of them found rapids and waterfalls and they therefore there in the towns that the settlements and places like fredericksburg and washington, d.c. albany and once they'd established their settlements circumvent them to take trade goods or bring trade goods down from the mountains, canals so the early they perfected the business of to ding canals and started build commercial canals not simply around rapids so the sex canal in new hampshire which effectively created boston as a city of a port for all of new england, the most important canals, the erie albany om buffalo to making new york the center of commerce that it is today. hen the canals that link chicago though the mississippi river river, the illinois and michigan canal. important in allowing the great lakes

on al jazeera america. >> san salvador, el salvador's capital, is where many migrant children -- including josue -- have departed for the us. it's also where those who don't make it are returned. >> this bus arrived with a group of children who were detained en route to the us. >> for many of these families it's been days and days of not knowing where their children were and what conditions they were in. now they've arrive and there's a lot of emotion. it's a mix of happiness and sadness. the sadness is that they didn't make it, and the happiness is that they're here alive and here. >> ruth gomez rivera's 15-year-old son was on the bus. he left the country a week ago, but was caught by mexican authorities. >> ruth's son is interviewed by immigration officials, fingerprinted, and released to the care of his mother. >> the family is reunited for now -- but they can't go back home. they're scared it might be a death sentence for their son. it's been reported that a about a third of the children deported back t

we'll explain thursday on "america tonight." the break tonight, long buried secrets and the attempt to pay last respects long overdue. >> so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and worked among us. >> lives hidden away now finally remembered. >> you know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? well, at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we were starving just looking for a way to succeed. >> the first time that i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the ten freeway was kind of a no-man's land. >> he said, "ya know, we're selling it to the blacks, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops, you can sell to who every you want and when they start killing each other no body cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! we can make a fortune. >> he was maybe the biggest guy in la. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a

how ridiculous. >> you know america -- america has a long -- >> america has a long christian tradition. >> and religion is a private matter and should not find its way into a government action. >> we have american people suffering right now. >> what do you think happens at the start of baseball games and political conventions? >> your brother is suffering, you don't kick him to the curb. what he's doing. doesn't care about the citizens who are suffering. >> i think juan and michelle, you see, next door to each other. >> that's right. >> what i say to her? this is really going to make her mad. merry christmas. imagine that. merry christmas. >> a great way to end the segment. fantastic. merry christmas to all of you guys, too. >>> stick around. a big hollywood studio and celebrities, victims of a huge hack attack. why all american workers should listen to this before heading back to work on monday. w >>> tinseltown in turmoil as hollywood is hacked and sony gets whacked, personal and confident info about celebrities and controversialwhacked. personal and confidential information

we'll explain thursday on "america tonight." the break tonight, long buried secrets and the attempt to pay last respects long overdue. >> so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and worked among us. >> lives hidden away now finally remembered. >> it's a sad chapter of our history. the treatment of people with mental illness. before modern medicine, many were sent to institutions, to a lonely life or lonelier death. beneath an unmarked head stone. marianna's michael okwu reports, they're helping name asylum inmates with names. >> now in front of us is albertina carlson born in 1868. she died in 1939. she's buried under a numbered stone. the state gave her, albertina so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place. as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and walked among us. >> here in the foothills of appalachia, they said they're giving their dead the dignity back, one grave site at a time. >> what's the significance of what you

america. i want to thank you folks. i want to thank you folk for joining us on this, on this what i believe is the last day of america. [laughter] this is it, nation. no, no, this is it, date we all feared would come, ever since we were told it would come several months ago has come at last. [laughter] because tonight at 8:00 pm mexican standard time. generalissimo obama announced his unilateral plan to allow four million illegal immigrants to remain in america without fear of deportation. it turns out this whole time we've been building that wall to keep them in. [laughter] [applause] submitted for your approval. [laughter] i do not smoke. [laughter] but folk, the president's speech is at 8:00 tonight. we are taping our show at 7:30, so i don't know one word of what he's going to say. but i do know there's only one way to describe it. >> it's not an executive order, it's executive amnesty. >> the president will prove forward with executive amnesty. >> executive amnesty for illegal immigrants in this country. >> executi

there is no profit in america without nonprofits in america. you try to run the town -- seriously, you try to run the town, let alone attract new business. it young and dashing young men and women to stay if you have arts and culture, if you don't have health care, if you don't have education, if you don't have clean air and water. that is what we do. you can't make money without us. we need to on that fact that we are not the young brothers and sisters of the.com world. we are equal to business. no recovery plan will work without us in the mix. it is time for us -- [applause] -- [applause] there you go. if i may be so bold, and to close, this is the kind of transitional thinking i urge you to be open to as leaders. believe me. i do not want to discount the minute women of generation x who have been toiling in the field, waiting for their time. there are so many people with really bold ideas. we have to turn them loose. a lot of our conversation today will be around those ideas. how do we get our voices heard. and how do we learn to the spec no

of the islamic community in america is because america has given us freedom of religion.refore it is the ideal, islamic understanding as enshrined in those new constitutions that they should give also full freedom to their minorities. so that is, we will have more details later. best wishes and make sure that you have my brochures for more understanding. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> i don't know about you but i've learned a lot already. impressive panel. i'm tempted to start with a joke, the only terrorism joke i goes on to an airplane. he is stopped because in his suitcase he is carrying a bomb. they say to him, what are you doing? he said the chances of somebody on a plane carrying a bomb are 1 in a million. but the chances of two people on a plane are 1 in 100 million. so that's why he walked on with the bomb. anyway -- i think with this topic, one of the first things required is a sense of honesty. we have to be honest. we have to be willing to face ourselves. we have to be willing to look in the mirror and look into our own faith traditions and each other.

al jazeera america morning news every morning 7 eastern only on al jazeera america >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> protesters in oakland, california chained themselves together on the ramp of an interstate highway monday while others blocked doors to the police department. as protest of the recent sheetings of unarmed black men by white police officers seem in no way abating. there are signs that police are getting fed up. new york saw its largest protests yet on saturday, including some violence and one group flooded the streets chanting, we want dead cops. >> we want dead cops, now. >>

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today he's taking on the media and its protrayal of gay america. president of the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation jarrett barrios. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. so jarrett barrios, welcome to our show. >> thank you for having me. >> hinojosa: you are the youngest ever and the first latino to head the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation, glaad. >> glaad. >> hinojosa: glaad. now, a lot of people might know what glaad is, but there might be a lot of people who also don't know. so what is it that glaad does? >> we are an organization that works for the full equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people. we believe in all of us, including gay folks, being accepted, respected, and valued, but understand that there's a lot of discrimination, there's a lot of homophobia out there in politics, but also in culture, in life. and to really move ahead towards full equality, the belief of glaad is that we have to impact the culture, the culture change, change people's hearts and minds. so what we don't do... you won't find

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