accusations nigh >>> i'm antonio mora, in is al jazeera. it's day four in a large offensive against i.s.i.l. tens of thousands of troops working in tikrit. the advance is hindered by suicide bombers, booby traps and fire. the rebels set fire to oil wells to shield themselves from attacks of helicopters. the rule of the militias have some worrying that iran is funding the fighters. there's fear tehran may use the offensive to solidify its foothold in iraq. >> yes ceded most of the governance of iraq to iranians. . >> reporter: no sooner had ashton carter finished his statement did the chairman launch into a grilling of a newspaper head line touting iran's prominent role in the tikrit offensive. >> they have trained equipment motivated thousands of people. there's a strong lily hood on tikrit and mosul, that you can have a disintegration of the country. >> absolutely i share your concern about the role of iran in iraq and the wider region. >> the pentagon has been forced to admit there's not much it can do as the invitation of the iraqi gover

. >> and i'm antonio mora. now a major man hunt is on in tunisia for the accomplices on a major museum. >> police also killed two gunmen. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. >> meanwhile tunisia's president has called for unity. thousands hit the streets to denounce the attack. many held up banners no to terrorism. >> there has been concerns over security in tunisia because neighboring libya has become affected. >> nazanine moshiri has the story. >> they surround the bardo museum. one ever tunisia's most famous tourist destinations. there were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen opened fire. some people managed to get out. running for their lives. authorities say the gunmen hunted people down spraying bullets. >> translator: we were visiting the museum and suddenly we heard big noises. at first we thought it was a statute falling but bit by bit we realized it was gun shots. there were four of us. we also found a couple with children and we didn't know what to do. we hid on the top flo

there's no reports of injuries tonight. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez there has been plenty of noise around binyamin netanyahu's speech to congress, who invited whom who broke protocol and not. negotiations between the united states and its partners to prevent tehran from having a nuclear weapon are close to agreement or shutting down. in switzerland secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counter

. >>> good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. tonight the u.s. secret service is once again, officers involved in aen car crash outside the white house. paul beban joins us. the hits keep coming. >> antonio, this is a long list of hits. the secret service has claimed that two agents are under investigation after they had a few too many got behind the wheel and made a very wrong turn. it is just the latest in a string of embarrassing ep societies for the secret services. -- episodes for the secret service. two agent on the president's personal security detail went out drinking and crashed their government vehicle into a white house security barricade. other security officers wanted to arrest the agents and do sobriety tests but instead the supervisor reportedly let the agents go home and sleep it off. the first big slipup since october, came on the heels of a man scaling the white house fence actually making it inside the executive mansion and news that an armed man had ridden in an elevator with president obama. joseph clancy a 30 year veteran of

the agency will contain it or move it >>> i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hi i'm lisa fletcher. female genital mutilation and cutting is illegal in the united states. that doesn't mean women here are safe. a travelling tradition is in place in africa and the middle east it's impacted half a million in the u.s. and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who

. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin with breaking news out of utah. state lawmakers passed a beel allowing the use -- bill allowing the use of firing squad in death penalty cases, used in cases where the state is unable to obtain the drugs for lethal injection. the bill goes to the governor who has not said if he'll sign it. if he does utah will be the only state to allow firing squads. >> for the first time hillary clinton is addressing the controversy over the use of private emails. she insists that no government rules were broken. >> reporter: speaking from the united nations hillary clinton said as secretary of state she relied exclusively on personal email because it was more convenient. >> i thought using one device would be simpler and obviously it hasn't worked out that way. >> reporter: clinton has been under fire after confirming she engaged it email practices that contradicted her own directives to state department employees. her message was at times defensive. >> i fully complied with every rule i w

i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us. for latest, head over to aljazeera.com. noir is up"inside story" is up next. have a great weekend. >> hello, i'm ray suarez because they are local stories the abusive or just plain risky behavior of fraternity men rarely break the national headlines. but there's no denying it's not all fraternities and sororities, mind you but colleges and universities have found it hard to shut down even the worst chapters.

i'm antonio mora, fault lines is up next. i'll see you again in an hour. >> new york new york. eight point four million people call this city home. >> twenty-four degrees snowing hard in central park going down to twenty in midtown. snowfall one to two feet. so they're now saying we could have snow falling as rapidly as five inches an hour. >> this has been the coldest winter here in eighty-one years. and it coincides with a grim reality. more people in new york city are homeless today than at any point since the 1930s.

. >> and i'm antonio mora. a day after claiming it had massacred hundreds in tunisia a bomb in yemen. >> worshipers were attending noon prepares when the bombs went off. i.s.i.l. said the yemeni affiliate carried out the attack specifically targeted at houthi rebels. >> two people killed in that attack. >> violence came 13 hours after 13 people were killed in the southern port city of aden. rival forces clashed at the military airport kim vanel has more. >> reporter: worshipers scrambled to save the injured. their clothes stained with blood, rescuers moved between bodies piled high on the floor. this was the second suicide bombing, in this space of a few minutes. the first attacker detonated outside, having been stopped by security. the second took advantage of the confusion, to cause maximum damage. that explosion was caught by those filming the fallout. >> translator: we were in the mosque during the sermon. we first heard an explosion outside. near the security perimeter. and then it became apparent that whe

i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up this half hour of international news, the families of mexico's 43 missing students are on a adjourn across the u.s. we'll tell what you they hope to accomplish. >> some say the pope performed a half miracle. >> i.s.i.l. forces have apparently embarked on a mission, 74 soldiers were killed in an assault today. it took place at an air base in homs province. i.s.i.l. fighters have seized property in central and western syria sometimes by defeating other militia groups. >> the pentagon has warned 100 many100s military members, white house says the information on the list wasn't leaked or hacked. >> we obviously take safety and security of our military personnel very seriously. at this point there was no indication that there was a data breach involved here. it appears that the information that was distributed by i.s.i.l. was information that was freely available through social media on the internet. >> the pentagon says it's unclear if the list is actually connected to i.s.i.l.

. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight - french investigators are trying to figure out what led to a tragic plane crash. the remains of a german jetliner are scattered across a rugged part of the french alps. official say it's unlikely anyone survived. john terrett joins us with the latest. john the plane was destroyed on impact. >> i'm afraid it really was. normally when a plane crashes on lands, there are large chunks to be seen. not really in this case. first stoppeders used words like pulverized and utter devastation to describe the scene of the crash. that is an indication of how hard the impact of flight 95-25 was when it fell from the sky. >> reporter: a section of windows, part of the tail smouldering debris. just some of what is left of germanwings flight 9525. before the search operation was called off at nit fall helicopters above the french alps were able to spot the devastating trail of wreckage a passenger plane pulverized by the force it struck the mountainside, leaving little fate about the 150 on b

i'm antonio mora for news any time head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next.e a good night. pass >>> hello, i'm ray suarez when the fund that pays social security disabledy insurance runs short. the gap is filled with an infusion of cash from the old age community funds. tucked away in the new business for congress was a quiet tie bomb. congressional forces cut the

i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. it is just after 5am in lausanne switzerland on the deadline day or the iran nuclear talks, secretary of state john kerry and others have 19 hours left to deal on a framework to kerb iran's nuclear programme. as diplomatic editor james bays reports, there's cautious optimism in the final hours of the talks. >> reporter: the talks here are in the last most difficult leg. is it going well secretary kerrry. >> we are working very hard working hard. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state john kerry has spent most of the past two weeks in lausanne trying to hammer out a deal with his foreign opposition,kerry and zarif have been joined by representatives of p5+1 - china, u.k. france germany and russia. it was important, but showed there's no deal ready to be signed yet. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, who sort offed in lausanne less than 24 hours earlier decided to leave again. he may be back close to the midnight deadline on tuesday. the break when the foreign minister of china went

ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america [ ♪♪ ] >>> i'm antonio morais is "talk to al jazeera". our guest today anthony lake - executive director of u.n.i.c.e.f. >> one of the most heartbreaking finding, approximately 19,000 children die every single day. >> every day. >> from causes we know how to prevent. >> absolutely. >> that's more than 7 million chin a year. >> it is. >> it -- children a year. >> it is. >> that must be a hard thing... >> it's less than in previous years. we have made progress thanks to the miracle of vaccinations and hard work. those kids dying every day is an abomination. kids? >> if the kid dies because of a lack of a bed net against malaria, because of a lack of a vaccine against measles, which is a big killer in the world, because of a lack of clean water, whatever - yes, they certainly have been failed. >> you are one of the most influential people in foreign policy and national security over the past few decades in this country. i suspect your advice is often sought. what would you tell president obama now that the united s

legally >>> good evening i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. in two hours israel heads to the poll deciding who runs the country. they'll decide if binyamin netanyahu will get another session. the vote is being closely watched. dana lewis reports. >> reporter: in a television interview view. a campaign promise has been laid out. >> translation: yielding territory for islamic attacks against israel - this is a reality created in the past few years. those that do not understand that bury their heads in the sand. >> reporter: binyamin netanyahu is focused on security in the hopes of staying prime minister. pre-election polls suggest he is four seats behind rival isaac herzog. he and his zionist union party take a different approach calling for a new approach. >> in order to move with the palestinians, and have confidence building measures, i intend to free settlement out of the blocks? >> i believe it's part of the objectives of reaching an agreement with the palestinians by way of settlement blocks. >> reporter: isaac herzog approach to resolve t

. >>> i'm antonio mora, this is "talk to al jazeera".ay i'm speaking to anthony lake, an executive director of u.n.i.c.e.f. >> u.n.i.c.e.f. needs almost 280 million for what it's trying do in syria. and you have a fraction of that. really, a fraction of that. >> yes. >> the same thing is happening in iraq and other affected regions. >> yes. central african republic south sudan, all of these crisis. last year... >> why? >>..was a terrible year for the children as the emergencies broke out >>> is the situation worse than world war ii. >> i think so yes. if you look at the map of the world and imagine for a moment the countries that are in crisis popping up and tell me which one looks like it will get better >>> why don't we look at some of those countries. central african republic. >> it was horribly neglected during the goal ownial period. low education rits et cetera and is calling party between muslims and christians and children are suffering terribly - lack of education, health. >>> not car in south sudan you have a civil war raging.

i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. the rising of the u.k. independence party. >> and three young women striving for empowerment around the world we begin with their stories. >> a devastating earthquake and tsunami. there were ceremonies and moments of silence today in many of the hardest-hit areas. japan's emperor and prime minister took place in the remembrances, the 9.1 quake and the melt down of the fukushima plant, many residents have yet to return to their homes. >>> on the hunt for a brazen jewel thieves band. the haul is worth $9.5 million. >> a korean air attendant is suing the airlines, the way she served nut on a plane. the incident became known as nut-rage. the korean executive is serving a 1 year term for disruption of safety. >>> phil ittner, takes a look at london's union. >> jerald o'brien is canvassing for votes the old fashioned way in the rural english town of ash ford. but he's standing for a party which while comparatively new has been at the forefront of a major shift in british politics. >> you kick parliamentary candid

. >> i'm antonio mora. we begin with the tragic germanwings plane crash. recovery has been suspended until tomorrow. officials are certain none of the 150 on board survives. hundreds of police officers and rescue personnel scoured a remote part. it was travelling from barcelona to germany. one of the plane's black boxes was recovered. investigators say it will be analysed to see what caused the airbus 8120 to crash. >> the plane was flying over france, it lost altitude and at 6,000 feet lost contact with radar radar. mark giordano reports. jacky row lands reports. >> reporter: in a remote valley debris is strewn across the hillsides. no one could have survived and in this difficult terrain recovery will take days. you can just about locate the rescue workers, struggling to locate many pieces of the plane. crucially they found a black box flight recorder which should provide vital evidence as to why this happened. at doesel dorfe airport relatives and friends gathered to receive information and absorb the terrible news. the arrival board tells the story. ge

. >> i'm antonio mora. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has made his case to congress asking lawmakers to block any deal with iran over its nuclear programme. >> we must all stand together to stop iran's march of progress subrogation together. >> despite a buoy cat by many he offed -- boycott by many he received a standing ovation. president obama said he did not watch the speech. >> talks continued to switzerland. >> iran insists it is not trying to build a nuclear weapon. congress was warned any agreement would make it easier to build one and threaten survival. >> reporter: this was unprecedented, a leader of a foreign country addressing the u.s. congress to criticise the foreign policy of their own president, binyamin netanyahu. he is here at the invitation of the opposition party and over the objections of u.s. president obama. >> my friends i'm deeply humbled... >> reporter: here to talk about iran and the ongoing negotiations. >> the deal has two major concession concessions concessions: one

. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin in iraq where iraqi forces are forcing i.s.i.l. out of tikrit. government officials said their forces retook large parts of the city and drove the group out of alla la. >> the iraqi and shia militias are preparing for an assault should the joint offensive proceed, similar missions in other cities will continue. >> junioredon's king abdullah spoke to his people today. >> in the u.k. a new airline law aimed at preventing citizens joining i.s.i.l. >> the tikrit offensive is the largest against i.s.i.l. it's a combination of iraqi and shi'a militias. there are concerns the shia militias are targetting sunni villages. >> reporter: holding the flag of the islamic state of iraq and levant upside down is a victory sign for the iraqi soldiers and militias. they've retaken areas a few kilometres from tikrit. an i.s.i.l. held city, a major offensive is underway. >> translation: the popular mobilization of shia militia me forces and tribes of the distribute were able to achieve great victories. >> this is the island, a prodominancely sunni areas. some of tha

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. iraqi military has teamed up with iranian shia application ya and sunni tribes men. the u.s. says it is taking month part in this operation. >> another major assault on mosul, we get the latest from al jazeera's jane arraf in baghdad. >> this is the first battle fora major sunni city sins i.s.i.l. tooksince i.s.i.l.took over last june. it has remained pretty much an i.s.i.l. stronghold since then. trying to take back the city of saddam's home town. but stopped before. this one is huge, more than 20,000 fighters, iraqi military fighters along with iranian backed shia militia. and in this particular fight sunni tribesmen. it is the sunnies that haider al-abadi appealed to saying they would be pardoned if they laid down their arms. going there the today and talking to sunni members of parliament who ended their boycott. on the ground, the tribes have approached the town from two fronts. where saddam was found hiding. not only taking back that city which was rigged with explosives from i.

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. the iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i.s.i.l. but progress is slow. >> and human rights watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. >> heavy losses on i.s.i.l. in its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. jane arraf has the story. >> troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. tikrit. >> the iraqi military has launched since i.s.i.l. seized territory last june. it doesn't show the militia component of this fight. shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. the government says i.s.i.l. fighters are deserting and heading for mountains. the highway from tikrit leads to mosul. iraq's deference minister acknowledges it will be a tough road ahead. >> translator: we are in multiple phases of war. we are in the preparation phase for real battle. the obstacles are expected and we have taken many measures to avoid such difficulties. >

. >> and i'm antonio mora. at stake the political future of benjamin netanyahu. >> said he would not allow a palestinian state. wanting to give away cpts opinion polls suggest he's trading fm. >> only boax shell one of its co-leaders sippy libney, made her party merged from isaac her disog's labor party. aye isaac hertzog's party. >> no palestinian state if he's reelected. >> i think whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic terrorist attacks against israel. this is genuine reality that's been created here in the past few years ago. those who do not understand that bury their heads in the stand. >> netanyahu is focused on security in hopes of staying prime minister after six years in power. but suggest he's behind isaac hertzog. calling for renewed talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> i believe they are part of the objectives of reaching an agreement with the palestinians by way of settlement blocks under i

dramatic turn of events, antonio mora has a preview coming up. antonio. >> we are going to have the latest that saudi arabia and gulf allies have gun begun a military offensive against houthi rebels on a day when the president was forced to flee. we'll also look at the heartbreak plight of child soldiers thousands of children both boys and girls some as young as eight given no choice but to fight. it is happening mostly in african, asian and the middle east, but only gotten worse with the rise of armed groups such as i.s.i.l. and boko haram. south sudan many are afraid to go to school for fear they will be abducted. also hear from a man who was a child soldier in sierra leone for most children like himself fighting became the only option. >> in my case i didn't want to leave because i didn't have anything else to go to, my entire system was killed in the war. i survived by luck. so there was flog for me to go to. so i didn't have anything. so this army became my new family. >> you can hear much more of ishmael's interview. coming up in our next ho

i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. we begin in egypt with the political rest regulation of abdel fattah al-sisi on the political stage. >> three members of the military were wounded in an attack on the egyptian military. >>> egypt has been rocked by instability. it continued in 2013 with thous terwith theout outouswith theouster of mohamed morsi. >> despite years of turmoil we are open for business. in his opening speech, president abdel fattah al-sisi welcomed and thanked those for their support. >> i'd like to thank all our brothers kings and presidents of the arab states that are giving us lot of honor of being here today in egypt. the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt is a very important role for the civility of the whole region. we need to make sure that these powers will be for the benefit of the stability of the nation and for the region. >> reporter: it started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypt's richest neighbors the aim is to secure billi

i'm antonio mora. we begin with breaking news out of yemen. tonight saudi arabia says it and other gulf states have launched an offensive against shia houthi rebels threatening to overrun yemen. earlier today the rebels attacked the southern port city of aden. [ gun shots ] >> they seized the airport and a military base. the country's embattled president already fled to aden has left the country. mike viqueria is monitoring all the developments from washington. mike, what do the saudis and other guferl governmentsother gulf governments hope to accomplish by this invasion? >> the saudi ambassador adel al jabir, says they will do what they can principally targeting army barracks associated with the former president of yemen saleh. others are vowing cooperation with the saudi operation against the houthi reckless. we know president hadi recognized by the united states and saudi arabia as the legitimate leader of that country of yemen had fled sanaa just a couple of months ago in the face of a houthi onsla

al jazeera >>> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a good night. >>> hello i'm ray suarez. federal agents raided buildings in three southern californian counties looking for pregnant women arriving from other countries with a goal to giving birth to an american citizen. if you make it to the united states a newborn gets you a passport and social security number. it's a squirmish in the immigration area. a place where it doesn't confir citizenship like it does here. it's "inside story." birth right citizenship. >> thousands of times an ear at the united states citizens go into labour. if all goes well screaming and kicking, an american citizen takes their first breath. many get on a plane and go home american citizen in their arms clushed in the baby's fist. federal ates on tuesday raided 20 locations of women found in the sweents from china, paying $15,000 to $50,000 to come to the united states to have their baby. >> what we are investigating is the allegations t

. >>> britain is gearing up for a general election just over one month' and antonio mora is here witha story you'll see in the next hour. >> the british parliament has been dissolved. that is setting the stage for general elections very interesting ones in may. >> by the queen the proclamation preparation for calling the new parliament. >> coming up in our next hour we'll take a look at the elections as well as the historic ties that bind the united states and britain, and how they might be effected by the parliament try election, john. >> antonio, we'll see you then. thank you very much. coming up next in this broadcast. the man chosen to replace jon stewart already a star in some countries, what you need to know about trevor noah. >> next! next! trevor noah. trevor noah? yes? >> trevor noah is hardly a household name in the u.s. but that may be about to change. say the south african comic was named to succeed jon stewart on "the daily show"." stewart announced he's leaving the show after 16 years. noah has been a contributor since december. he is a seasoned stand up comic and he hos

. >> i'm antonio mora, i will see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> it's been 21 days since nurse practitioner returned home to loomis california from an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. >> go ahead and take your temperature, 97.5. >> the biggest challenge of the quarantine is contact with other people. >> for alice, the quarantine was a minor inconvenience compared to the six months she spent in sierra leone. >> also tonight. >> after a year of canvassing nearly 70% of d.c. voters said yes to legalizing the use of marijuana in the city. but they still can't buy it or sell it. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. a note now about governing and the governed. outside the beltway people often view washington, d.c. as being different and it is true. the rules are different here. case in point: is the effort to legalize medical marijuana which voters thought they had approved approved, but there's still cannabis confusion in the district. at christof putzel reports. >> here in the nation's capital. there's another kind of happy hour going on. some call it a ciphe

. >> i'm antonio mora. "america tonight" such next. i'll see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> in the four years since fukushima, life has not been kind to the people who fled. do you believe that fukushima city will ever be a safe place to live again? >> translator: not in my lifetime. not the same fukushima that existed before. >> we ventured into towns inside and around the seclusion zone which remain frozen in time at the moment residents fled. >> marv and linda simkakowski lost their son last july. they were told his death away caused by an aneurysm but an autopsy found something quite different. >> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the ves rans administration, new scrutiny of the va and now the death of a young marine vet at a wisconsin marine hospital has uncovered other systemic flaws. it is a tragedy that christof putzel has found about how to fix the va. >> i never thought he would die no. >> marv and linda simkakowski lost their son jason last july. he died at the at the tomah va hospital. >> i said jason

. >> good evening, i'm randall pinkston in for antonio mora. there's growing evidence that the co-pilot of the german airliner in the french alps brought the plane down on purpose. recordings from pt black box paint a terrifying picture of the final moments on board flight 925. now, according to a report police made a discovery at the home of that pilot. john terrett joins us with the latest. >> good evening. a french prosecutor today confirming the unimaginable that co-pilot andres lubitz locked his captain out. removing bags of belongings that they hope answer why. >> the passenger screamed during the time moments of their lives as the captain pounded on the door. demanding the co-pilot let him in minutes later the germanwings flight crashed into a mountain the plane paul varized by the impact. the scenario playing out on the voice recorder. >> translation: so alone at the controls, the goh pilot affected the descent. the act of descending was deliberate. then lube its who officials believe intended to crash the plane locked the door and init

. >> i'm antonio mora. "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. >>> on "america tonight", this is the video sparking outrage cross the country, what follows, a fatal confrontation between l.a.p.d. officers and a homeless man, one of the first task for the body camera programme launched at the end of last year. >> it's part of also missing white women syndrome what we know of in the united states where there's moral panic when white woman victim hood and safety is threatened and compromised. there's a deeper reaction and response to that than we do women of colour. >> so in short, native women are less than. >> less than. [ ♪♪ ] >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the tense regulations between law enforcement and communities of colours come to be marked by a hashtag shorthand black lives matter. it's echoed by another tag line native lives matter as native communities report a parallel crisis in their relation with police one they fear leaves the young women at risk. the evidence coming from shocking statistics of missing w

i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. [ ♪♪ ] >>> indiana recently joined the parade of states passing a version of the religious freedom restoration act. the blow-back has been more ferocious than in missouri. corporations are cutting back or threatening to pull out of the state. now there's pressure on the n.c.a.a. to move its indianapolis headquarters and not bring the final four to the state's biggest city either. we'll look at the law's intention and possible costs. we have decided to serve up piping hot conversation no matter who you are, in full harmony with my conscience. it's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. indiana governor mike pens appeared on "this week with george stefanopolous", and was peppered with questions about the law which he insisted was in harmony with the freedom and restoration act tined by parliament. he insisted signing it was the right thing to do but wouldn't answer a straightforward question, would it be legal to dis

good evening i'm randall pinkston in for antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. new details are emerging at this time about the co-pilot who crashed that germanwings plane into the french alps. investigators believe andreas lubitz was suffering from clinical depression. ahalf dozen carriers will require at least two pilots inside a cockpit at all times. john terret is here. john how did investigators uncover lubitz's depression? >> they found evidence while searching his home. meanwhile up in the french alps the grim task for searching for human remains continues. >> for the second day in a row investigators search the home that andreas lubitz shared with his parents. adding a new twist to the story of downed flight 9525. evidence that lubitz was hiding an illness one that could should have seen him grounded. he was suffering from depression. >> translator: the fact that there were torn up sick notes among the things at a were found, recent and even the day of the crime based on preliminary investigation. >> the office confirmed no suicide note or confession was

. >> i'm antonio mora. i'll see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> king's bay is one of the only places in the world where you can swim with and even touch groups of endangered florida man manatees. >> ma'am, you're not supposed to be in there. >> set off a passionate debate. >> where do you draw the line? >> i think people should not touch the animals or attempt to. >> in his spare time when he's not running his septic business doug has become a one man police watchdog. he's also become a critic of the increasing military posture of police. >> what did you witness here? >> i witnessed my son-in-law killed buy swat team that i founded. . >> geexg, thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. after ferguson we have become increasingly aware of the power of increasing numbers of programs par part of the arsenal of even small forces. and officers kitted up, with military fire power as if to do battle. the consequences the gear changes those that were meant to protect and serve we begin our program with

i'm antonio mora. another fatal police confrontation puts the issue back on the front pages just as a presidential task force issues its recommendations to prevent future shootings. >>> a major tack on i.s.i.l. tighters on what may be a preview of larger confrontations to come. >>> after a school was trying to ban gays and lesbians, that and much more coming up at the top of the hour. >> christa freeland knows firsthand how it feels to make vladimir putin angry. she was banned entry for sanctions, imposed on russia. unique perspective on the events unfolding in russia. christa, before we got your perspective on it, we found that vladimir putin came out and made a statement about this murder and says he takes on the investigation himself. not that he's taking it seriously or that it's going to follow the normal path of justice and investigation. >> look, i'm very sad to say that i don't think that that statement can give us any comfort that this investigation will be done seriously or carefully. vladimi

. >> i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher. female genital mutilation and cutting is illegal in the united states. safe. a travelling tradition is in place in africa and the middle east it's impacted half a million in the u.s. and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who endured it travels here to talk to me about it. that's tonight on "inside story". hi, i'm lisa fletcher, ray suarez is off tonight. throughout the month of march, al jazeera will report issues centering on women, a campaign we call a war against women. so much progress have been made, women around the world are not free or protected from gender bibias, discrimination and abuse, the victim of long-term cultural forms making them less valued than men and putting their focus in jeopardy. and that is the focus, a practice in the middle east, depriving women of powers over their bodies, f g.m., female genital mutilation, female circumcision or cutting. you may a hea

good evening i'm stephanie sy antonio mora has the night often. >>> john terret joiningoff. john terret joining us. this has been the first reshuffle in the 67 year history of the agency. >> i believe there is more than a reshuffle. there is a school of thought out there that says actually this is about something more sweeping that is the root and branch reorganization of the agency which some say is long overdue. >> the cia is america's overseas spying agency. now director john brennan says it's time for a shakeup to cope with a wide range of threats especially from the internet. embrace from the digital revolution. >> organizations don't want to change and especially government organizations don't want to change. i think it's making sense that cia and all 16 intelligence agencies need to change with the times. whether this is particularly good or not remains to be scene. >> to gather online intelligence also under his plan, spies covert analysts to form one team traditionally they've worked apart often for different bosses in separate buildings. ten new mission statements,

. >> i'm antonio mora. fault lines is next. i'll see you again in an hour. >> the united states is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. but it's not a crisis of illegal drugs. it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs. >> overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that's one overdose death every thirty minutes. >> the overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. >> that's a massive increase. >> massive. >> over the past 10 years, we've had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. >

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora cowmg coming up after "real money"," discrimination against africanricans for years in ferguson missouri. >>> a u.s. ambassador is rushed to the hospital after a man attacks him with a razor blait. ment we'll have that and much more coming up at the top of the hour. >> that's why this congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. it's 2015. it's time. >> many believe a component of jernt bias, unconscious or conscious, is the wage gap. women make about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns but the is widely reported 23% wage gap actually a myth? andrew biggs joins us via skype from oregon. thank you so much for being with us. you heard patricia sabga's story about unconscious bias. i know you have read about this. do you believe that unconscious bias place a role in our labor in america? >> there is unconscious bias that takes play, the question is how big a role does that play? pay differences between men and women, this 23% pay gap that is often cited and what almost all studies find is

the goal - drawing attention to endangered birds >>> i'm antonio mora for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. goodnight. cl >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. the syrian masses - people desperate to live normal lives have been the victims and bystanders as forces beyond their control tear the country to pieces. a new report from a big group of non-governmental organizations details terrible suf rings at the hand of their government various groups fighting the government and neighbours with designs on one outcome or another, in many ways leaving the people of syria to their sad fate. it's "inside story". >>> 20 non-governmental organizations and n.g.o.s issued a report called failing syria, they targeted the united nations security council, and the international community. according to the n.g.o. the 15 members of the council have not lived up to the commitments spelt out in the very resolutions passed by the security council. the report about the syrian conflict says this spiralling catastrophe is a stain on the conscience of the international community, conclud

. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news you can head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. a sharply divided supreme court again heard arguments for and against the structure of president obama's heath care reform law, the affordable care act. what is different this time is the attention on four small words - established by the state. everything is working on how they are interpreted in the context of it 1,000 page war. a ruling against the administration would crack a

i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us. for latest, head over to aljazeera.com. noir is up"inside story" is up next. have a great weekend. >> hello, i'm ray suarez because they are local stories the abusive or just plain risky behavior of fraternity men rarely break the national headlines. but there's no denying it's not all fraternities and sororities, mind you but colleges and universities have found it hard to shut down even the worst chapters. kaitlin flannagan spent a year chronicling the outrageous behavior of a frat house near you. she'll join us in a minute and then we'll talk to a sphra alternate leader who has some ideas on fixing excess of fraternities and a consultant who advises colleges and universities and friends how to lower the risk associated with fraternity life. and later i'll do a keg stand. no i won't. it's "inside story"." the ideal experience? you leave home for the first time navigate your studies get a taste of adult independence, and like minded guys you'll know for the rest of your life, you'll share formative experience do public ser

>>> good evening i'm antonio mora coming up after "real money", the investigation begins after a jetliner crashes in the french alps with 150 on board. tonight one of the flight recorders has been found. >> a change of plans in afghanistan. president obama says nearly 10,000 u.s. troops will remain through the end of the year. >> a controversial plan to deal with drought in texas by pumping water from the country to the city. that and more coming up at the top of the hour. >>> the national football league is having a tough time tackling domestic violence the dallas cowboys the latest out rage after signing greg hardy. last season a north carolina judge found him guilty of assaulting to threaten to kill his girlfriend. the conviction set aside after hardy appealed and asked for a jury trial. the case was dismissed when the victim refused to cooperate. the panthers dropped him. they said they didn't resign him because they do the right thing. the cowboys thought differently, signing hardy to a deal that could be worth $13 million. a lot in dallas were upset, including the mayor, calling it

. >> i'm antonio mora thanks you for joining us for the latest news. head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. couldn't. ^ below psh psh >>> there was a time when president obama pointed to yemen as an example of how a counter terrorism strategy should work. as the country slips into civil war, it has come and gone. we discuss the consequences of the u.s. pulling out military person and yemen on the brink of chaos, with a former u.s. ambassador blogger and military expert. later, president obama agrees to keep 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan through the end of the year and we'll take you to kabul to talk to our reporter on the scene about what that means to that country's security. >>> hello. i'm ray suarez. american officials used to point to yemen as a reliable ally stabilizing partner, and a country willing to take risks to rule out guerilla fighter and accept the president to do it. now the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is leading a counterirn surgent force against -- insurnt force against a rebel army that has taken over big chunks of the his country. it's har

. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news you can head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. a sharply divided supreme court again heard arguments for and against the structure of president obama's heath care reform law, the affordable care act. what is different this time is the attention on four small words - established by the state. everything is working on how they are interpreted in the context of it 1,000 page war. a ruling against the administration would crack a pillar supporting the law, and drop the health coverage of millions of americans. we'll get in the courtroom with sam baker who will debate the law and the subsidies at the heart of the case and our reporter is looking for the plaintiffs. >> mr king mr king. >> save you a lot of time. no comment. >> reporter: i can't talk to you for a second >>> who they are will surprise you. obama care back in the dock. it's "inside story". >>>reporters who followed today's oral argument are in wide agreement. this issue divides the nine justices. if the