david shuster checks in on the business of buying, selling and trading water. >> we all tend to thinkf water as being essentially free. we think it falls out of the sky. it should be delivered ous free or if not completely free. >> most americans have no clue about the value of the water that comes out of their tap each and every day. but it points to at least a does companies buying water worth a combined $6 billion, just a fraction of the $500 billion invested in the overall water industry but a sector gaining interest as investors bet on water becoming the any oil. -- the new oil. >> tremendous opportunities because there is no substitute. >> mark is a partner at water asset management, a new york city investment firm with an annual $700 million in water transactions. >> water is probably one of the more neglected asset classes that we've come across in our professional careers. >> it's hashed to imagine water as a commodity bought and sold like gold but here's how it works. every year state and local authorities divide the available supply among what are called water right holders

i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. and this is "real money." >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter, facebook.com/aj real money. this has been another day of uncertainty in ukraine. a small country that plays a pivotal role to economic giants. the instability of ukraine and the di ployment of russian troops, in the crimea region of ukraine. one quarter of western's natural gas is supplied by iran, and half of that goes through ukraine pipeline network. any disruption would hit germany hard which depends on gas to run its factories. as it stands russian officials say they need $15 billion this spring to avoid a financial default and keep the country's economy going. in recent days an interim government in kiev asked the international monetary fund and other countries to help. many countries have investors who would be hit hard if ukraine goes under. even russia recognized the problem two weeks ago and pledged a $15 billion, b

i'm david shuster, filling in for ali velshi, and this is "real money". >> in is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour at: d plus, that's our grade - i'm talking about our roads, bridges, rail roads, ports, bridges. they get nothing better than a d plus grade on an infrastructure report card put out by the american society of engineers. not only are we doing enough not to nod erpize our -- modernise our infrastructure, we are barely maintaining what we have now. we were once held up to the rest of the world, now we are falling behind. our airports are third world after seeing the hong kong airport. no one bothered to tell him we don't say third world. president obama wants to do something about it and proposed $302 billion plan that he hopes congress will adopt to modernize roads, businesses, and transit systems. federal funding is being squeezed. the highway trust fund, getting $35 billion from federal tax and gasoline could run out of money because it's not enough to meet the roads and maintenance needs. congr

i'm david shuster, thank you for america. ooem i'm del walters.ith a stroke of a pen crimea is set to become a part of russia. family members confront malaysia airlines officials about the fate of the airliner and the relatives. >> how new fuel efficient cars are setting to tax the motorists

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hello, i'm david shuster, welcome to "consider this," and here is more of what is ahead. >> i'm authorising sanctions on russian officials. >>. >> it's been a mockery of democracy. >> we'll base our response on whether russia chooses to escalate or de-escalate. >> we call on the russian leaders not to annex crimea. >> it's been 10 days of confusing information. >> the uss "kidd" is leaving. >> one of the most beloved orchestra conductors in the world sits down with al jazeera. >> astro fizz fists say they have proof that the universe expanded seconds after the big bang. >> proving the bang of the big bang. >> i'm david shuster, sitting in for antonio mora. we begin with the crisis in ukraine. president obama and leaders in europe announced limited sanctions against russian and ukrainian officials, following the take over of the strategic crimean peninsula. it came after a monday vote in crimea's vote that called on russia to annex crimea. russian media claimed 97% of crimea crimeans voted for independence. at the white houses president obama explained who was sanctioned and why. >> individu

david shuster is here with that part of the fast moving story. david. >> tony, this isn't the first time that vladimir putin has us oil and gas supplies, cutting off gaz supplies to ukraine twice in the last eight years. softened the possible bite out of russia's threat. >>> it's not hard to see why russia's first go-to weapon is oil and gas. russia provides ukraine with more than half of its natural gas needs. and russia is also the biggest gas supply europe. what makes ukraine so important is its location. the country is home of a massive network of pipelines. about half of russia's gas is exported through ukraine. any disruption would hit germany, especially hard, which depends on the gas to run its factories. five years ago after russia cut off gas supplies through ukraine over a debt dispute, worldwide prices jumped sharply. but now time is not on russia's side. winter is nearing an end and analysts say ukraine has four to five months of gas in storage. plus mild temperatures have kept european stock piles unusually high. >> crimea which is t

david shuster joins us with that part of the story. >> reporter: officials in the obama administration are convinced that germany chancellor angela merkel can ask vladimir putin to back down. go. >> reporter: vladimir putin was living, quote, in another world. merkel, though, has said very little publicly, and that appears to be by design. because behind-the-scenes white house sources say merkel is at the center of quiet diplomacy. russia and germany have strong economic ties. germany is the biggest import of russian gas and oil, some of it comes through ukrainian pipelines and russia accounts for 36% of all german gas consumption. through the year merkel and putin have maintained a strong business-like relationship. putin speaks fluent german after being stationed in german as kgb. putin and merkel have spoken several times most recently when putin agreed with merkel's proposal to open dialogue between russia and ukraine's interim government. a negotiated solution would both protect and help german's economy as much as any other in europe. since the collapse of the soviet union no cou

david shuster breaks down some of those numbers. >> this report on inequality comes from the u.s.artment of education and it's based on 2012 data from every school district in the country. let's start with suspensions. according to the survey, 5% of white students were suspended in 2012, compared to 16% ever black students. black girls were suspended at the rate of 12%. the results are stark when it comes to preschool, that is under five years old. account for 42% of preschoolers who were suspended once. and look at this: 48% of preschool students who were suspended twice or more. report also details some intriguing facts about access. about 40% of all public school districts do not have any preschool. none. and where it is available, it's mostly just part-day only. now regarding access to math and science opportunities in high school, 81% of asian american students and 71% of white students attend high schools where the full range of math and science courses are offered. this means algebra 1 geometrical gentleman 2 chemicals and physics. however 67% of latino students have access

. >> four people have been charged with jumping off a new york city landmark, david shuster reports. they say they did the city a favour by exposing security lapses at the site. >> it's 1 world trade center, the tallest building like never seen before, through a helmet cam worn by one of three skydivers. the september footage posted this week is braeth taking, on the 105th floor. iron worker james brady waited for a companion to jump and then he plum et cetera. the dare devil pulls the cord on the parachute providing a unique perspective. eventually brandy lands on the street below, short of the stoplight. the feat, as thrilling as it may have been, prompted a police investigation. the trio of the sky divers and their look out surrendered. they were charged with burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a structure. they were arraigned and released on $3500 bail. their actions were called reckless. the man, experienced base jumpers, entered the building by sleeping through a hole in the fence covered by a tarp. a security guard saw the end of the jump and called police. the cr

i'm david shuster, thank you for america. ooem i'm del walters. with a stroke of a pen crimea is set to become a part of russia. family members confront malaysia airlines officials about the fate of the airliner and the relatives. >> how new fuel efficient cars are setting to tax the motorists depending on far they drive. >> it is a day of developments, russian president putin is signed the annexation for crimea to join russia and the ukraine president is saying they want to be a member of nato. plus, just moments ago vice president biden threatened russia with further sanctions and we have a team of reporters tracking the developments. we begin with jennifer and we understand that the people are celebrating today the treaty signing celebration and making crimea part of russia. >> that is right. they are celebrating here and in moscow where president putin made the speech and they are righting a historical wrong and many of the places in crimea are glorious military sites and military battles and when given away like a sack of potatoes that was wr

. >> david shuster reports. >> it's a college administration test. on wednesday the group that oversees the sat announced an overhaul noting problems with the exam and its rival. the president of the college board said the sat would obliterate essays and the penalty for guessing wrong and obscure vocabulary words. the maths questions will focus narrowly on linear equations, functions and proportional thinking. the college board is sponding to financially challenged students and families frustrated by the unique and costly test preparations. >> it is time for the college board to say in a clear voice the culture and practice of test preparation that now surrounds the administrations exams drives quality and justice. >> and to make the test results easier to evaluate, scores revert to the 1600 scale, with a top score on 800 on map and evidence-based reading and writing. the optional essay will get a separate score. changes will not stop criticism, losing ground to the act. research shows that high school grades are a better predictor of success than st

i'm david shuster, thank you for psh >> the new c.e.o. of general motors offers an emotional apology following a recall from the automaker. >> the official start of march madness a few hours away, why some athletes are filing a lawsuit against the n.c.a.a. >> hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. good to have you with us. i'm thomas drayton. tonight investigators are no closer to finding the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. a growing number of clues suggest foul play was involved in the disappearance. the "new york times" is reporting a computer system programmed by someone in the cockpit sent the plane off course. officials are not clear whether the path was reprogrammed before or after it took off. but they say it makes the plane's captain and copilot the main focus of the investigation. the new development comes as the search expands deep into the north and southern hemisphere. lisa stark has the latest from washington. >> tell us what you were doing in the house? >> as investigators in malaysia search the home of the captain a

david shuster breaks down the numbers. >> this report on inequality comes from the u.s. department of education, based on 2012 data from every school district. let's start with suspensions. 5% of white students were suspended in 2012, compared to 16% of black students. black girls were suspended at a rate of 12%. the numbers are stark when it comes to preschool - that's right, kids who are less than five years old. black students represent 80% of preschool enrolment, accounting for 42% of preschoolers once, and 48% suspended twice or more. the report also details access. 40% of public school districts do not have a pre school. where it is available, it's mostly part only. >> 81% of asian american students and white students attend high schools where the full range of maths and science courses are offered. however, only 57% of black students and 67% of latino students attend schools that have access to the full range. data does not explain why the disparities - whether it's course work or preschool suspensions, why they exist, but it underscores that when it comes to equa

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. >> reporter: david shuster for al jazeera. >> reporter: california officials in late january announcedt to stream line and accelerate the transferring of water rights, that is good news for private investors faced with what can be a time consuming and costly process. my final thoughts go to two brothers who in 1921 started a retail and mail order operation in boston that sold gear for ship board road yeah officers and named the store after the structure that housed navel communications, radio shack, i grew up on it and my story is mirngelled with theirs and i would go to the radio shack two blocks from my house and saw a first computer and went for every electronic part i needed or in my case i did not need. it was always staffed by people who were more enthusiastics than i was about gadgets and they fed my inner geek but things have changed and the company say 90% of americans live within a five-minute drive from radio shack but few of us use it and there is a reason why and some things they sell you can buy at a cell phone store or best buy and the stuff they used to sell that grabbe

david shuster reports. >> did you eat your cheese? >> gina and steve make a combined salary of $100,000. enough to define themselves as middle class but that's not now how it feels to them. >> financially i don't think we qualify as middle class. the ways it is with the economy and everything going on, i think we're probably upper lower class financially. >> reporter: in order to stretch their money until the end of the money, they are extremely careful about everything that they buy. >> they say things have gotten especially tight in the birth of their second child. >> even with the amount of overtime i'm able to get going to court and covering shifts from time to time, you know, none of it ever helps. >> something always comes up. >> we're always one small travesty of being in trouble. >> they have been living in this duplex for almost 10 years. last year they tried to sell their home for $160,000. because their growing family is getting too big for their 1200-square-foot home. >> i don't know what it was, but we were unable to sell

plus conventions of a middle class cab driver trying to get back on the road of prosperity i am david shuster in for al see vanvleet and this is "real money." ♪ ♪ >>> this is "real money" and you are the most important part of the show, so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter at aj "real money." and ali velshi. d-plus, that's our great america, i am talking about our roads, bridges, railroads, ports, power grid, communications and more. they get nothing better than a d-plus grade on a report cashed put out by the american society of civil engineers, not only are we not doing enough to modernize our public infrastructure we are barely maintaining what we have running now. once upon a time america's infrastructure was the envy of the world now we are falling behind the rift the world. recently vice president bride inning slammed la guardia as being third world after seeing the hong kong airport. apparently nobody bothered to held them we don't say third world anymore, but that's another issue. president obama says he wants do something about this. he has proposed a $302

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consumer advocates, david shuster with more on that story. >> reporter: it was the follow up of 2009 four and a half years ago when the potential acceleration problem with toyota vehicles first drew recognize r. here is the end of the drivers' 911 call. >> we're approaching the acceleration. hold on, pray. >> the next sound was the crash that killed everyone in that lexus. over the next few weeks there were reports of over acceleration accidents. toyota recalled eight models known as a limited recall for potential floor mat problems. from then to january 2010 they assured that the floor mat greeced the root cause of the acceleration. but there were internal tests that revealed other models not recalled bore design features just as susceptible as floor mat entrapment. toyota discovered a sticky medal problem in some models. there was a design change, and they described it as urgent. but at the end of october 2009 toyota executives decided to cancel the design change and ordered the engineers not to put anything about it in writing. then starting in january 2010 toyota executives and r

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david shuster joins us. >> vladimir putin addresses himself as a humble servant. he estimated his total net worth as less than $500,000. financial experts and analysts say his claims are absurd. he said years ago, putin set up his own commodities firm, a political scientist says putin is worth more than $70 billion. a third of all the shares in a top russian oil company and four and a half percent of gas prom, the largest gas providing company in the world. through the years though there have be been some glimpse of of putin's extravagance. his watch collection alone is worth $700,000. getting a precise figure on putin'putin's fortune is imposs. but worth $70 billion, puts him up with bill gates, the world's wealthiest man. >> i love how you put it, watch collection worth -- oh my goodness. david is part of a big special here on al jazeera. what you don't know about president vladimir putin. more on why he is worth billions. his work with the kgb and his rise to power. tonight at 8:30 and 11:30 eastern time. >>> a bill to strip, sear use crimes failed to move forw

the renown conductor spoke to al jazeera's david shuster about israeli settlements and what he hopes musk can achieve. >> i am apposed to the settlements. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it. i'm just telling you that i think the settlements to the future of both palestine and israel are current productive. but this is for not only this government of israel, but the people who are pushing them from outside to negotiate as soon as possible. >> you also said that the palestinians bear some responsibility because there have been attacks not on the settlements but israel property. >> well, there are fanatics on both sides. i would not say the majority at all. there is a minority in israel and on the other side, too, that wants the status quo to continue. those people have to be convinced or just not paid attention to, and people who want to negotiate should just go on in a positive direction. >> is there something called music diplomacy that could work. if the israeli orchestra is integrated and has an israeli arab playing for it, could that change the tone. >> diplomacy does

david shuster reports. >> vladimir putin refers to himself as a humble servant reporting a salary of $5.8 million rubles. he estimated his total net worth at less than 500,000. for years there has been speculation that vladimir putin is super rich. vladimir putin critic says he's worth as much as $70 billion. >> vladimir putin owns 70% of shares in a gas company and 4.5% in gazprom, the largest national gas supplier in the world. they have murky ownership structures, and share ownership is not public. complicating matters is held through shell companies, front men. the rumours surrounding putin reached secretary of state condo leasa rise. she sent a cable saying putin was: >> through the years there have been occasional glimpses of vladimir putin's extrava gans, and the opposition group says the watch collection is worth $700,000. a few years ago he gave a $10,000 watch to a siberian boy he met on vacation. another vladimir putin critic issued a report saying vladimir putin has access to 50 aircraft, 20 homes and four yachts. >> in his eyes it belongs to him. vladimir putin spokesman

david shuster joins us to break down the number. which will ensure the viability of the entire scheme. >> the healthcare.gov.gov received close to 1 million visits this weekend. going into the weekend, according to state and federal enrollment reports at least 9.5 million people who previously did not have insurance had gained coverage. this means the total number of unassureuninsured americans, is reflected in apology by gallup. at the end of 2013, the amount of uninsured americans had risen from 18%. caring for unassured through hospital or emergency visits somebody has to pay for those costs and that pushes up costs for everybody else. the breakdown of how they did it is revealing. going into the weekend about 6 million americans had signed up at the marketplace exchanges. about 2 million had had absolutely no insurance whatsoever. 4.5 million previously unassured duels to do it. -k a rand survey found this figure is less than 1 million. most americans who lost their old policies were given new ones by their insurance companies o

. >> button that up, david shuster, thanks. >> the latest number showing signs the recovery in the housing market may be losing a bit of steam here. ali velshi joins us now. good to see you. what do you see in the numbers here? >> reporter: how do you make sense of this? the housing market is up 13.2%. where do i get off saying that the housing market is losing steam? because i like to look at things year over year. but if you look at it month over month you see drops in that. until january you saw prices fail in january for the third month running. part of this is the weather. the crazy weather that is partly to blame for the slowdown. we saw four of the price drops. they were all less than a percent. february's weather is also rough, and we saw that in the new home sales number. new home sales fell 3.3%. if you're comparing to a year ago we're still way up. we're probably still going to go higher but something is going on and slowing down a little bit. >> al ali is the slowdown in prices is necessarily a bad thing for the economy? >> reporter: hard to know because we're seeing a slow dow

david shuster is here to break down the numbers. >> reporter: the information comes from the department o ofatiodepartment ofeducation. 5% of white students from suspended each year. that compares to 16% of black students who are suspended this year. black girls are suspended at a rate of 12%. the numbers are more stark when it comes to preschool. 18% of all preschoolers enrolled but they account for 42% of preschoolers who are suspended once and 48% of preschoolers who are suspended twice or more. the report details the facts about access, about 40% of public schools they don't even offer preschool. and where it is available it is mostly only part of the day. now regarding access to matthew and science opportunities in high school, 81% of asian americans and 71% of whites they attend schools where they have the full range of math and science, algebra one, two. calculous, ge geometry and phys. but only 57% of black students and 67% of latino students have access. they don't have the same opportunity. the data does not explain why the disparity exists but it does underscore when it comes

david shuster joins us. >> the health care website received over 4 million visits over the weekend and that doesn't include a very heavy search today. by noon today the call centers designed to help people had registered more than 400,000 calls. it does appear that the program is going to be close or perhaps blow by the initial signup goals. either way, the health care into state and federal years. enrollment results, 9.5 million people that previously did not have coverage gained coverage. 45 to 48 million haas year to between 35.5 and.5 million today. this is -- 38.5 million today. polling by gallup, going into march the percentage had dropped to 15.9%. that is the primary goal in all this to decrease the number of americans who do not have coverage. when the uninsured do not have have -- go to the hospital, somebody has to pay. the breakdown on how they did it is revealing. going into the weekend about 6 million americans had signed up on marketplace exchanges, about a third or 2 million had no insurance whatsoever. according to data from rand 4.5 million previously uninsured adults

i'm david shuster, thank you for watching. >> being good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the fate of flight 370, the last transmission from the cockpit. the new time line and a closer look at the crew and the passengers. >>> power play, crimea and the standoff of obama and putin intensifies, and defiance from moscow, uncommon valor, u.s. commanders take control of a tanker seized by being libyan rebels. >>> plus pastor's confession. married for 65 years. he reveals a secret life on his death bed. our story coming up. >> not sense amelia earhart disappeared over the pacific, has this mystery. the new york times reporting a computer system likely controlled by someone in the cock you pit sent the airplane far off course. the u.s.s. kidt will be leaving. first our leas lisa stark has te latest. >> as investigators search the home of the captain and the co-pilot, authorities now say an analysis of the air traffic recording reveals who spoke the last words from the cockpit. it was the man in the right seat. >> initial investigation indicates

david shuster with the trending online videos. this is terrific. >> tony, the program is called "between two ferns" and it has a huge following between younger americans. the key healthcare demographic the white house is now focused on. >> when i heard people actually watch this show, i was actually pretty surprised. >> shh, hi, welcome to another edition of between two ferns. >> it's a show that makes guests feel awkward or uncomfortable. >> you sent ambassador rodman to north korea on your behalf? >> zach, he's not an ambassador. >> the answers were usually undignified. >> where do you plan on building your presidential library, hawai'i or kenya. >> that's a ridiculous question. >> what doe it's like to be thet black president? >> what is it like to be the last question of a president. >> what would it be like running oh third time. >> it would be like making a third hangover movie. it didn't go over too well. >> the president turned the interview to boom care. >> have you heard about the affordable care act? >> yeah, i heard ab

david shuster with more on that. >> reporter: the program is called "in between two ferns."as a huge following among younger americans. >> when i heard that people actually watch this show i was surprised. >> hi, welcome to another edition of between two ferns. i'm your host. >> it's a show that makes guests feel uncomfortable. >> zach, he's not our ambassador. >> the questions were amusingly undignified. >> were you planning on building your presidential library. in hawai'i or your home country of kenya. both places-- >> that's a ridiculous question. >> but many of the exchanges were hilarious. >> what is it like to be the last black president? >> seriously? what it like for this to be the last time you ever talk to a president? >> that must stink that you can't run three times. >> actually, i think it's a good idea. if i ran a third time it would be sort of like doing a third angleover movie. it didn't work out very well, did it. >> three minutes in the president turned the questions to boom care. the reason why he did this interview in the first place. >> have you heard o

david shuster reports. >> when i heard that, like, people watched the show, i was pretty surprised. >> hi, welcome to another edition. i'm your host. >> it's a show that makes guests feel awkward or uncomfortable. >> did you send ambassador rodan to north korea. >> he's not our ambassador. >> the questions were undignified. >> where are you planning on building your presidential library, and why your home town of kenya. >> that's a ridiculous question. >> the burns went both ways. >> what is it like to be the last black president. >> seriously, what it's like to be the last time you ever talk to a president. >> must stink that you can't run three times. >> i think it's a good idea. if i ran a third time, it would sort of like doing a third hang over movie, didn't work ot well. >> three minutes in the conversation was turned towards obamacare. the reason he did the interview in the first place. >> have you heard of the affordable care act. >> heard about that. that's the thing that doesn't work. why don't you get the guy that create the zune to make your website. >> heathcare.gov works

david shuster, al jazeera. >> the college board says it will offer free online to you toricals -- to youtoralals. the winter news is bad for businesses along the great lakes. >> this time of year, normally we are handing upwards of a million pounds of fish a week. >> receive companies finding themselves frozen out as the harsh winter weather leaves many struggling now just to stay afloat. >> al jazeera america presents extrodanary documentaries. colin comes from a long line of ferrymen. >> you're a riverman from start to finish... >> now he leaves home to see what life is like on the waters of bangladesh. >> it's absolutely filthy... >> he learns how difficult working ther can be. >> how do you say..."get out the way"? >> shoro >> can this brittish man find common ground with his local host? >> "must really take it out of mr. loteef"... >> toughest place to be a ferryman on al jazeera america >> okay. let's face it. the cold snowy winter taking its toll on all of us but especially the great lakes. the commercial fishing industry is paying a big price. reporter: for nearly 60 years, f

. >>> this week on "talk to al jazeera" david shuster speaks with acclaimed maestro for life of the israelhilharmonic orchestra. he asked david about the israeli settlement? >> i am opposed to the settlement. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it. i think settlements to the future of palestine and israel are counterproductive. this is for not only this government of israel but the people who are pushing them from outside to negotiate as soon as possible. >> you have said the palestinians bear some responsibility in terms of because there have been attacks not on the settlements but on israel proper. >> well, there are fanatics on both sides. both are -- i would not say a majority at all. there is a minority in israel and the other side, too, that is going to continue. those people have to be convinced or just not paid attention to and people who are negotiating should just go on in a positive direction. >> you can watch that full interview on "talk to al jazeera" tonight at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. >>> ships in the indian ocean begin to recover pieces of debris in the search f

david shuster reports on the changes and what they'll mean for college-bound kids. >> it's the college admissions test that obsessed and distracted students for decades. on wednesday, the group that oversees the sat announced an overhaul. the president of the college board said the sat would illuminate the obligatory estimates and caught obscure vocabulary works the the questions scattered across the topics will focus on linear equations. the college board is responding to financially challenged students and their families frustrated by unique and costly test preparations. >> it is time for the college board to say in a clear voice the culture and practice of test preparation that now surrounds administrations exams drives the perception of inequality and justice in our country. >> to make the test result easy to evaluate scores is reverting back to the 16-00 scale, and 800 on what will be called evidence-based reading and writing. the optional essay gets a separate score. it may not stop the criticism to the sat, losing pats -- pace to the ac t. in recent years a growing number of col

david shuster breaks down the numbers. >> this report on inequality on the u.s. department of education, based on 2012 data on every school in the country. according to the survey, 5% of white students were suspended, compared to 16% of black students. suspended at a rate of 12%. numbers are stark when it comes to preschool, kids that are less than five years old. black students represent 18% of preschool enrolment. but they account for 42% of preschoolers suspended once. 48 prz of students suspend -- 48% of students twice or more. >> 40% of all public school district do not have any preschool, where it is available, it's mostly part day only. regarding access to math and science opportunities in high school, 81% of asian american students and 71% of white students attend high schools where the full range of maths and science courses are offered. algebra 1, calculus, physics. 57 frz of black students and 67% of latino students attend schools with access. course work, preschool suspenses - it doesn't explain why it exists. it underscores that when it comes to equa

. >> reporter: david shuster with al jazeera. >> reporter: nearly 1,000 first responders in rhode islandarty for a boy battling cancer and he wanted a few cars from his fearros but police and firefighters were so touched they showed up to his house in 200 police cruisers and fire trucks and bringing gifts and well wishes and he was named the new honorary chief of police and he relapsed this winter and had to go for more treatment and we have more of what is ahead. >> the world would be better with more pinky swears and president obama and russian president putin speaking by phone for about an hour and talks doing little to ease the tensions over military action in ukraine and a split verdict by the court at the hague and found a congo leader guilty of attacks dating back a decade but not guilty on other serious charges and anticlash is turning deadly in venezuela, two people are killed as the country marks the anniversary of chavez. they talk about the setback and what she thinks needs to be done to fix the problem and undocumented immigrants and fighting for the right to go to college a