we don't really know who has austin. the only good thing about this is hopefully he is at least psychologically bonding with this group and that's the thing that would keep him alive. >> do you agree with the assessment of the tices, who is not holding austin, i.s.i.l simply given the quality of the video that we did see? >> i.s.i.l. was not strong enough or active enough two and a half years ago to do something like this and their pattern appears to be to want us to know who they're holding as prisoner of war and publicize that. that's certainly not what they've been doing. >> is there any danger in the obama administration of people who are representing the representing the journalists, to start negotiations with intermediaries? >> typically there will be back channel negotiations. there will be things that the government can do but other things that cut out intermediaries that will get the job done. >> and some of those things by making it clear to the intermediaries that there will be some negotiation presumably that

you know, that austin is alive.he's safe. >> people, you know, have no reason to lie to us as far as we can sell. >> reporter: and they give you proof of that? >> no. no. >> we haven't seen any. >> we haven't seen any. >> reporter: frustrated the tiresestireses are launching the free austin tice campaign. asking people to post photos of themselves blind folded. what does this signify? >> when journalists are captive we are all blind folded. >> reporter: they are collecting signatures for this petition calling on president obama to do more. >> we want him to engage diplomatically in dialogue with the syrian government. because our government has said they will do all they can to find austin and bring him safely home. the syrian government has told us the same thing. so what do we need? we need -- we need the line of communication between the two of them. >> reporter: as the tices wait for news about their son they follow news about four other american hostages killed in syria. journalists james foley and stephen soug

has austin. if it did they would have made contact. if you could say anything now, what would it be? >> as long as you are holding him, take care of him. >> if you could say anything to austin, what would it be? >> don't give up boy. >> yes, don't give you, we love you, we know how strong you are, and we'll see you soon we hope >>> the leaders of u.k. are russia germany and the ukraine held a 4-way phone conversation to implement a fragile ceasefire. it was tonne last week. it was to occur on wednesday. the agreement was reached in mining. there was a withdrawal of heavy weapons, it must commence as soon as possible. >> translation: today i want to offer you a proposal to discuss the question of a mission in the united nations working according to the mandate >>> petro porashenko demanded the release of those taken prisoner including those in debaltseve of the these are pictures from donetsk. where separatists are from the pro-government side. >>> it needs more time for the european union to repay its lone. the newly elected government

. >> there was no investigation by the austin police department. it was a total joke. >> the police reaction may have been based on their belief that madalyn and her family absconded with the atheist money and that it was an internal matter. >> how can somebody that's that famous turn up missing with all that money and still no one wants to look for her? so i decided i would be part of the team that went looking. >> television news reporter valeri williams discovered that jon murray sold his mercedes-benz for $15,000, well below the car's value, to this man, mark sparrow. the seller identified himself as jon murray. but when shown a picture of jon murray, sparrow said it wasn't the man who sold him the car. after reviewing mugshot pictures, mr. sparrow identified the impersonator as another missing person. an ex-convict named danny fry. this was an interesting coincidence. danny fry's family told police that danny had been working with another ex-convict, david waters, who had once worked for madalyn o'hair and had a falling out. in 1993, madalyn h

a lot of people are confused as to who might be holding austin.ve only really heard about isis and the hostages isis has had. can you tell us a little bit about who you guys may -- what the theories are out there in terms of who may have austin in captivity? >> from the very beginning, alex -- and thank you for having us -- we made a decision not to speculate because we felt that speculation was a short road to insanity for us, so the only thing that we can tell you with certainty is we do not know who is holding austin. we know that he is not being held by daesh. he's not in any syrian government facility. we certainly understand people's frustration with not knowing who has him. >> what was your reaction? we talk about those who have been in the news the names of those in the news. kayla mueller was not someone known to the public until recently. can you tell me what your reaction was to what happened to her in the recent days and whether or not you have talked to her family or that of any of the other hostage victims? >> yes. i mean we have spo

with that said, in 1985, i was a young legislator in austin. it snowed 8-9 inches in san antonio, so much so. we don't build our buildings to have that much weight. it shut down the city. nobody knows how to drive. if you get 2 inches of snow in austin, it is a hill town. they all slide down. very rarely does that happen. we call it west texas. the eastern panhandle. north central texas. we all call a west texas. it is cold in the winter time. we have a lot of wind. >> my wife's son is stationed at fort hood. i used to go to houston. [indiscernible] >> i hope you do run. [indiscernible] >> i'm not going to go there. i will stay away from that. [laughter] [indiscernible] [inaudible] [inaudible chatter] [inaudible chatter] >> i have a question for you. i know where you stand on immigration. can we weed out the bureaucracy of the agencies -- >> there is an interesting book i want you to read. [indiscernible] it is a fascinating read about corruption in our justice system. you look at the irs, the v.a. it is a two-term presidency to get it headed i

i'll show you the last video that we have of austin tice.blindfolded, hands tied behind his back and he's walking with masked men. we're showing you what he went through and how his parents are hoping that he will come home safely. his parents, debra and mark tice are joining me. i appreciate you taking the time to join us. that video, which i know you have seen we've shown our viewers from august 2012 what is the most recent information that you have had about austin? >> well the video is the last and the only concrete information we've had about austin. the message in the video is austin tice is alive. we take that to heart. we have no reason to believe anything other than that he is still alive. >> and what was he hoping to accomplish in syria? debra, why was he there? >> austin went to syria to the tell the story of the people that were affected by the conflict there in an urban environment which always means that innocent women and children will be involved in the fighting. >> and mark i know you said -- that video shows that he's alive

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> as the amount of drugs grew guns came in. >> murder rate was sky-high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day. i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. in the months that followed the students disappearance dozens were arrested including the mayor of iguala - jose luis abarca - and his wife - who officials say ordered the attack on the students... ...allegedly believing they were going to disrupt an event they were holding that night - an

she is austin's mother. welcome.e appreciate you joining us. >> thank you so much for asking me to come. >> woodruff: so as we've reported today the islamic state claiming that the american aide worker the woman is dead as a result of an air strike. like these other reports, this has to be so hard for you and your family. >> when we think about her family, it's almost more than we can bear. it's just almost unbearable. >> woodruff: and you've gotten to know them? >> well, we don't know them as well as some of the other families, but we have had contact with them. of course, we share this burden. >> woodruff: austin has been missing now for two and a half years. what keeps you and your family going? what are you hearing from the government? what are you hearing from any sources you have that he's there and he can -- >> well we do get periodic words of encouragement, you know, that we need to be patient, that he's alive, he's relatively well taken care of, and, so, we have this steadfast hope that he is coming home. we

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>> ama daetz, abc7 news. >> it is great to see austin smile. with pictures from austin's bedroom makeover at abc7.com. we wouldn't to point out that disney who made austin feel so special is the parent company of abc7. happening today, the wine and wishes event turns to the bay area. ama daetz will m. c. the event. make a wish foundation made miles scott dream came true when he became batkid for a day. the event raises money to make more than 300 wishes come true each year for kids with life-threatening medical conditions. still ahead. would you stand in the rain for the country's best beer? we had take you to where it's being served but only for a short time. clear skies for now as you see. but when will the second wave of showers come in? we will get a check of here's a new trick for the same old dinner. try unsloppy joes. pillsbury grands biscuits. ♪ make dinner pop. ♪ what shall we do for dinner? pizza! with a little help, it's easy to whip up a great meal on a week night. pepperoni on your side... more pepperoni. cheers! pillsbury pizza cr

of course, our hearts go out to mark and deborah tice, austin's parents. i want to thank you for your work here with reporters without borders. thanks for sticking around and bearing with us on the audio correction that we had to make. thanks. take care. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. >> such an important cause. >> absolutely. >>> w-2s are coming in the mail. have you been looking at your mail to see if they arrived yet? that means of course that tax season is soon upon us. as you gather all that paperwork, there could be something else in the mail too. millions of americans, we are told, could be in for an unpleasant surprise as obamacare's penalties for not having insurance finally kick in. what can you expect? fox news has the story from washington. >> reporter: administration officials concede the tax penalties could come as a complete shock. for the first time since the affordable care act, obamacare became law taxpayers now face the prospect of paying the government for not being properly covered by health insurance. >> it is true accordin

i think that austin and dominic are very happy.t's beautiful. >> i can't explain how happy and how much joy i have for my son, you know having a new room and with lion king. >> thank you for everything! >> ama daetz, abc7 news. >> such a great day for austin. we have pictures on abc7 news.com and we want to point out that disney, who helped make austin's day so special; the parent company. abc7. >>> happening today the make a wish trounce bay area and ama daetz will m. c. the event. make a wish foundation made miles scott dream came true when he became battle kid for a day. the event raises money to make more than 300 wishes come true each year for thin e. children with life-threatening medical conditions. still ahead, would you stand in line in the rain form the country's best beer? we will take you where it's being served but only for a limited time. first a live look from our kgo roof camera. you see the embarcadero. not bad in temperatures. slickness on the roadways in this part of down. the way bridge lit up right there. lisa

joining me now are austin tice's parents, debra and marc. we want to thank you for taking the time to be here. i guess the first question i would ask is who, if anyone in the obama administration is in touch with you, and what have they been able to tell you so far about who they think might be holding your son? >> well we've been in touch with the state department since very early on. in the earliest days of when we realized austin was missing. and the government will tell us very little. we know that we would like for them to tell us more. so we've been in contact, and certainly we were in contact with the fbi for the first couple of years. we were in contact with them very regularly. so it hasn't been a lack of contact. it's really been a lack of communication. >> and what are you calling for specifically in your petition to the president? >> well what we've come to understand, joy, in the course of this 2 1/2 years is that governments, and that's who we're dealing with the u.s. government and the syrian government respond to encouragemen

austin tice is alive. since then we've heard from credible sources that he is alive and we should be patient. we're counting on him coming home safely. >> here's the thing that really just stuns me this frustration you all understandably have as far as communication goes. i've heard this from other people other captives who have been on my show. here you are, you're talking directly to the syrian government, and that's one direction of communication. then the other direction of communication is to the u.s. government. you know you're having to tell the state department some things. you're then breaking news to the fbi. sometimes the cia doesn't know what the fbi knows. isn't that part of this whole u.s. hostage policy review that you all are fighting for? >> exactly, brooke. you've got it exactly right. one main gap that exists in this policy is that there's no single person who had their sole objective the safest and soonest return of a hostage. the lack of interagency communication is appalling. and comm

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again, a quick run through the top stories the u.n. special envoy to syria is in turkey trying to secure opposition support for a freeze in fighting in aleppo. the government has agreed to suspend air strikes and shelling on aleppo for six weeks. >>> houthi forces in yemen have taken control of forces in sanaa. the armed group controls the capital and wants to arrest the president. in venezuela a policeman is charged after shooting a 14-year-old boy during a protest in san christo ball. the city was the epicentre of street protests. despite hopes for a temporary ceasefire, for now the fighting conditions. rebel groups have made some progress. it has cost many lives. some of the casualties of the civil war laid out in the village, medics say these are the bodies killed fighting in alepp

facebook and ebay google, every macbook made in austin texas today. -- austin, texas. they're not coming because we have great weather in august. they know they are coming to a place where opportunity reigns. it is tax policy, legal policy, education policy. those are the town foundations of an economy. it is pretty simple. the hard part is finding men and women who have the courage to implement those policies. over the course of that decade that i had the privilege to be the governor of texas, we put tax policies, regulatory policies. let me share with the results of those policies are. let me put it into terms where people can understand. this is what the result of good policy. we talk about that tort reform. we codified in our constitution so that those future generations would know that the stability and predictability was going to be there on the tort side and regulatory side. today there are more than 35,000 licensed physicians, more than in 2003. 35,000 more licensed physicians in the state of texas. that is due to tort reform. they knew they would not sued friv

general austin says the mission is defeat them. the president often says degrade and ultimately destroy. take us behind the scenes at the u.s. military central command, colonel reese. on a statement like this it's very blunt. >> wolf it is. one of the reasons is the j.a.f. the jordanian arms forces, are one of our closest allies there. and their soldiers their airmen and soldiers there are fantastic. and we've worked closely with them through the years training and they also helped us fight in iraq in the early years. so there's a very special close relationship especially with general austin and his staff there. this is something we have to watch. right now, the best thing that i know general austin is going to do jordan is going to come up with an idea. they can't let their passion push them too far. work with the coalition. but the coalition knows at the end of the day, they need to defeat and destroy isis to make this go away. >> bob baer destroy isis until it is defeated, that's not -- they've got some pretty strong capability

a >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. i'm shilly gauche. top stories i.s.i.l. fighters in new york have smashed statues that are thousands of years old. the film is genuine. >>> the u.n. high commissioner for refugees, says syria's war puts the youth of their country a lost generation. >>> and at least 197 people are now confirmed dead in an avalanche in afghanistan. more than a thousand soldiers are helping in the search and recovery operations. >>> now thousands of university students in the philippines are protesting against a proposed increase in tuition fees. one of the items bringing the government of benino aquino under fire. >> this is known as an area where thousands of protesters go to break into the presidential palace. now there are about 2,000 students who are protesting here. they come from different o

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back. i'm shilly gauche. boris nemtsov was a fierce critic of vladimir putin. he was gunned down. >>> india national prime minister narendra modi, revealed a budget which including health insurance for the country's poor. >>> a last minute vote in congress averted a partial shutdown of the department of homeland security. >>> greece will not be looking for a third pailout. backlash against syriza party. john siropolous reports. >> this is the first antigovernment protest in athens since the election, and it's coming from syriza's left the communist party. it is still legally and politically bound by the same austerity straight jacket as its socialist and conservative predecessors. >> the previous government commitments became this government's commitments. there were a few changes in wor

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "inside story". i'm ray suarez, maybe you noticed and with no small concern that people are contracting some of the new antibiotic difficult to treat infections while they are patients in hospitals. it may have come from minor surgery or following an accident and end up with hospitalisation for infection. that was the case with the latest super-bug. with rising concern about growing resistance. any specialist says the easiest one to control is the one you don't g in the first place. we are joined by an epidemiologist, and an infection control director at the center. >> have we, over time, identified the culprits for many or most or a good share of the hospital-acquired affections. how are people getting them. >> hospital acquired infections are a diverse group. you can get an

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria.and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres, joined by marita davison and shini somara. alvin took us to the dechts of the sea and it's done -- depths of the sea and it's done so for decades few are as emblem attic atic as little alvin. >> it's still going. >> they've upgraded it but the teamworking with alvin keep discovering the greatest things and let's take a look. scientists solved one of the >> test test the elusive titanic was revealed to the world from over 5,000 feet under the north atlantic. and alvin made it all possible. >> i know it was a very important event for submarine, it brought great note right notoriety for the program. >> these pictures are the first to document this underwater tomb. alvin would ultimately made a dozen dives down to the titanic. sealing its place in history. ♪ ♪ >> alvin, a 50

. >> next sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". next sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. . >> $7, what am i going to do worth. >> they were the words of the man you heard from in the story about how society compensates or fails to compensate men and women wrong fully imprisoned. it's part of a question of how many a human life after accidents, crimes and terror attacks. there's no one more qualified to explain how it done than ken feinberg. the master of the 9/11 compensation fund, served as the claims for b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico and ran a fund for victims and the demror of the general motors fund paying victims killed or injured. that's a partial list of the accomplishments. ken wrote the book on the subject. it's about his experiences with inch. i spoke to him recently and asked how does he figure out compensation for wrongful deaths. >> first of all, how much m

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. the u.n. special envoy is in juniors, steven de masturis says the government has agreed to suspend shelling on the capital for two weeks. >>> the secretary of state john kerry says russia had not engaged in such propaganda since the cold war. >>> six days on to israel's 50 day offensive many haven't received any help at all. human rights watch says it is proof that syria's government has used barrel bombs to attack the area. the u.n. security council passed a resolution last year calling for an end to aerial attack. james bays reports. >> human rights watch says the number of attacks has pen increasing including the use of improvised munitions like these the so-called barrel bombs. almost exactly a year ago in a rare moment of diploma

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> time to run through the global headlines. i.s.i.l. fighters are said to have kidnapped 170 people from a village east of tikrit. nine of those are children. they were said to have been abducted three days ago and moved to an unknown location. the united nations special envoy to syria is trying to secure opposition support for a freeze in fighting. the government agreed to superintendent the shelling of aleppo for six weeks. >> houthi yessens have taken control of an army camp. the armed group controls the capital, and now says it will arrest president abd-rabbu mansour hadi >>> secret spy documents obtained by al jazeera's investigative unit reveals serious security failings in south africa. they show that foreign spies have easy access to the government and a major weapons purchase. will jo

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again, the top stories here on al jazeera. there has been a blast in yemen's capitol of sanaa. the situation is tense right now with protests taking place in several other provinces. it's president has called for talks to unite the country. >>> an egyptian court has sentenceed a blogger and pro-democracy activist to five years in prison for breaking protest laws. alaa al fattah was a prominent voice in the 2012 evolution. >>> and high courts have struck down a security law that put restrictions on the media. it said that it undermined bisque rights. the afghan army has launched a series of large scale operations against the taliban and for the first time without the help of nato. dominic kane reports. >> afghan soldiers prepare an offensive in southern elman. it is considered a taliban

facebook and ebay google, every macbook made in austin texas today. -- austin, texas. they're not coming because we have great weather in august. they know they are coming to a place where opportunity reigns. it is tax policy, legal policy, education policy. those are the town foundations of an economy. it is pretty simple. the hard part is finding men and women who have the courage to implement those policies. over the course of that decade that i had the privilege to be the governor of texas, we put tax policies, regulatory policies. let me share with the results of those policies are. let me put it into terms where people can understand. this is what the result of good policy. we talk about that tort reform. we codified in our constitution so that those future generations would know that the stability and predictability was going to be there on the tort side and regulatory side. today there are more than 35,000 licensed physicians, more than in 2003. 35,000 more licensed physicians in the state of texas. that is due to tort reform. they knew they would not sued friv

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the students' disappearance has been linked to the corruption of not just of the mayor of iguala, but also the city's police force... ...a problem common throughout mexico where cartels have been able to buy off local police in exchange for them looking the other way - or working for them. >> since the student were taken, the municipal police have been removed from this area and now what we're seeing is that it's the federal police and the army in control of security here the problem is - that policy has been tried before and hasn't stopped the violence. in 2006, former president felipe calderon flooded mexico's streets with thousands of federal forces like the army and marines . ..and even now under the current president, enrique pena nieto kidnappings have reached record levels in some regi

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back. more now on the plight of the gala people. they are known for having many of their culture practices still intact. and speak their own creole influenced language. what is less known is the risk to their landowner ship and they widespread poverty, i don't think most people know about the gula people despite their instrengthive value to american history and african-american history. >> i think the only people know is this really celebrating neck loadian show, a variety show for kids. it was midnight's. and i am old enough to remember it, and we have a clip of that if you remember it, check this out. >> ♪ i remember that song,s there's criticism despite best intentions people sanitized the culture. i do remember that show. i don't think i ever knew it was a real place or culture thoug

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hey, guys welcome back to techknow, i'm phil torres joined by dr shini somara, and lindsay moran. one of my favourite things about science is we are able to capture mother nature in a lab, take the phenomenon and see them at a university. >> yes there's nothing more amazing than being able to recreate weather, that's what they were able to do at texas tech university. i got experience a tornado, let's take a look. my first shoot for "techknow" was all about tornado technology, which was incredible. that's my area of expertise. it was so exciting flying to oklahoma and texas, where we got to see the facilities being used to research tornados. the passage of this is to learn about the innovation incorporated into building regulations to keep people safe during a tornado. at texas

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. let's take a look at the top stories. i.s.i.l. fighters have kidnapped at least 70 people from christian villages in syria. dozens of others have managed to flee the area. barrel bombs in rebel-held areas. it says more than 6,000 civilians have been killed by those types of attacks in the past year. >>> defending the city of mariupole. >>> secret intelligence documents revealed men claiming to be israeli cyber-warriors threatened south africa with a mass eight of tack. they vowed to cripple the banking and financial sectors unless the government stopped supporting the pro-palestine campaign. here is phil reese with the latest from the spy cables. is. >> from >> from the occupiedpalestinian. >> the nation apartheid history helped them gain support. but

this event is from bookpeople bookstore in austin texas. it's about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] .. our neighbor, iraqi, close of them, and an even more dangerous place to write texas. so the question, i guess, is tax is texas going to be the california of the 21st century? we will the migration into the state truly transform our state into something that will lead the nation as we go forth into the century? we will texas still be taxes when this is all said and done? without further ado i would like to present richard to try to talk to you about those issues. [applause] >> thank you for coming. special thanks to steve and the crew at book people the world's greatest bookstore. my publisher in new york pegasus books, and, and a few people here in the audience. one of the people this book is dedicated to a couple of friends we see you as well. thank you for coming. what what i would like to do is give you an overview of the book and then take a few questions and then read for about ten minutes. i promise i won't inflict 30 minutes of reading any. but the

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories much the u.n. special envoy to syria is in turkey. trying for a freeze in fighting for aleppo. syrian government has agreed to suspend air strikes and shelling on aleppo for six weeks. houthi rebels in yemen have taken control for an army camp in sanaa. they now >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has accused russia of lying to its face. the u.s. secretary of state told congress that russia had not engaged in such propaganda since the cold car. >> swine flu outbreaks set up some areas to make people aware of the risks. how and what are the officials. >> yes, absolutely. health officials, state officials across india have been monitoring this for some time. we have been looking at an increase in cases in particular parts of the coun

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again. you are watching al jazeera. these are the top stories. the syrian observatory for human rites says at least 90 people from a syrian christian village in the north-east has been kidnapped by i.s.i.l. the area is near the scene of heavy fighting. between kurdish fighters and i.s.i.l. >> armed gunmen of foreign origin kidnapped 30 people from the ethnic hazara community. they were kidnapped from a bus while travelling from iran at the province on monday afternoon. leaked documents obtained by al jazeera reveal pressure on the palestinian leadership over a bid for a u.n. membership. australia high commission published scathing reports on conditions faced by children in the immigration center. it rejects the finding calling for a political such-up from sydney. >> he lis in sydney an

one of austin's favorite movies. mouse named mickey was there for if big reveal. >> i love my new room. mostly excited about the painting. because i kind of -- and i look the art drawing because it looks the same as the movie. it's like actually real art. >> i think that austin and dominic are very happy. and i hope that greg is happy. i think they are. it's more than what i expected. thest beautiful. >> i can't explain about how happy and how much joy i have the for my son you know, having his new room and the lion king. >> thank you for everything. >> ama daetz, abc 7 news. >> it's so great to see him smile. we have a picture from his bedroom makeover e and disney which helped make austin' day so special is the parent company of abc 7. happying today. the make a wish returns to the bay area. ama daetz will emcee the activities. you may remember miles scott. the greater bay area was responsible for making the 5-year-old's dream come true in november of 2013 when the young cancer patient became bat man for a day. the

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> back in the 1930 a lot of the folks that were working out in the fields tended to be black. now those people are latinos that are coming in. and the latinos are just as disenfranchised, they don't have a lot of power. and especially with the current climate around immigration and how we have seen a lot of racial tension towards latinos, it has made it very difficult for us to be able to update these laws that haven't been touched in decades. >> we tried to move forward on changing the regulations in terms of how young children are treated in the agricultural areas and we ran up against a lot of opposition from major industry, the farm bureau and big business. we're talking about special interests here, big special interests. it was kind of a david and goliath if you ask me. >> in 2009, hilda

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. mourners in moscow laid flowers for opposition politician boris who has been murdered in a drive-by shooting. russia's president condemned the kill, and the white house called for a quick and independent investigation. >>> police in mexico captured the bot of the knight templar, known as la tuta. he's one of the most wanted criminals. >>> the department of homeland security has been allowed another week of funding, delaying a shut down it is tasked with keeping america safe inside the u.s. >>> the afghan republic called for hep it find vic dims of an av -- victims of an avalanche. more than 200 are dead. the response is too slow. >> reporter: they had seen snow before. this is something different. meters and meters of it turning jagge

." >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "inside story", on al jazeera. i'm swor r -- ray suarez, i'm sitting in a studio talking about the allowance of recreational use of marijuana. in the early hours it was legal to smoke marijuana, a drug that occasioned the arrest and gaoling of thousands in washington over the years. the district of columbia follows colorado, washington state and alaska and allowing recreational use. the legal ability to mistake will be limited to people over 21. you will not be able to buy or sell marijuana, people can give it to each other. my guests are with me. will johns, will people grow six plants and no more? >> probably not. some people definitely will. probably not. >> is there an enforceable law? >> it will be difficult to enforce this law, definitely. >> what is the messaging th

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> we're back with inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez, and i'm going to die. you're going to die. and for almost all of human history, there was little an individual could do outside ending his or her life to name the day. you can be taken by accident or illness or have your life taken by another person. death came quickly and unavoidably from diseases and illnesses plaguing the human body. today in america, there are untold american people who at another time would be dead and still face suffering that would make death a valid choice. most places in america insists it's not one they should make, we are continuing a look at death with dignity laws, with director of compassion and choices, and a professor of medicine is the the school of medicine. doctor, one thing you here over

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the question of who is accountable for the land loss in louisiana is still disputed. >> here we're looking at aerial 1940 at venice field in plaquemines parish. >> at his office in baton rouge attorney don carmouche says these aerial photos are evidence against chevron and other oil industry. >> you can see the contamination, the killing of the marsh the additional erosion from the canals. those are man-made canals, they made them they didn't revegetate them, they didn't detoxify. by 1983 they had a requirement to re-vegetate detoxify and restore to its natural state, they did not. >> fast forward to 1983, by then you have continued significant production everywhere you see one of these little icons... >> half of its water. >> by then its beginning to erode and die. >> just in the space of 40

after the >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. i'm ghosh, a reminder of the top stories. i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq smash thousands of statues, that are hundreds of years old. the u.n. condemned the attack on iraqi heritage. >> syria's war puts the youth ot risk says the u.n. high commission making the comments highlighting the urgency of syria's refugee crisis. >> 197,000 people are confirmed to have died in an avalanche in afghanistan. more than 1,000 soldiers are helping in the search and recovery. >> tunisian police arrested 13 people on terrorism charges. the interior ministry said the suspect were involved in the killing of policeman. four women are among those detained. 100 people have been arrested as part of the anti-terror initiative. >> violence in libya is affecting businesses across the border in tunisia.

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> i'm ali velshi back at the summit in davos switzerland, now we'll talk about whether projects should be funded by the government or private sector. >> we have things to be done - rail, roads, energy. they are expensive, bike, and take a long time. everybody has said money is not the issue, making them into investable projects is the issue. i'll turn to you, you have spoken about the idea of matching long-term projects with investors, who have long-term"ons, and taking them out of the realm of people

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> good to have you with us. i'm elizabeth puranam in doha these are the top storeys. i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq smashed statues that are thousands of years old. the director of the museum confirmed newly released video of men with sledge hammers were genuine. some of the pieces smashed were plaster copies. the united nations condemns the destruction of iraq's ancient history. i.s.i.l. fighters are reported to have seized control of a bridge in anbar. 20 soldiers were killed in the battle. it connect the cities of haditha and baghdady. close to an air base used by both military. >> a court in hong kong sentences a woman to six years in prison for repeatedly abusing her indonesian house made. she was convicted of assault to failure to pay wages. india's parliament is expected to review a food sub

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. the deadline to fund homeland security is 24 hours away. what agencies fall under the homeland security - customs, border protection, secret service, the coast guard, f.e.m.a. and the t.s.a. if the money runs outs it impacts pay checks, hiring, employee training and processing brands for state and local governments. if president obama is enjoying the predicament the assistantate majority leader seemed to have created for himself, he will not allow himself to say publicly. for the latest we are joined by mike viqueira. good to have you with us. good to be here. >> what is the latest from the various parties in play. >> here we are. it's a thursday even into the meeting. they meet the house republicans. you mention it's the g.o.p. leaders making,

. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria.campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello, and welcome to another news hour from al jazeera. i'm adrian finnigan. coming up in the next 60 minutes. egypt jails one of the country's most democracy activists for five years for taking part of protests. >>> diplomats gather the talks at the u.n. as an agreement to pull back heavy weapons from the front line of ukraine break down. >>> and a kenyan court throws out sections of

on al jazeera america >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. cl ja welcome back to inside story on al jazeera, i'm ray suarez, we are looking at the legalization of recreational marijuana in the nation's capital. unlike laws in colorado and washington state, the washington d.c. marijuana law doesn't build in a serious legal architecture around the production and sale of the cannabis plant. there are some limits hard to police on private production and prohibitions on sale. it's a different approach to legalization from that elsewhere. i'm joined for the rest of the programme from two men who find themselves on different sides to the marijuana debate. leading up to the debate when residents of columbia voted 60-30. doctor, from the drug policy alliance, working for the passage of 71. and will jones, a movement against marijuana legalizati

. >> you got >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. >> hello, from doha, this is the news hour on al jazeera. name the enemy. an egyptian court rules hamas a terrorist organization. >>> calling for a transparent investigation after a russian political figure is shot and killed in kremlin. >> coming up we'll find our emergency crews are coping with dozens of avalanches, and the heavy

tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> announcer: this is "talk to al jazeera". i'm joined by singer, producer and fillan throughist akon >>> i want to talk about women, and your view of women. >> i love women. >> when you sing about them, they are called sexy chicks - course. >> without being disrespectful, that is the only word i can use to describe them. >> sexy chicks, the infamous incident in trinidad in 2007, where, you know, you were dancing suggestively, to say the least with a teenage girl. you know, and i know this is not just hue, in hip hop in general women are called names and so on. it's a figure of speech, but i wonder, akon can dehumanizing entertainment. >> i wouldn't call it dehumanizing. the women call each other [ bleep ] rather than men. >> really. >> if i listen to a female conversation, it's [ bleep ] so crazy girl. some people are uptight that they don't embrace person