tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.itter or our facebook page and be sure to come back because we'll have more of "america tonight," right here, tomorrow. tomorrow. is created an outdoor community center. >> changing the city one block at a time. >> i'm out here to encourage them, to tell them there's a better way.

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tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.ou can talk to us on twitter or facebook, and be sure to come back. we'll have more >> china sends chemical experts into tianjin to test for toxic gasses after a series of deadly explosions. hello. we have world news from al jazeera. also on the program, turkey may be facing a new election after political parties fail to form a coalition government. as japan marks 70 years since its defeat in world war ii, calls for an apology on forced labor grow louder in china. plus, a witness to history, we take a tour o

please tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.alk to us on twitter and facebook and please come back. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> our american story is written every day. it's not always pretty... but it's real. and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> one of china's biggest ports is rocked by two massive explosions, 36 firefighters are still missing. you are watching al jazeera live. political change at the point of a gun. two politicians are removed as soldiers surround the ruling party's headquarters. the head of the u.n.'s mission are fired after troops are accused of rape

please tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.alk to us on twitter and facebook and please come back. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, campaign contributions to get elected, how can they staying independent? and more mainstream than ever. tonight we're putting judicial elections on trial. that's because the honor of some american judges is being jeopardized by the potentially corrupting influence of politics and money. in some states judges have to pay for election campaigns to win seats on the bench meaning they take financial

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. on twitter or our facebook page and be sure to come back because we'll have more of "america e of "america >> south sudan's president signs a peace deal to end the civil war. you are watching al jazeera news. coming up, arrests linked to the tianjin blasts, 12 people are suspected of involvement in the devastating explosion. >> the italian coast guard says nearly 3,000 people have been rescued in the last 24 hours. iraqi leader

find out at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings.on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> tonight in our fast forward segment we take a look at a dark chapter in chicago's history. from the early '70s to the early '90s more than 100 men were tortured to give false confessions by members of the chicago police department. i recently sat down with one man who spent half of his life behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. >> i'll take the big old nightstick and put it (bleep) as he's telling me you did this we know you did this. >> this was a highly publicized quintuple murder but when police picked up kitchen they told him it was for auto theft. >> they said stand up nigger. stand up to the wall, handcuffed me to the back and he put his nightstick between my legs. and he put it against the wall and he lifts me off my feet and he grinds. and he grinds an he grinds and he gr

learn more at aljazeera.com/americatonight. complz >>> and more environmental alarms in our fast-forward - a community concerned about a pipeline running through the backyard literally. using eminent domaine big energy is grabbing up property rights in central new york, trying to build the constitution pipeline. i travelled a few months ago to get the storey from some people most affected. >> in the hills of central new york, tensions are running high. >> we are still in america. and we really want to know the five or six guys on here. you know who they are, we don't. >> dan and laura are local home owners. the man on the right is a representative from the energy giant williams. >> i'm not trying make your life difficult. it's all fairness. i don't want an answer afterwards. >> once we have the court order, i don't have an on legation to knock on the door, it's just a nice thing we are going. >> weeks ago, part of their land. two acres next to their house was taken by eminent domain. on it they plan to build a natural gas pipe

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. on twitter or our facebook page and be sure to come back because we'll have more of "america >> in order to save my children, i had to try to save everyone else's. >> chicago mothers, fed up and fighting back. >> what we've essentially done is created an outdoor community center. >> changing the city one block at a time. >> i'm out here to encourage them, to tell them there's a better way. >> police in china arrest 12 people over an explosion in tianjin that killed 139 people. hello, you are watching al jazeera. also coming up, under pressure to do more to deal with the refugee crisis in europe, leaders meet in vienna to address the issue. hope for peace in south sudan as the president signs an agreement to end an 20 month long conflict. >> conservationallists are

at aljazeera.com/americatonight. and talk to us on twitter or facebook. and come back.e more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> opening old wounds. south korea's president says japan still hasn't gone far enough in its apologies for world war ii. in doha with the world news. also in this program, people near the scene of the deadly blasts in china are evacuated because of contamination fears. ♪ ♪ >> we meet the young iraqi activists at the peaceful

tell us what you think, at aljazeera.com/americatonight. on facebook or twitter. and come back. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. tonight," tomorrow. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, power play, we'll show you how small but vocal fringe group wields power, bringing further to the right, while no one is impressed with the steady growth in jobs. >>> america's economy is cruising, 215,000 new jobs added in july and the unemployment rate steady at 5.3%. this is lowest level since the 2008 recession. but even president obama's administration admits there is still slack in the labor market. after all those layoffs. later in the story,

tell us what you see at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on quitter and facebook and come back. we'll have more on "america tonight". >>> i'm ali velshi, "on target", a battle over birth right citizenship, the candidate, constitution and what it means to be an american, plus, stock market slammed. what is next for a brutal friday for your investments >>> who is an american, the term birth right citizenship is loaded with controversy, especially among some republican candidates running for president in 2016. before we start debating rights granted to natural born citizens, let's refer to the law of the land. the constitution states all persons born or nationalized in the united states and subjects to the jurisdiction thereof are citizensf

tell us what you think, at aljazeera.com/americatonight. on facebook or twitter. and come back. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> u.n. security council wants to finds out who's behind chemical attacks in syria's war. hello. i'm in doha with the world news from al jazeera. also ahead, another loss for the palestinian family whose home was firebombed in the west bank. we'll have a live report. power cuts drive thousands of iraqis to demand basic necessi necessities. more peoplere

tell us what you see at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on quitter and facebook and come back. we'll have more on "america tonight". >> the whole neighborhood was under 20 feet of water. >> a decade after hurricane katrina, soledad o'brien investigates new orleans divided recovery. >> white home owners and black home owners had a very large gap. >> the residents forced to flee. >> escorted onto a plane by gun point without someone telling me where i'm going. >> and the city's future. >> why should a business come here when this neglect has been allowed to go on? >> an america tonight special, katrina: after the storm.

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tell us what you see at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on quitter and facebook and come back. we'll have more on "america tonight". >> the whole neighborhood was under 20 feet of water. >> a decade after hurricane katrina, soledad o'brien investigates new orleans divided recovery. >> white home owners and black home owners had a very large gap. >> the residents forced to flee. >> escorted onto a plane by gun point without someone telling me where i'm going. >> and the city's future. >> why should a business come here when this neglect has been allowed to go on? >> an america tonight special, katrina: after the storm. >> south korea on high alert as a deadline issued by the north to dismantle huge loudspeakers nears. from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead, the u.s. says it's killed i.s.i.l.'s second in command in an air strike in iraq. >>> the u.n. says it's deeply concerned for thousands of refugees stuck along the border with macedonia. >>> and stung beaches, why the

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or fib, and come back we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. >> ali velshi on target only on al jazeera america >> a truck bomb kills 8 and wounds hundreds in kabul. it's the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead -- >> get a warrant! >> let me tell you something. >> senator christy make your point. >> leading republican contenders for the u.s. president face off in a firey polit

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. you can also talk to us on twitter or our facebook page and be sure to come back because we'll have more of "america tonight," right here, tomorrow. tomorrow. is created an outdoor community center. >> changing the city one block at a time. >> i'm out here to encourage them, to tell them there's a better way. >> i'm david schuster in for ali velshi. "on target" tonight, money for nothing. how wealthy sports teams get away with building stadiums and making the taxpayer pay the bill and the 2016 race for president. american football fans are counting down the days until the nfl season kicks off. it begins two weeks from tomorrow, when the defending super bowl champs the new england patriots host one of their favorite rivals, pittsburgh steelers. the fact is that in the past few years the nfl, the national basketball station and even football has seen a stadium bing and the taxpayers have been footing the bill. tonight we'll take a look at these deals the good and the bad. what is clear

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or fib, and come back we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> it creates a huge opportunity for the small business owners. >> these are all different strains. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> a deadly attack as a blast rips through a mosque. hello there. we have the world news from al jazeera. embarrassment from the pentagon after suffering a major setback. the pro government forces continue to gain ground in the south against houthi rebels. >> get a warrant! get a

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook, come back we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> it creates a huge opportunity for the small business owners. >> these are all different strains. >> this confirmation, however tragic and painful will at least bring certainty. >> malaysia's prime minister confirms that debris belongs to mh 370 which went missing last year. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, grief and tragedy in iraq. we meet the victims of war in the city of fallujah caught in the cross fire.

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook, come back we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> it creates a huge opportunity for the small business owners. >> these are all different strains. >>> >>> >> this confirmation confirmation, however tragic and painful will bring certainty. >> malaysia's prime minister confirms debris found on an indian ocean island is from an airline that went missing last year. >> hello. hundreds are feared dead after an overcrowded fishing boat

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook, come back we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> it creates a huge opportunity for the small business owners. >> these are all different strains. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight. losing control. hackers taking your car for a joy ride while you're driving. how vulnerable are you and what other mayhem are cyber criminals cookincooking up? plus 70 years after hiroshima, two survivors remember. this week, thousands of professional computer hackers are descending on las vegas for the annual black hat convention. the big topic they're talking about is cars. today's auto industry has tror

tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or fib, and come back we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> it creates a huge opportunity for the small business owners. >> these are all different strains. >>> i'm ali velshi and i'm devoting the show to the trafficking of children as sex workers, a crime most think happens somewhere else. it's happening here in the united states. tonight - we bring you the story of a 15-year-old girl sold for sex online. hundreds of times. and the website that listed her for sale. mary snow has the story. >> we did everything with the kids. that was our philosophy as being parents. keep our kids busy and out of trouble. >> reporter: tom was a stay at home dad, his wife nicole

please tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.to us on twitter or facebook and come back. we will have more of america tonight tomorrow. ♪ humanity, but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science... >> oh! >> oh my god! >> by scientists. >> techknow investigates katrina... ten years after the storm. >> during katrina, a large amount of water rushed in from the gulf. >> the walls were engineered to stop mother nature... they failed. >> do you think that new orleans is safer than 10 years ago? >> now rebuilt - higher,

please tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight.to us on twitter or facebook and come back. we will have more of america tonight tomorrow. ♪ >> when i arrive in new orleans it's pouring rain, but the taxi driver is still confident. "you are gonna love this city!" but does the old new orleans still even exist ten years after hurricane katrina, its worst disaster in 100 years? how has everyday life changed? how have the people and the music evolved?

at auction. learn more atpm aljazeera.com/americatonight. what comes to mind? >> the devil that comes to mind. evil. >> an al jazeera america exclusive interview. [ ♪ ] >>> now our fast-forward to the fires in california that this year alone have spread across 100,000 acres. that's an area roughly double the size of washington d.c. as resources become stressed california officials are looking towards the sky for help in the form of a fire plane called the dc-10. however, there is skepticism that reinforcements from the sky actually help. "america tonight"s joie chen with more. >> reporter: the historic rim fire began in an unremarkable way. it was august 2013. near california's i don'ts 'em yinnie ---est 'emminy -- yosemite national park. >> it's close, hopefully the big heavies dump on this. >> those big heavies are the largest firefighting craft in the world. old dc-10 passenger jets converted into firefighters. >> saving homes one at a time >> reporter: help came from 1,000 feet up. we had a look at albur turkey home base of dc-10s. that plane has to be ready to go in half an hour. >> it co