and it has started to spread outside of chattanooga. first the super fast internet or the application that takes advantage of it. and google, at&t, cox are all rolling out this same thing. kansas city has it. nashville is getting it. cities in north carolina, texas, everybody is jumping on board this bandwagon now. and they are seeing it as an economic boom -- >> apparently we don't have gigabits connecting us to ellis smith. i guess we have lost him -- i guess his side of the line was okay, because he was in chattanooga. all right. well, you got most of the story. i want to talk about another piece of modern technology. taxicab drives in europe have been protesting against the car service y uber. licensed taxi drivers say it endangers their livelihoods. they say taxicab drivers are in the slow lane when it comes to technology. >> reporter: the traffic is slow in paris during the best of times. this is french fury, represented by cab drivers, and not for the first time here, they have the smartphone app uber in their sites. >> translato

that's now possible in chattanooga, tennessee.it will lure businesses from across the country. >> reporter: with the appalachian mountains as the backdrop, chattanooga has prided itself. and now with the new internet speed service. it's driving growth in this small tennessee city. chattanooga's fiberoptic connection transfers data 1 gigabyte per second. that's 45 times faster than new york and on par with hong kong, which has the fastest in the world. >> we've branded our community as the first city to have a gig. >> chattanooga's first gig city. >> reporter: it started with the facility company was looking to upgrade its power institution center. with over $130 million in bonds and stimulus grants they created a fiberoptic network. for 70 months they ca $70 a month, customers can have access to the internet no matter where they live. more than 30 companies have moved to chattanooga because of the gig and brought 1,000 jobs. >> you amount of time and savings on every little transaction adds up. oh, i got an hour of my life back or

. >>> thanks to the city's high speed internet, many are lured to the chattanooga valley. >> reporter: with the background of the appalachian mountains and rail system, now an ultra high speed internet system. >> it's fiv faster than the national average. >> it transfers data at 1 gigabyte per second. that's 40 times faster than new york. it's on par with hong kong, which has the fastest in the world. >> we're the first city to have a gig. >> chattanooga, tennessee, became the first gig city. >> reporter: it started when the utility company was looking to upgrade its power distribution center. not only improve its power grid but with bonds and federal stimulus grants engineers created a fiberoptics network. for $70 a month customers no matter where they live have access to the super fast internet. chattanooga's chamber of commerce say businesses have moved here creating 1,000 jobs. >> you just release how much time and money you're saving on every little transaction. that starts to add up. wow, i got an hour of my life back or four hours of my life back. >> reporter: it can be seen in

this is not difficult mechanically, but politically. >> is chattanooga a model city? >> it's a model in terms of political will so absolutely. >> susan crawford, good to see you. thank you. >> glad to be here. >> the world's second largest phone company said several spy agencies recorded phone communications on its network. vodafone says there are laws in certain countries that allow access to a users network. filed the most requests for information, in some cases governments inserted their own equipment into vodafone's network. texas is holding its state republican convention this week and gun rights advocates are putting lethal weapons on display. they are pushing for a change in texas law. mike schneider reports from fort worth. >> their automatic rifles and shotguns have been banned from chipotle's and chilis. but these long guns are legal to carry openly and about 30 people brought them outside the texas republican convention in fort worth. chris miller is a mechanic who's edged ga. he says he's a regular guy who really doesn't want to carry his ar 15 for protect

but it's now possible in chattanooga, tennessee.onathan martin reports that it's helping lure businesses from all across the country. >> reporter: with the appalachian mountain backdrop, chattanooga has provided itself on its scenic front and rail systems. now an ultra high speed internet service. >> it's about 100 times faster than the national average. >> it's driving growth in this small tennessee city. >> it's so much faster to do anything. >> reporter: transferring data 40 times faster than cities like new york and on par with hong kong, the fastest in the world. >> chattanooga gam became the first gig city. >> reporter: it was looking to upgrade it's pow distribution center. with $130 million in bonds and federal stimulus grand engineers have yeahed a fiberoptic network. now for $70 a month. epa customers no matter where they live have access to the internet. 4,000 residential customers are signed up. chattanooga's chamber of commerce reports over the last three years 40 companies have moved here, creating 1,000 jobs. jack run

jonathan martin, chattanooga, tens. >> the truth about eyewitness testimony. plus face to face.resident obama and russian president putin meet in normandy. the game's really really grown. >> gaining popularity. >> people are crazy for it. >> is now the time for u.s. soccer? >> anything is possible. i believe that this u.s. team, we can beat anybody. >> the stream, tomorrow 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> north korea is naming the third american citizen deindependent at a in that country since november. north korea's news agency identifies him as jeffrey edward fowe. media reports he may have left a piebl in his room. -- bible in his room. two other americans are being held. >>> a encounter between president obama and russian president vladimir putin today. the two met face to face for the first time since the ukrainian crisis began. >> speaking with 15 minutes with the russian leader after all. a behind the scenes discussion caught on video. a cease fire in the ukraine was part of the topics. and also met with petro poroshenko in a meeting brokered by germany's ange

chattanooga has enough to download a two-hour movie in 30 seconds.out life in the fast lain. >>> with app appalachian backdrop backdrop, choot knew ga now has an ul ta high-speed internet service. >> it's about a hundred times faster than the national average -- >> is driving growth in this small city. >> they transfer data at one gigabyte per second. that's 40 times faster than cities like new york. and on par with hong kong, which is the fastest in the world. it started more than four years ago when epb was looking to upgrade its power distribution center and not only improve the power grid, but with over $330 million in bonds and federal stimulus grants engineers created a city wide fiber optic network. now ebp customers no matter where they live have access to the super fast internet. about 4,000 residential customers are signed um. the chamber of commerce reports in the last three years more than 30 companies have moved here because of the gig, creating about 1,000 jobs. jack runs lamp post an incubator or startups, he says the gig was a key rea

chattanooga -- k harks a iranians iraniansing alah -- he was flown to washington. he pled not guilty, insisting he is innocent, and did not direct the assault on the u.s. consulate. the u.s. justice department charmed him on three counts. >> a security analyst was in the courtroom, and he said his appearance in court was the first opportunity to determine if he was fit to stand trial. people were trying to get an idea of the state of mind he was in. a number of people wanted to make sure that he was, indeed, clear and present. >> the attack is controversial in the united states. days before it occurred, an anti-islam video posted on youtube sparked protests on u.s. embassies in the muslim world. the obama administration blamed the benghazi attack on spop tainious pro -- spontaneous protests against the video. republicans alleged that the admissions were covering up details about the case to protect barack obama's chance at election. >> we have four dead americans, was it a protest or guy os out for a walk who decided to go kill some americans. >> reporter: it was c

when it comes to cutting-edge technology, chattanooga may not be your first thought. thanks to the city's high-speed internet, it might rival sill connell valley. jonathan martin has more. >> reporter: with an appalachian mountain backdrop, chattanooga has prided itself on its scenic river front. now, an ultra high speed internet service. >> about 100 times faster than the national average. >> is driving growth in this small tennessee city. >> it's so much easier than anywhere else to do anything. >> the fiber optic internet connection transfers at 1 gigabyte per second, 40 times faster than cities like new york and on par with hong kong which has the fastest in the world. >> we have branded our community as the gig city, the first city to have a gig. >> chattanooga, tennessee became america's first gig city. >> it started more than 4 years ago when epb, the city-owned utility company was looking to upgrade the power distribution center but with over $330 million in bonds and federal stimulus grants, engineers created a city-wide fib fiber optic network for $70 a mont

today like it did yesterday, and as far as severe storms, tennessee from nashville to huntsville, chattanooga, tus ka loose is a, there's a chance of strong storms, and in the northeast, not as rainy as yesterday morning as we got drenched in new york city, but later today, a chance of a shower or storm. >>> thank you, appreciate it. why hillary clinton says the criticism of her handling of the attack on the embassy in benghazi is motivating her to run in 2016. we'll huddle around the water cooler together where you might think twice before you hop into an elevator. wait until you see this. this is pretty freaky stuff. this will get you nervous if you have elevator issue. we're right back with more after this. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done

you're from chattanooga. the artist behind this summer song also starred in which tv sitcom?ng the wrong music, you guys. i can't afford to keep giving everything away to people! >> what song was that? >> that was "summer time" by dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince. >> that's right. >> they are playing the right song. >> rihanna went to number one in over 20 different countries during the summer of 2007 with which single? >> "umbrella". >> that, by the way is a great song. >> she sold i think over 30 million albums, 130 million singles. she is still going strong. the cool thing about rihanna is she will come out with singles without albums. >> is that what people are doing now? >> she does. she loves to collaborate with different people. she has a very interesting career. i think we will always look back on her career as one of our favorites. >> which artist had a hit duet with frank sinatra for "summer winds"? >> c. >> this was on frank's duets album. he did duets with all these superstars but not in the same studio. he made them record them in another studio. he never saw t

i wonder, if the psychological effect when the family came to chattanooga and his son died, a son named willie. how much of an effect do you think that head in making him manic and mean, what do you think? >> i think it was tragic for him as losing a child would be for anybody. i think that -- i do not think sherman was mean. i think that sherman was clear eyed. to say he recognized that is the way you stop a war is you make the war too costly and in so doing, he really did believe he was saving his men. with his men, they thought the march was great. they loved it. they had more to eat than they normally did. they marched less each day than they did. and with few exceptions, nobody shot down. from sherman's perspective, it was saving his men's lives while bringing the war to a more rapid close. i do not think he is mean. i think he has a job and is willing to do what it takes. >> can you speak to how in 1864, northern papers were covering the march and how where lincoln opponents who singled out for march as anything different from happening? >> there is very little coverage of the mar

. >> the emergency response folks from chattanooga were there. the county maintenance guys were there and then a construction company had been called to bring in the equipment that would be needed to break up the rocks that were on the road, get them off. there was one larger rock, and there was a news crew. >> we saw somebody from tdot show up. this young lady got out, and she walked up and looked at me and walked on past, and she glanced at the boulder and then she went over and talked to mr. jones. >> bill mitchell, a 30-year news veteran has covered many rock slides during his career, but none this big. >> and then she came back over and she said, why don't you guys move back a little ways. she said, i'm hearing things up on that mountain that really unnerve me. i said, what are you hearing? she said, i'm hearing pops and snaps and things that make me believe some more debris may come down. so we moved back about 20 yards at that time. >> i heard a sound that sounded like a car door slam. a really sharp report. i talked to steve, the county m

daryl nelson says he's been dancing on the job for years at a chattanooga park. but he was recently fired after a visitor who was not amused, posting the jig online, saying it was provocative, and parents ha had to cover children's eyes. we'll let you decide if he's getting a fair shake. there's a facebook page called bring back the dancing park ranger. and he did the mack r boogie-oogie-george. can you show me how it's done? >> i hope it has something to do with the backwards knee bend thing. plee please. >> we'll move on. >>> the malaysian air mystery. new information being developed on the flight that disappeared. and we have been coffering this story from the start, good morning, david. >> reporter: experts have been pouring over the data from the satellite signals, and a new search area will be outlined. and one more clue from a top investigator about the end of the flight of malaysian air 370. even though the search flights and the underwater robot found nothing. the lead investigator said they have learned more from the digital significance. martin dolan s

daryl nelson says he's been dancing on the job for years at a chattanooga park. he was recently fired after a visitor who was not amused, posting the jig online, saying the rangers moves were provocative, and claiming parents had to cover their children's eyes. nelson saying it was good, clean fun. we're going to let you decide whether he's getting a fair shake. there's a facebook page called bring back the dancing park ranger. he did the "macarena" and he did the "boogie oogie oogie." i don't know this dance. maybe someone can show me. >> oh, you know it, george? >> i don't know it. >> can you show me how that's done? >> i hope it has something to do with the backwards knee bend thing. please. >> we're going to move on now. we're going to get the latest on the malaysian aramis tri. new information being developed on the flight that disappeared. david has been covering this story from the start. good morning, david. >> reporter: experts have been pouring over the data from the satellite signals, and a new search area will be outlined. and one more clue from a top

heavy rain has been fooling near chattanooga where we do have flash flood warnings in place and we areching this area of low pressure. over the next couple of days, it could become the first proppiccal depression of the atlantic season. for now, moisture across florida and more rain for that area. >> ok, thank you. >> ever think about owning a town? >> yeah, sure. >> this is on the market, the entire town. now it's going viral. the sole owner of the unincorporated hamlet used to have a population of 40, people are starting to die off, it has a post office and a few grocery stores, today just a bar and three trailers. it could be right if the price is right, $400,000. that's how much an average house costs in most u.s. cities. >> at least there's a bar. >> tomorrow morning, american soccer fans getting ready for the big game against belgium. this time, it's win err go home. >> that's tomorrow on aljazeera america. today, thank you for joining us. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. have a great day. right now, a look at the manhattan skyline. freedom to you

you can argue you will have as much fun as a chattanooga lookouts game as you will at a yankees game.way. not every minor league player is smiling. a former minor leaguer named garrett brushhouse has filed a lawsuit saying they they paid them less than the minimum page and denying them overtime. he said he worked six or seven days a week when the giants drafted him ten years ago. worked nine or more hours a day and earned $1,100 a month but only during the season. he said the base salary for major leaguers has gone up more than 2,000% while it's only gone up 75% for minor leaguers. so is this just how it works? the dues you have to pay if you have the talent and ambition and the dreams of one of the gigantic big league paychecks or do they have a case that they deserve a bigger cut of the major league pie? garrett is here. he joins us now. welcome to you. so i guess i'll just hit you with what is probably a question you get all the time and i think a lot of fans think of when they look at issues like this, but a fan might look at this and say, yeah, minor league probably kind of stink

he worked for chattanooga for seven years and he's out of a job after a woman filmed one of his dancee was grabbing areas that you would see on a rated r movie. >> okay. his supervisor saw the video. they then fired him, saying it was conduct unbecoming of a public employee. this guy can get fired. the people at the v.a. can't. go figure. >>> this guy could be the dumbest criminal ever. this guy in the middle of robbing a house and then he stops the robbery to log on to facebook from the victim's computer. then what's worse, he forgot to log out before he left the house. he also left his rain-soaked clothes at the scene. cops in minneapolis and the homeowner then reached out to him on facebook and talked to him about getting together to give him his clothes back. listen to this. >> he wouldn't have done the facebook thing, we would have never caught him. >> he's now charged with second degree burglary. what a dummy. those are your headl imagine that. >> why were his clothes off? >> rain, i don't know. i think the guy is a little off. >> okay. facebook. >>> it's wednesday. you know wha