christof putzel, al jazeera, chicago. >> ahead on "america tonight": inside gamer-gate.ord of misogyny brutality and trolls and how even in the open forum of the internet some voices are silenced. >> you were threat ened with rape, murder, your husband was threatened. >> who what where when and how. they were going to ruin me. the woman who was critiquing me. >> "america tonight"'s adam may and one of gamer gate's critics why she is speaking out. >>> and whether this could lead to a cure for autism. >> you've heard of them of course, call of duty, assassins creed, grad theft auto, blockbuster games that have become household names. last year they spent $22 billion on games. but as gaming goes increasingly mainstream a darker side of the industry's also emerging. "america tonight's" adam may reports on the culture called gamergate. some of the images in his report are graphic. >> we are having a full on war and it's a war that has been put on hold for years. >> brianna wu is one of the warriors. a female video game designer in mostly male world. she created revolution 360

christof putzel spoke with them interview. >> this is the jimmy john's blt. there's nothing that anyone would consider a mystery unless you are jimmy john's. to them this is a trade secret that is to be protected at all cost. for emily and kaitlin, whose salary amounts to less than minimum wage. until recently kaitlin, 25 also worked as a local jimmy john's. we met them in a nearby restaurant. >> we wouldn't be able to work here. >> you wouldn't be? >> no, end of discussion. they serve a handful of sandwiches. >> kaitlin talked about this, an agreement which all jimmy john's workers must sign. for two years, it prevents any of the workers for working from if that business is within three miles of a jimmy john's store. >> even my restaurants that aren't fast food joints you aren't allowed to work for? >> yeah, waiting tables is pretty much out of the question i guess. >> and is this a place you'd like to work? >> yeah, i'm sure people would tip well here. >> under the jimmy john's agreement kaitlin and emily can't work for any competing food establishment in a

you're just a tool for them. >> christof putzel. al jazeera, are rlg washington. >> attorney areva martin joins us. what is the new york attorney general going to to glx he's going to look david how reasonable these clauses are. you are correct that new york does allow for noncompete clauses but the question is, are those clauses reasonable? you are looking at former employees who can't go work in other establishments, they can't drive a vehicle, can't do anything and those activities aren't even related to the activities they were engaged in for jimmy john's. so it seems like an incredibly overle broad cause for local employees to be forced to sign. >> i agree with you, it is overly broad. but it is almost like the equivalent of having like a moist sandwich bread and saying after you have eaten it, it's moist so i don't like it. these employees signed the contract, isn't the responsibility for them before they sign to complain? >> well, think about the bargaining yobargaining power. you have a low level employee who is making minim

christof putzel , al jazeera, cleveland. >> john jay, appreciate you being with us. we layer about these consent decrease, there have been a number of consent decrease wit decrees with police departments around the country. do they work? >> they can work and they do work but it takes a unique combination of effort to make them work. first it takes a strong federal judge and a strong chief of police and a strong commitment by the city. because a consent decree is nothing more or less than a document designed to change the culture of police departments that are violating the rights of citizens left and right. they have the term of usage is pattern and practice of violating the civil little liberties of the city. >> seems like they need have teeth in them. do they have time lines? do they have penalties? >> they do. a consent decree is really a blueprint of what needs to be done with metrics that need to be met to change a police culture. but it depends on how strongly, as i said, how strong reply the -- how strongly the police chief or the police commissioner is actual

no free lunches. >> the price really racked me. >> christof putzel, al jazeera. >> cdc tells us one out of every five patients ask their doctors to prescribe a cheaper drug. most affected, the uninsured, we may not see the impact at the consumer level, when the insurance companies send out their annual payments, likely to be hire. to offsaid drug prices. ahead in our final segment this hour. hitting the high notes, baltimore's maestro and the sound of change she has brought to her symphony and to her community. >> finally from us this hour, the sounds of change. classical music not for you? maybe you haven't been at the right si symphony. the dynamic figure at the podi podium, "america tonight's" adam may cues up the orchestra in baltimore. >> the power of merrin alsop. maestra alsop is considered one of the world's leading conductors. there's enormous power in that little baton. while she uses the tool to help the audience's imagination take flight, she is surprisingly down to earth. >> classical music became quite extreme in terms of you're not supposed to clap, you're not supposed to

"america tonight's" christof putzel looks at excessive use of force. >> i'm sitting in my truck with my arms up like this. >> and what led the department of justice to step in. >> where does it come to the point where the doj releases a report like this?

christof putzel says this is not just for six-figure executives. >> this is the jimmy john's blt.o one would consider it a mystery unless you are jimmy john's. to them this simple sandwich is a trade secret to be protectat all costs. producing a virtual lock on their salaries. which amounts to less than minimum wage. until recently kaitlin 25 also worked at a local jimmy john's. we met them at a nearby restaurant. >> we wouldn't be able to work here. end of discussion. half the list are sandwiches. >> kaitlin is talking about this, an agreement that all jimmy john's workers must sign. preventing working for a competitor has a menu is more than half sandwiches. >> waiting tables is pretty much out of the question i guess. >> and is this a place you'd like to work? >> yeah, i'm sure people would tip well here. >> reporter: under the jimmy john's agreements kaitlin and emily can't work for any competing food establishment in any capacity. not just as an below but position as owner, partner, investor, manager or advisor. this map of the chicago area shows just how limited their job pr

"america tonight's" christof putzel looks at excessive use of force. >> i'm sitting in my truck with my arms up like this. >> and what led the department of justice to step in. >> where does it come to the point where the doj releases a

christof putzel reports. >> reporter: this doctor has owned this pharmacy for over a decade, and he is experienced anything like this before. he serves almost a hundred people a day. predominantly black and hispanics. from low-income households in his metro d.c. neighborhood. and the big drastic change he is talk about is the dramatic rise in the cost of generic drugs. >> the generics are priced so high. >> reporter: sometimes as much as 100%, even a thousand percent spike. this man too is baffled by the price rises. >> payments to the pharmacies are staying the same. and patients are left with the bill and pharmacies are left having to subside big gaps and loses lots of money. >> reporter: for how long can these independent pharmacists cover the price gap. >> if it's not the patient, it is going to be the employer or the taxpayer. so someone is paying for it. >>> there's much more on the rising costs of generic drugs at the top of the hour coming up on "america tonight." >>> students and faculty are mourning tonight on the campus of ohio state university. a college football player was

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we are joined by christof put l putzel -- chris christopher from boston. >> the poorest showing on black understandable. the november retail sales are very good. and we can get into why black friday wasn't so good. >> let's get into that. why wasn't it very good in because more people are shopping online or shopping on thanksgiving day? >> those two factors and price discounting started early in november, so many people got their shopping out of the way in the front of the month. here we track payrolls, and there were about 10 million less people getting paid on black friday, and about 13 more people getting paid of december 1st, so a lot of that extra boost is being pushed into december. so december looks quite bright. >> and how much are cheaper gas prices driving consumers in all of this? >> it's very important, lower pump prices help consumer confidence. it also gives lower-income households a little extra spending power, and they will spending it, especially since there are so many americans living paycheck to paycheck. >> we started the show with the ongoing dysfunction in washingt