i'm antonio mora. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera", i'm antonio mora. our guest this week new york city police commissioner william bratton. new york becoming a safe place, it has been greatly credited to you and mayor giuliani and following the broken windows theory and, you know small crimes that disorder leads to greater crimes. stop and frisk, which was instituted more specifically after you left and you mentioned earlier went to certain extremes. the court order said it had to be limited under certain circumstances. was stop and frisk, which i know you believe is an essential part of policing used inappropriately? >> i think so. i said that repeatedly. there was too much of it it was unnecessary. that's borne out by the fact that we have - we do sit very significantly during my 15 months as police officer. my predecessor ray kelly reduced it dramatically during his time with no negative impact on reduction of crime in the city. >> how should it be used? >> you have to have reasonable suspicion that a crime has, is or about to be committed. if a cri

. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight, the fate of the accused boston marathon bomber is in the hands of the jury attorneys on both sides delivered their closing arts in front of a courtroom full of victims and the media. erica pitzi has more on the statements from the prosecution and defense. >> experts say a guilty verdict is pretty much a foregone conclusion. both sides used their closing arguments to paint their own pictures of what happened. after the guilt phase comes the penalty phase and jurors will died whether this 2 #-year-old lives or dies. >> he wanted to terrorize the country, punish america for what it was doing to his people. those are the words of the federal prosecutor as he delivered his closing argument to the jury. several survivors of the attack were in the courtroom along with family members of the victim like the father of 8-year-old martin richard, the youngest victim dying at the blast not far from the finish line. people from the courtroom wiped tears from their faces. thousands of spect

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm libby casey. coming up in this half hour of international news the man who launched the $8 million effort to honor american's vietnam war veterans. >> and a spaceship is spinning out of control. >> but tonight in baltimore thousands of people took to the streets calling for justice for freddy gray. in about 30 minutes the city will be under another night of curfew. paul beban joins us from baltimore. are police worried about any more violence tonight? >> good evening lobby and of course they are concerned that things could heat back up. but right now sort of an uneasy peace in baltimore. the governor today calling this a turning point that maybe the city has turned back to more than normal. we saw an outdoor concert kids going back to school, businesses reopening, people continuing the cleanup. the city sort of holding its breath. the police commissioners saying the city is stable and they want to keep it that way. >> right now anticipate no major issues. we have a number of resources i've placed

. >>> good evening i'm antonio mora. i'm al jazeera. former secretary of state will make the announcement on social media sunday. hillary clinton will hit the road to start campaigning. her first stop is expected to be in iowa. ash-har quraishi, more so for hillary clinton the starts of many campaigns. >> that's right antonio. iowa caucuses, clinton did not do well in her last bid in 2008. but this is an opportunity start that ground game and also to engage the people here in iowa and try and build some momentum. >> news radio 1040 who. >> politics especially presidential politics who's running, who should be is should be is taken very seriously in iowa. at a coffee shop in iowa city a group of activates is gathered to talk about what else, politics. a slate that could counters balance two perceptions that hillary clinton is a front runner nomination is inevitable. >> a really good primary is good for the party and that in the end i think will energize more voters than this sort of oh well we'll have one candidate and that's all there i

. >>> good evening i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. protesters in baltimore are vowing to shut down the city tomorrow. they are planning to hold a rally for freddy gray, the 25-year-old black man who was fatally injured while under arrest. demonstrators want to know what happened to gray after he was handcuffed and put into a police van 12 days ago. he died a week later of spinal injuries. john terret is in baltimore and john police have released video of the scene of gray's arrest. >> reporter: that's quite right antonio. good evening from baltimore. they did that after close of business on friday. there are 16 of them in total and it's security camera footage that's on the videos. we've been calling the baltimore police for some kind of comment and they've yet to respond. al jazeera america has trolled through 16 videos. they don't appear to show very much to the untrained eye. at one point it appears you see a suspect on the ground. it appears that he might be arrested by police officers but the pictures are really quite grainy and

>>> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. four former black water security guards are serving lengthy prison sentences for their role in the deadly 2007 shooting of iraqi civilians. john terrett joins us now. a federal judge came down very hard. >> extremely hard much to the annoyance of family and supporters in court. there were extraordinary scenes in court. three of them handed 30 year sentence, and another spending the rest of his life behind bars. all four had clean records before the shooting, he needed to send a message because of seriousness and large number of victims. >> in 2007 one of the most notorious incidents of the iraq war era took place. >> 14 civilians killed in a traffic circle in downtown baghdad, shot to death by four americans working on behalf of the state department for the private security firm black water. >> niklas was found guilty of first degree murder last october. and has been sentenced to life in prison for firing the opening shots. the other three dustin heard of tennessee, evan and paul of t

families to find long-term services as children grow up and become adults >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. tonight - people in tehran are celebrating a breakthrough in talks aimed at limiting iran's nuclear capabilities. after months of negotiations world leaders agreed on the graham work of understanding. james bays is in lausanne switzerland with more on what it took to achieve the milestone. >> around the clock make or break negotiations world leaders were celebrating an historic moment. the e.u. high presentative made -- representative made an announcement on how the nuclear programme will be restricted over a 25-year period, centrifuges cut from 19,000 to 6,000, and limited to one facility. >> iran's enrichment capacity and stockpile will be limited for specific durations and there'll be no other enrichment facility. >> and this the fate of the once secret bunker built inside a mountain. >> it will be converted from an enrichment site to a nuclear physics and technology center. >> does this count as the graham work agreement that the white house promised.

. >>> i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight, iraqi forces in the u.s. led coalition are trying to fend off an i.s.i.l. offensive in ramadi. the capital of anbar is 70 miles west of baghdad. i.s.i.l. took aim launching suicide attacks. 150,000 fled ramadi since wednesday. xi jinping reports. -- jamie mcintyre reports. >> general dempsey did not say that it was not important, but not as apparent as to the north. >> thisifiedo shot on a responsible phone shows sa trike on ramada. the u.s. and coalition use air strikes. at the pentagon joint chief's chairman general dempsey downplayed the set back. i would rather ramadi not fall. it will not be the end of the campaign. >> several say said the more important tack it to the north. that is a more strategic prize than where the focus is. >> once the iraqis have control of budget yi of baiji, they control the structure north and south and deny generating revenue through >>> defense secretary ash carter stressed that iraqi forces battling i.s.i.l. must be multicultural and report only to baghdad. >> we support fo

good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. tonight as iran publicly commits to the framework of a nuclear nonproliferation agreement members of congress are pushing back against the deal. facing a june 30th deadline to work out the final deal, as mike viqueria it will be a long three months of negotiations for the white house. >> organic antonio. it is the day after the deal and the president has been on the phone trying to drum up support and head off critics as the diplomatic battle looms both at home and broad. >> white house spokesman josh earnest says the white house is under no illusion. >> we don't trust iran. for audit now decades now iran has tried to evade the inspectors. >> running both ways, key points announced 50 administration have not been publicly confirmed by iran like how much low enriched uranium. iran will be able to keep. iran wants a quick boost to its ailing economy. the white white house says easing of sanctions will come step by step. >> we expect the suspension piece to generally happen within the fi

good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. how a florida mail main was able to breach air space in washington, d.c. undetected and land a small helicopter on the west lawn of the capitol building. lisa stark reports it's raising more concerns about security in the nation averages capital. >> a 67-year-old wanted to galvanize the country something he feels very strongly about campaign finance reform. he certainly grabbed the spotlight but at the same time, he violated the security of the nation's capital. this cell phone shows what tourists on capitol hill saw and heard. the loud noise of a single person aircraft flying low and landing on the capitol lon. it took capitol police nearly a minute to converge on the gyro-copter. >> you could see him piloting the thing into the lawn. >> the man reportedly at the controls, doug hughes had apparently made no secret of his plans. he had talked extensively with the tampa bay times which posted this video and interview on its website. >> i have got a plane. a gyro-plane. and i'm going to

i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin in baltimore, where tensions are high under the death of freddy gray. protesters hit the street angry over the excessive force they believe police used. gray died from a serious spinal injury. the baltimore police suspended the officers involved in the case. >> if they are tried, convicted and put in gaol where's the due justice >>> the police department says it's launching a civil investigates. >> it's the fourth day outside this baltimore police station. many are upset by this man, saying it's another in the simmering tensions between the police and a community they were sworn to protect. this woman said one of the days she was pregnant was the worst day of her life. >> when you are a victim of police brutality, you're on emp. >> in 2009 she was on a porch when a fight broke out in her street. for some reason the police focused on her, pulling her down the steps and slamming here into the ground. her pregnanties wasn't affected. but she was brewed. >> it's more difficult. >

. >>> gening i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera. the u.s. took a big step today on the road to resuming diplomatic ties with cuba. president obama informed congress he'll take u.s. off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> the move was expected and will have real world consequences. cuba and america open for business with each other. it could have come saturday. many expected it when president obama was in panama for the summit of the americas and he received a recommendation that cuba be delisted from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it resided since 1982. it's part of president obama's announcement that he wanted to work towards normalization. this will have real world consequences listing many financial straits on banks, on international united nations like the world bank that wanted to do business or lend to cuba. they are likely to be lifted. it will require congress to review it. they essentially had 45 days to block the president. it's not expected they'd do so. the

i'm barbara serra. >> i'm antonio mora, fault lines is up next. i'll see you again in an hour. >> bye-bye. ye. >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its

i'm barbara serra. >> i'm antonio mora. coming up, the accused mastermind of a terror attack is freed on bail. >> and how the chernobyl disaster is still affecting people in ukraine 29 years later. >>> across the united states, the governor of illinois declared two counties disaster areas, today an ef 5 tornado caused huge damage last nights. rescue crews are still searching tonight. >> hillary clinton is expected to make a major announcement this weekend expected to announce her bid for presidency on sunday and expected to do so vie social media. the first democrat oenter the race coming up at 11:00 how other democrats are trying to make a name for themselves in the race. >>> federal officials in kansas are accusing a 20-year-old man of planning a suicide attempt at a naval base. john t. booker, wanted to bomb the fort riley army base on behalf of i.s.i.l. >> a set back for iraq's government i.s.i.l. launched an attack on anbar province. officials are reportedly asking the prime minister to send in reenforcements. just day

. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight with the war in yemen. the saudi led coalition resumed air strikes today despite declaring an end to the air campaign yesterday. >> bombed the positions in the southern city of ta'izz. in response to houthi fighters attackattacking the area. >> end to the aggression against yemen. >> in addition to the bombing the saudis have enforce ed an air and sea embargo. starved the yemeni people of food fuel and medicine. the international red cross said the humanitarian crisis is now catastrophic. >> mohamed vall has a report from the area. >> the fighters of the popular resistance committees are loyal to president hadi. they are supported by soldiers from the 35th brigade but are still unable to push the houthi rebels and the soldiers loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh from the city. a similar scene is here in the city of aden. members of hadi's popular resistance committee fighting continued tuesday night and since the early hours of wednesday. in washington, the saudi ambassador to the united states sai

i'm barbara serra. >> i'm antonio mora. i'll see you again in an hour. >> often "americaon "america tonight". the last rights. >> why can't he do everything he can? i am doing everything i can. i'm doing everything i think is best for everyone involved myself and the family. >> the most important conversation a family can have with the dying and how to begin it. also ahead a team torn apart by violent tradition. >> i felt like i was playing for my

people who were human being and understood that this was profound >>> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us, have a good night. night. happening in florida and when he wouldn't remove offending language, he was suspended. we'll also be joined by a guest who is keeping tabs on where politics may trump science across the country. it's the inside story. >>> welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. granted, that's not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. all this month on al jazeera america, we'll be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. tonight we are taking an inside look at the politics around climate change. a lot of scientists say they're convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. a lot of politicians say they are not. but in the united states, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by po

good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. protests over freddy gray's death are spreading to cities across the u.s. hundreds of demonstrators demanded answers. in washington not far from the white house protesters gathered on pennsylvania avenue. demonstrators were out in houston, boston and as can you see in these pictures, minneapolis. it all began in baltimore where a city curfew has been in effect for over an hour. telling people to go home. >> let's go home. i'm interested in people going home. let's go home. let's go home. let's go home. let's go home. >> paul beban is not far from where elijah cummings was doing his work there. paul what are you seeing there now? it seems very quiet. >> reporter: it has quieted down quite a bit antonio. that was just half an hour ago not long after congressman cummings was here telling the freem hispeople from his home district to go home. after what had been a peaceful and somewhat celebratory day here. we still have a pretty heavy police and national guard presence here although they

what it could mean for abortion rights across the country >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. a south carolina police officer is facing murder charges tonight after video surfaced showing him shooting on unarmed black man in the back as the man was trying to run away. if convicted, that officer could get the death penalty. we are joined with details. we heard from the family of the victim. >> that's right, and the scott family says they are thankful and relieved believing this video indicates 50-year-old walt are scott and hopes the officer that killed him receives the maximum penalty for the crime. >> we can't get my brother back my family is in deep mourning for that. but, through the process justice has been searched. >> reporter: flanked by lawyers and community leaders the family of walter scott is commending the arrest of police officer who shot and killed scott three days ago in south carolina. >> essentially this officer gunned down an unarmed man who was not a threat. >> reporter: the unarmed video seems to prove the point. you can clearly

. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight the united states is beefing up its military presence off the coast of yemen. an aircraft carrier and missile cruiser is headed to the region to join other u.s. ships there. officially it is to keep the vital shipping lanes in the region safe and open. jamie mcintyre reports that there is concern about iran's influence and intentions in yemen. >> reporter: the u.s. had a half dozen warships off the coast of yemen and added two more, including "theodore roosevelt" u.s. aircraft carrier, and "normandy" from the coast of aden. the navy said it is to ensure vital shipping lanes are open and safe. pentagon says it's to send a not so subtle message to iran who it is concerned they are arming the yemenis. >> one concern we have over their behaviour and the impact in the broader region is that they supplied weapons and support to the houthis in yemen. >> iran denied sending military support to the rebels. the u.s. is keeping tabs on a group of seven iranianships carrying unknown cargo

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. 30 times today the word guilty rang out in a boston crimea. a federal jury convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhartsarnaev guilty on every count against him. john terret joins us now with more on the verdict and what's next john? >> antonio, good evening to you. today's verdict was never really in doubt. and now a whole new trial is next effectively with the penalty phase. the jury must decide whether dzhokhartsarnaev should die for his crimes or serve life in prison. guilty of all charges against him, dzhokhartsarnaev listened but didn't react. one by one the 30 counts were read out including counts 1 to 17 that carry the death penalty. among those counts, use of a weapon of mass destruction bombing in a place of public use, use of destruction resulting in death. >> the jury weigh the aggravating circumstances in these cases such as the killing of a young boy the use of these devices causing massive injury. and those are aggravating circumstances. >> rep

i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, frustrated families appeal to a drug cartel to find out what happened to 43 missing mexican students. also an unusual display to help save birds. but first the war in yemen is now in its second week. the saudi led coalition today denied targeting a dairy plant where 23 workers were killed after an overnight explosion and fire. rising concerns in yemen have brought urgency for international effort to stop the fighting. russia is reportedly block anything that imposes a weapons embargo against the houthi rebels. the heaviest fighting is taking place in sanaa in the north and aden in the south. as hashem ahelbarra tells us, what's happening on the ground is less clear. >> reporter: this is what the saudi armies say are areas controlled by the houthis. the saudis say the houthis have acquired a huge number of weapons in the last couple of months. they worry these weapons will be used in revenge attacks against saudi arabia. all the target

i'm antonio mora. here's a look at the day's top u.s. headlines. >>> officer accused of murdering an unarmed black man has been fired. dozens of people protested outside city hall outside charleston, north south carolina. other called on the mayor to step down. a boston jury will now decide whether boston bomber dzhokhartsarnaev should be put to death. jurors found the 21-year-old guilty on all charges today. using a weapon of mass destruction to carjack. the sentencing phase of tsarnaev's trial is expected to begin next week. later tonight we will take a closer look at those proceedings and how the jury will decide whether tsarnaev gets life or death. 11:00 p.m eastern 8:00 pacific. >>> president obama today discussed the framework agreement with republican senator bob corker. the president told corker the deal is the best way to prevent iran if getting a nuclear weapon. corker is the sponsor of a bill that would require congress to approve any final deal with iran. >>> the u.n. relief agency is warning of a potential slaughter in syria

i'm antonio mora "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. >>> on "america tonight" - charmed city on the edge. a day after tensions can the clean-up help to rebuild the city, or did the death of freddie gray open a fissure between two balt morse, one that can't be heeled. next - baltimore unrest - state of emergency. thank you for joining us, i'm jo

. >>> i'm antonio mora, this is "talk to al jazeera". today i'm speaking to anthony lake, executive director of u.n.i.c.e.f. >> u.n.i.c.e.f. needs almost 280 million dollars for what it's trying do in syria. and you have only 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 was a... >> why? >>..was a terrible year for the children as the emergencies broke out. >>> is the situation worse than any time since 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 colonial period. low education rates, et cetera, and it has completely fallen apart now between muslims and christians. and children are suffering terribly there. lack of education -

i'm antonio mora "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. >>> on "america tonight" - charmed city on the edge. a day after tensions can the clean-up help to rebuild the city, or did the death of freddie gray open a fissure between two balt morse, one that can't be heeled. next - baltimore unrest - state of emergency. thank you for joining us, i'm joie chen. baltimore likes it be known as charm city but at this hour it's a city on edge, a city heading into the first night of an overnight curfew with 3,000 officers national guards men in place. so far we've seen subdued response as you see there. demonstrators are out in the street, after the curfew has been put in place. there are no indications that there has been confrontations. there's no reports of any sort of violence, looting, any indications of confrontation. although as we see, there are demonstrators who remain in place even after the curfew has gone in effect. it is a city that is bracing and is divided over what will come next and whether the huge rift by the de

news continues next with antonio mora. ntonio mora. >>> the fog of war. >> we believed it was an al qaeda compound no civilians were present >>> a counterterrorism effort goes awry as a u.s. drone strike kills two hostages, including an american >>> mourning the victims. malta holds a mass funeral to honour hundreds of migrants who died in a sea of misery. >> running out of cash. >> translation: this is an emergency auction. we are talking about a small amount of money that

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. >>> and i'm barbara serra. we begin knit with the violence in iraq. the u.s. is condemning the car bomb attack outside the american consulate in erbile. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the attack and dozens of people died during separate bombings in baghdad. >> meantime, prime minister haider al-abadi arrived after i.s.i.l. attacked ramadi. >>> and tonight officials are claiming the death of one ever america's most wanted man, izzat ibrahim al-douri claimed to be dead. >> jamie mcintire with more. >> this is not the first time officials claimed to have killed izzat ibrahim al-douri, among other thing noted for sporting a head of red hair. others looked like al-douri, they showed a corpse, they need an autopsy to make sure the body is really his. the governor of salaha province says it is. al-douri was once saddam hussein's right hand man still unaccounted for and was the king of clubs in the famous deck of cards the u.s. military gave to troops in 2003 so they could recognize iraq's 52 most wanted. most rec

good evening, this is al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight with the sen centennial of the armenian genocide. a candle procession follows in tribute to the over 1 million armenian turks killed during world war i. protestors in major u.s. cities including los angeles called on president obama to keep his campaign promise and classify the massacre as a genocide. >> a continual denial of turkey, denying these atrocities and not returning the lands of armenia and not paying reparations is just continuing the crime. >> in a statement, president obama avoided using the term for the seventh time in his presidency. and in turkey, protesters argued against the word genocide. not part of an organized campaign no evidence that orders came from ottoman authorities. paul teterjan reports. >> 104-year-old antonic watch his great great grandchildren play. he was six when they left armenia, he was warned they would be targeted. >> my mother dressed as a kurd. if they found out he was armenian he would have been killed. >> antonin and his pare

antonio mora is here with a look at that antonio. >> john on this good friday we are going to take aat christianity in china. you may not believe it but there are at least 67 million practicing christians in china. it makes the faithful in china the seventh largest group of crifntle in thechristians in the world. >> we are human beings, not anymore, so when we have gather enough for food we are always thinking that why the value of the life? what is the value of the life? >> and we'll take you inside the world's largest bible factory it is there in atheist china. it is publishing the good book in 90 languages 24 hours a day. that's all coming up in the next hour. >> all right antonio, thank you. coming up next, he was a groundbreaking african american artist. >> there's a sense of people struggling towards a better life. >> honoring the work of jacob lawrence. plus rags to riches on youtube. how the child of immigrants became a multimillionaire. >> in tonight's friday arts segment. the work of jacob lawrence, his work described the life of struggling african americans. full of color

antonio mora is here. . >> specifically to the comfort women, they are women from countries japan occupied and were forced into sexual servitude by japanese soldiers. some of the women were just teenagers when made to work in brothels. he was made to be forced to make apologize to those women. we will speak with mike honda japanese american legislator. >> coming up next on this broadcast, ruby bridges. >> hero which lots of the kids say. i do see myself not as a role model. >> her place in the history of the civil rights movement and what she thinks about race in america, today. america, today. >> for the second straight night the streets of baltimore are mostly peaceful. there was a demonstration at city hall but no major incidents there were few arrests. civil rights icon ruby bridges has a unique perspective on race and violence. in 1970 she became a symbol of the movement. one of the first black students to integrate a white school. only six years old she was cursed. as an adult her son was shot and kil

he died yesterday. >>> i'm john siegenthaler, the news continues next with antonio mora.od willing, iraq will be liberated from i.s.i.l. and their crime. >> victory in tikrit. iraq's prime minister celebrates with his troops but the fight is not over. >>> nuclear program, secretary of state john kerry continues his stay to continue negotiations. >>> mayhem in turkey. three attacks on government

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. tonight, the u.n. is describing the humanitarian catastrophe at the yarmouk camp in syria as unbearable suffering. the security council is now demanding access to the camp to help thousands of refugees trapped by days of intense fighting after i.s.i.l. attacked. >> besieged but actions inside the camp for last two years have been very threatening to their lives and their livelihoods. but the current escalation that we have seen has led to a situation into the hour being more desperate than ever for civilians inside yarmouk. >> the fighting erupted last wednesday when i.s.i.l. stormed the camp five miles from syria's capital damascus. other armed groups are also fighting and contributing to the chaos. stefanie dekker has the latest. >> the syrian national news agency aired these pictures. thoag shoag how theyshowing how they got to safety. >> in a matter of 30 minutes they could have knowledge killed all in this picture. all with the government they will cut our heads off. they have no mercy. >> reporte

antonio mora with the story coming up on the next hour. >> we're talking about the aiib today was the last day for countries to sign up if interested and top american allies have done so over white house objections. it's expected to be ready by the end of the year pumping money into badly needed infrastructure projects. but they are worried that it's china's growing power. the imf will gladly cooperate. >> there is plenty of work to be done. infrastructure needs is not in short supply. >> also of concern to washington the aiib will detract from the trans-pacific partnership, the trade group with u.s. we'll look at whether it does really pose any threat to the u.s. economy and around the world. >> a thai businessman has been sentenced to 25 years in jail over facebook posts. the military said that the man insulted the king online. he's also a supporter of ousted president shinawatra. thailand's laws against criticizing the royal court is the world's harshest. it makes it a climb to defame, insult any heir to the throne. >>> rarely seen photos chronicling life in america during the civi

the news continues next with antonio mora.evelopments from the chaos in yemen. >> we all know that aqap has the ambition to strike western targets including the united states. >> a dire warning from the secretary of defense about the threat caused by to america. plagues russian roulette. >> greece is not a beggar that roams from country to country. >> greece's prime minister meets with vladimir putin. >>> summit of the

antonio mora is here with a story in the next hour >>> many families are living under ground which is the safest place they can find if the fighting is worse. of course it is the children who suffer the most sales orphans. -- especially orphans. there's no money to foster parents, and officials tell the people to turn the children over to orphans. >> i will not give him away never, never. do you love your mum? >>> coming up the next hour we look at what the future holds for these children of war. >> aasiv mandvi is one of the "the daily show"s sharpest satirists and uses humour to battle anti-muslim bias. his web serious is called "hallel in the family." >> reporter: aasiv mandvi has had roles in movies and on broadway. but he's known for his work on "the daily show." >> boom that's right. >> reporter: where he covered snow storms in the south. >> it's in the mezzanine. >> i gotcha >>> to the controversy over fracking. >> see how we feel living out a bottle. >> are you hitting on me. >> reporter: his title includes senior agent correspondent. senior foreign looking correspondent, seni

. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora. >> i'm barbara. we begin with the summit of the americas. president obama arrived in pan ma an hour ago. the historic gathering is bringing together the leaders of cuba and the u.s. for the first time in more than half a century. it could see a breakthrough in relations between the countries. >> a major issue is whether cuba will be removed at a terror list. president obama today hinted at a change in cuba's status. >> it's a powerful tool to isolate the countries that genuinely do support terrorism, when we make the designations we have got you will strong evidence that that's the case. as circumstances change that list will change. >> tensions rising the vice president criticizing washington for calling venezuela a national threat. >> lucia newman is in panama city with a free view of the summit. >> reporter: shouting matches and squirmishes. a warm-up for the much anticipated handshake between u.s. president barack obama and cuban leader raul castro >>> former u.s. president bill clinton praised cuba's presence, calling it a historic move

i'm antonio mora. ahead in this half hour of international news intense fighting in yemen. warning is made about the country being on the verge of collapse. how china is harnessing economic power to compete with western banks. first, we are following breaking news on the iranian nuclear talks. iran's foreign minister expects delegates to work on a draft resolution tomorrow. negotiators missed a deadline to have a preliminary agreement in place. it appears they are close. russia's minister sergey lavrov sold reporters that all aspects of a deal are in place. yemen could be an the verge of a collapse. that's according to the united nations high commissioner of human rights and calls the situation alarm, with dozens of civilians kill. over the past few months shia houthi rebels have taken over parts of the country. a coalition of sunni states began a campaign of air strikes, leading to fighting in the conflicts. saudi arabia ground troops clashed with fighters along the borders. they appear to be threatening a fishing route. >> reporter: air strikes target houthi motions in so

i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour - easing tensions between turkey and iran. plus rioters throwing molotov cocktails notice streets of athens, clash with police. we begin with suspects in the garissa university massacre that appeared in court, allegedly supplying guns to the men that carried out the killings. police vet a sixth suspect held in garissa. students held a vigil in honour of the victims. we have more. >> reporter: a sombre mood engulfed freedom park. hundreds of grieving kenyans holding candles turned up for the vigil to remember the victims of last week's attack on garissa university college by al-shabab gunmen. through the final hours of a 3-day period they declared a shrine of courses and candles set up photographs of the victims displayed. the assault on the university was the deadliest in kenya by al-shabab. >> every single attack in kenya, you never know who the victims are - someone's brother, sister uncle, aunty, we want to humanize them. >> reporter: some of the survivors came to pay respects to departed friends and colleagues. a first-yea

i'm barbara. >> i'm antonio mora. coming up, the corruption scandal threatening it bring down the president of brazil. and a movement to turn india's spaces in a hot spot >>> first, u.s. officials are sounding the alarm about chinese activities in the south see. the satellite picture show landing strips off the parasol islands. they could handle surveillance planes and fighter jets. images of first hard evidence that china is building an airstrip in disputed territories much the u.s. military commander in asia warns it could be a power grab. >> the implication is that if the activity tips, is that it would give them de facto control in peacetime of much of the important waterways, where the economic energy is created. it would - if they desired, it would, in the future give them an opportunity to put long detection raid areas in there. they could put war planes. >> the senate arms services committee was told moves by china threatened security and the u.s. was watching it carefully. >> the u.s. sent air and equipment t

e typhoon. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, a polish city that's dying out because its young workers are moving out. also, the millions of bibles printed every year in a country that's officially atheist. hundreds of fishermen are free tonight after living a life of slavery in indonesia. the men were being held against their will and forced to work for little or no pay. an investigation found the fish were forced to catch fish for those across the world including those in america. step vaessen has the story. >> a remote corner of indonesia. they suffered in silence for many years until a team from the fisheries ministry in jakarta came to investigate claims of human slavery. they were forced to work without pay. >> translator: you can call this slavery indeed. for example when they were sick they will be called to the captain and given electric trick shocks and tortured. also when they were very tired they were treated very inhumanely. yes, this is slavery. >> reporter: these m

thomas drayton, al jazeera. >> the news continues with antonio mora. i'm lisa fletcher. a globaling day of remember -- a global day of remembrance. often the centennial, people across the word remember the genocide of more than a million armenians. >>> the politics of genocide. >> we understand people may want to hear different words used. >> the tight rope walked by politicians over historical fasks. >> getting ready to blow. >> it's terribl

. >> i'm antonio mora for more news any time head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. . >> hello, i'm ray suarez, patients at a los angeles hospital - no telling how many - were exposed to a super-bug, and north carolina has confirmed a dozen cases of carbon fm resistant entero bacteria, a bacterium resistant to standard drugs. >> that didn't just make people sick, it may have killed them. it's called cre and reported to be in all but three u.s. states and is the latest in a frightening line-up of organisms figuring out how to kill you before you can kill them. guests include a professional who is treating it. and a director on the front lines. it's "inside story". >>> the full name carbopenantresistant makes you glad medicine adopts the short and cre. this bug can be deadly. doctors at the ronald reagan medical center believe many have been exposed to cre. two patients died. the spread of the infection was possible by a medical treatment. scopes. because of the complexity which is necessary for the life-saving procedures that are performed with the