that is where we began our conversation when i met with bill browder in new york. >> you come from a family where your grandfather wasn't just a communist, he was possibly one of the biggest communists in america. >> yes. so-- so my grandfather, earl browder-- was a labor union organizer in wichita, kansas. and he was so good at organizing the union that in 1927 the international communist party said, "if you like labor unionism you're gonna love communism. why don't you come to russia"? so 1927 my grandfather goes to russia. he ends up meeting-- a russian girl who becomes my grandmother. my father is born there. and then five years later, in 1932, the communist party sends him back to america to become the general secretary of the america communist party. he runs for president in 1936 and '40 against roosevelt. he's imprisoned by roosevelt in '41, pardoned the next year. and then ultimately kicked out of the communist party in 1945 for being too capitalist. and one would've thought that would be the end of the story. but then in the 1950s he was persecuted for being a communist. they

. >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonnao become the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. >> welcome to al jazeera america. more reporters, more stories, more perspective. >> from our award-winning news teams across america and beyond. >> we've got global news covered. >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the once high powered capitalist in russia turned human rights activist - bill browder. >> i had more than $1 billion, which was a huge amount of money-- in any circumstance, but certainly back then, and in russia. >> the financier had a spectacular rise with his investments quadrupling - but then browder began calling attention to corruption and crossed the wrong people. >> i was locked up overnight. and then i was deported the next day and declared a threat to national security, never to be allowe

. >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonna go become the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. >>> tonight the middle east is in flames. president obama's foreign policies failed the region and the united states say critics. in the panel secret x-ray surveillance on the streets of new york. you may be dosed with radiation and not know it. like most americans - i love football. will injs

talk to al jazeera - the once high powered capitalist in russia turned human rights activist - bill browder i had more than $1 billion, which was a huge amount of money-- in any circumstance, but certainly back then, and in russia. >> the financier had a spectacular rise with his investments quadrupling - but then browder began calling attention to corruption and crossed the wrong people. >> i was locked up overnight. and then i was deported the next day and declared a threat to national security, never to be allowed back into russia again. at that point

. >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonnao become the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. >> all across the country, jails are overcrowded with inmates who are pretrial. most of them will rely on public defenders. here in california, where bail costs an estimated five times more than the rest of the country, it's a struggle to keep up with the volume. >> what's your name, sir? >> my name is dj brickey, i'm an attorney with the public defender's office. >> what's your social security number, sir? >> here's the deal sir, as your attorney, i'm trying to get you out of jail, trying to get the best result possible for you. >> so this is pretty relentless. you're just coming in and out in and out? >> absolutely, yeah. absolutely. >> this is what every day is like? >> mhmm. >> the fresno county public defen

. >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonna go become the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. ♪ ♪ >> i'm russel russell in the pacific northwest. >> it's exactly the habitat that

. >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonnacome the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. >> welcome back. >>> negotiations going into the early morning hours, the senate approving the twoery budget and debt deal. the agreement suspending the nation's debt limit until early 2017. it also boosts spending by more than $80 billion over the next two years. the president says he will sign it. >>> the week long manhunt for a man caused of shooting a police officer is over in kentucky. police shot and killed floyd ray cook in the south central part of the state overnight. the convicted rapist had been on the run after shooting and wounding a police officer in tennessee. >>> talks are underway in vienna where the u.s. and for the purpose leaders are discussing ending the syrian conflict. there are reports this m