a lot of people left, a lot of injuries left, as del walters told us. did nothing come in to take its play? >> there was no managed plan for addressing the economy and how to make sure you have an inclusive economy. how do you make sure you transition from one economy that left the globalization where the manufacturing jobs have gone abroad to the next economy? what you have is benign neglect on behalf of all levels of government, by the way - federal, state and local. au lace is suffering, my friend -- a population is left suffering >>> poor people who were mobile left. it's people who can't go anywhere else are left behind. >> if you found an opportunity to get out of the city, many moved to the country, you left. what you left behind was ageing housing stock and declining tax base. it had implications for the economy and the schools, and certainly for the welfare and wellbeing of the people left behind in the segregated neighbourhoods.. >> what happens to the quality of life. >> we live five blocks away. this is a city and neighbourhood that we know

the news continues with del walters. >> good evening, and thank you very much. this is al jazeera america i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. showdown in congress - members of the senate meeting in a rare sunday session. the issue - the n.s.a.'s programme to gather bulk phone records. the patriot act to expire in four hours. >> a muslim woman accusing united airlines voginvolving a can of soda and whether it could be a weapon. and

we have del walters, what do you have?oken record but the senate is coming to a showdown. a rare weekend session to address the patriot act, specifically whether to extend provisions to allow the inner state. president obama and most republicans say it is necessary for national security. opponents say it's an invasion of privacy and has to end when the deadline passes at midnight. the debate splitting republicans and presidential candidates with rand paul leading the charge. in the next hour we'll take a deeper look at the fine line between national security and privacy. >> see you back at 8 o'clock. >> an earthquakes committee stopped short of placing australia great barrier reef on an endangered list. as andrew thomas reports, some worry about the long-term health of the largest living coral reef system. >> the great barrier reef is one of the world's natural wonders, but it is one that is under threat. coal export ports are built along the coast, dredged mud has been dumped at sea, chemical run off from farming polluted

gray family attorney bill murphy spoke with al jazeera's del walters. >> here's what i'm sure of, that this man was complaining of pain when he was put in the van. that may or may not mean anything but after he was put in the van he died and he died of a catastrophic injury while he was in police custody. he was refused medical care. the police have admitted that. >> state's attorney marlin mosby will weigh the evidence and decide whether to bring charges against the six officers involved all of who are currently suspended with pay. she is one of the countries youngest state attorneys and one of three high profile african-american women involved in the case, something baltimore's mayor pointed out. >> if with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can't get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we're going to get it. >> mosby's relatively new she took office in january with all eyes turning on her office, the gray case promises to be a defining moment for a rising political star. those three african-american women are the head of the nation

i'm del walters in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news 11:00p.m. eastern. stay tuned - educating black boys by tony harris is left. left.

good evening i'm del walters. those powerful storms that have been sweeping across the country tonight not showing any signs of letting up. we're watching a developing story now in the midwest. there is a story of another tornado setting down in lake city iowa. young man austin jacobs, these are the photos he took of the damage that the tornado was expected to have been responsible for. awards ceremony when the twister came through luckily everyone paid it to the basement in time. austin jacobs, joining us from his family farm in iowa, have the skies cleared? >> actually i'm supposed to be heading back to college tonight and my mom is probably not going to let me. the sky is pretty big pretty black and pretty scary. >> austin, this school was a brick high school. it was built to withstand a lot of what iowa sees. were you surprised when the roof was torn off? >> let me pel you i went there for six years it was solid and brick, and i never thought something could happen to that building. >> austin this is your vide

this is al jazeera america i'm del walters with a look at the day's top stories. rivers are rising in texas, spreading the danger of flooding across a rain-soaked state. another democrat, the former governor of maryland jumping into the presidential race and divisions in f.i.f.a. as europeans register anger at the re-election of sepp blatter. time is running out for the patriot act. we'll take a deeper look at the fight over widespread government surveillance and your privacy >>> flooding as far as the eye can be. texans keeping the face. tonight another round of rain - what they don't need. >>> it's going from bad to worth, torrential rains. devastation and a rising death toll. now spilling over the banks. in houston, getting slammed. jonathan martin is in the houston suburb of rosenberg. yes, it is raining adane >>>y again and again, this is an area under a mandatory evacuation. you can understand why. the river is well above the flood stage. this is the rain and flooding. many of the people - 75 homes here - people in 75 homes have been told to get out of here.

i'm del walters in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00p.m.y tuned "faultlines" starts now. >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer in part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers co

stay with us news continues with del walters, starting now. >> good evening, this is al jazeera americam dell walters in new york with a look at the top stories. after a week of violence and protests baltimore's curfew is lifted and they are praying for peace. >> efforts to change the lives of migrants in europe results in a dramatic increase in the number of refugees rescued. >>> harrowing storeys of survival from the women rescued from boko haram. >> whatever appeals to the perception of wealthy business owners, i'm not that guy. >> in "the week ahead", challenges facing small businesses in the united states - still struggling to recover from the economic downterm and facing an uncertain

del walters following for us. >> dozens of twisters touching down, there's the potential for twisters in seven states texas arkansas to southern minnesota. a short time ago this national guard helicopter was on the scene over denton county texas a hard-hit area. people are being pulled from cars and homes after being stranded by flood water. in other areas people hit by the twisters are trying to pick up the pieces. >> that is a tornado. >> reporter: cisco, texas, 140 miles west of dallas ground zero for a deadly out break of twisters spun off from a weather system stretching up and down the midwest. dozens of tornado from the lone star state from the tiny farming town of dell mont south dacted. hail raining council on windshield. saturday night lightening sparking a gas well sparking flames. that could be seen for miles. >> water, telephone poles, trees, ripped out of the ground much very powerful and disruptive. >> sunday sunrise bought damage to light. homes ripped in half. one home was struck by lightening, six flags over texas took a beating. >> i lived in cisco for over 10 years

i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. rallies as residents celebrate charges being filed against police officers. >>> a busy day for rescue crews saving lives or the migrants, and we'll take a closer deeper look at the plight of thousands of migrant children living in the united states but the dangers don't stop at the border.

i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. victory rallies as residents celebrate charges being filed against police officers. >>> a busy day for rescue crews saving lives or the migrants, and we'll take a closer deeper look at the plight of thousands of migrant children living in the united states but the dangers don't stop at the border. >> thousands gathering. to become one voice. one day after six officers are charged with the death of a man in their custody. >>> chance of no justice no peace. once again echoing through the streets of baltimore tonight. protesters say the charges filed against the six police officers in the death of freddy gray is a good step. john terret live in baltimore with more, good evening john. >> good evening to you del. well it was a warm and sunny may the 2nd in baltimore today.they came and they rallied. but more of that in just a second. first of all the authorities here have held a news conference. the issue of when will the 10:00 p.m. adult curfew come to an end? now linda singh is the head

i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. a number of tornados tearing through north texas leaving behind debris and one person is confirmed dead. a possible ceasefire looming in yemen, an accusation that saudi arabia's air attacks are violating international law >>> also - good news in the fight against ebola, and the country hardest hit by the disease. a clean bill of health >>> in a deeper look - the plight of americans that just can't afford to stay in their homes. >>> severe weather in texas, tornados leaving behind a trail of destruction. this one in west central texas touching down before nightfall. you see the path of turned up earth, a grim reminder of the dividing line between that which is saved and that which is destroyed. some houses exploding. nothing left but scattered breeze and debris. some blown away. only the foundations remaining. cameras catching this man standing on a second floor porch after the tornado moved through and destroyed the rest of his house. dramatic scenes coming out of texas >>> good eveni

. >> this is al jazeera america live in new york city i'm del walters. the death toll is rising from sunday's devastating storms that hit the south and midwest. officials in texas say three people died there at least eight are missing. all of this happening east of dallas in the town of van. this is where the pictures are from. about a third of the town was severely damaged some homes completely flat end. >> it's a terrible thing the city to come out like this but great the way the people responded. we are here all night and still here, a bunch of them still are. we lost a lot of good properties but it's just something that you never expect. >> another two people dying in arkansas and the threat of severe weather not over yet. nicole mitchell has our details. >> well, fortunately we're not look tag repeat of yesterday which had a significant severe impact. about 20% of our reports were tornadic. we have that threat still today. one in the northern plains in fact even snow open the back side it was such a dwax system, rapid city got about a foot. and then

del walters reports guns and drugs are a big part of the --. >> i had to hold my hand and walk down the hall to see my child lay on the table. >> reporter: in february 2015 burnett lost her son to violence gunned down in a drug-related robbery. >> i couldn't understand the grief. i couldn't under my loss. >> this is a photo of her other son next to her brother. in may, two months later, he, too, was dead. he had heart problems. his mother said he died from a broken heart. your son's heart couldn't take it. >> no, he couldn't take it. too much. >> reporter: her third son died weeks later, stabbed to death. >> another one of my child. child is gone. is mother's tear highlighted grief. to the outside world the protests happened in baltimore. charles is mourning the loss of two of his son both gunned down. >> people say you can separate the drugs, guns and violence. what would you say? >> there's no separation. there's no safe place to be. there's more to the story than tears. a mother trying to win no matter what the odds. she was homeless at the time of the death. all three in school or h

. >> i'm del walters in new york. "america tonight" is next. next. >>> on the weekend edition of "america tonight", fighting chance. already an olympic gold medallist, the world's number one middleweight tells sara hoy, she's ready to pump above her weight again. >> what defines you? >> overcoming my obstacles, resilience is the word. >>> out of control. when the state steps in whose life is it. sheila macvicar vets the rights lost in the name of protecting a ward of the state. >> you were under guardianship. >> yes. >> how would you describe it? >> i would describe it as tyranny, gestapo >>> thanks for joining us i'm when. as we get older, what we want most is independence the right to make decisions for ourselves, when we lose the ability to be our open caregivers what then? >> a family member is a guardian but when no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. as sheila macvicar found in here investigation of texas's guardianship system. it can be the first step to isolation, and the end of control of

del walters in new york. stay tuned, the news continues next >>> dozens of people dead and two attacks in nigeria's north, a day after the president takes charge >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha also ahead... [ siren ] ..barrel bombs dropped by syrian gunmen. more than 70 people in aleppo province. >>> schools getting ready to reopen a month after being hit by earthquakes, we are live in kathmandu. plus... >> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar where a century's old tradition means tribal elders solve problems at the government charms. >>> 16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in north-eastern nigeria. it blew the roof off the mosque. it followed an attack on the suburbs overnight. we have this report. >> as people gathered for prayers, a suicide bomber blew himself up. it's an area in maiduguri. the bomber posed as a trader and was pushing a wheelbarrow. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. it was not the only attack. most civilians w

i'm del walters in new york. i'll be back at 11:00 eastern 8:00 pacific. stay tuned, "america tonight" starts right now. >> on "america tonight", the longest journey to save the youngest lives. >> we were going 270 knots and when we touched down we touched down in a rice paddy. just fallow fields. but i'd left the gear behind which broke up the integrity of the cargo compartment where most of the kids were. >> the turbulent and tragic stories of those final days. also in our special look back. >> during the last day we played god. we determined who would be saved and who wouldn't. and it was heart-rending. we separated families in a wink. because we hadn't planned adequately. >> marianna's michael okwu on"america "america tonight's" michael okwu on the tough choices 40 years after the fall of saigon. thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. tonight a special look at a moment in time seared into the memories of many americans but one that 40 years later is slipping into the history books. to many vietnamese who survived it was known as black april as communist

del walters went to sandtown to find out what happened to the promise and the money. >> reporter: what happened in riots? >> five or six killed and a good 16 shot at. >> reporter: this is what is looks like when a family is caught in the crossfire of a political system. bullets flew when the broadcasters left, and bodies piled up outside front doors. >> it's in this neighbourhood. like last night. you could hear the shots. it was "there they go again." it's ridiculous. >> reporter: tiffany and tayvon are trying to raise their twin sons. she had no job, neither does he. it is not for lack of trying. >> i can pop my trunk and show you uniforms that i had from autogas and electric jobs, i have resumes in my car, in my pocket on a disc. who wants to sit around and be broke with no money and can't take care of children. >> i don't know why i can't find a job. qualifications. >> reporter: like many, they want to know what happened to all the political promises and money. in 1990 politicians and developer james rouse announced a plan to spend 130 million to fix sandtown - schools, infrastruct

i'm del walters. tony harris has the night off. saudi arabia and the state department insisting the saudi king's decision to skip camp david talks is not a pointed message about iran. on the brink, paying back $800 million to international lenders by tomorrow's deadline. and drilling in the

that does it for me, the news continues with del walters. >> today's top stories - a clean bill of health. violation of humanitarian laws as civilian death toll rises. severe weather affects part of the country. one person is dead after a tornado touches down in texas. in "deeper look", a plight of americans who can't afford to stay in their homes any

i'm del walters in new york. with a look at today's top stories. developing news in a dallas suburb cartoon contest where they were supposed to be drawing the proved muhammed, those men have been shot and killed. >>> praying for peace. >> migrants trying to reach europe, resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people that had to be rescued oaferred theover theweekend. >> i'm not that guy. >> still to recover from the economic down trn and downturn and face being anfacing anuncertain future. >> and we are following that breaking news coming out of texas. earlier this evening two gunmen were shot and killed after they opened fire outside a community center in garland texas. at the time, the community center was featuring an art show featuring the proved muhammed. police have evacuated the surroundings area and called out the bomb squad. live images from garland, heidi zhou-castro is live on the scene and high did high dizzy hi heidi what is happening now? >> police are block the road, turning the traffic in the opposite direction heavily arm

i'm del walters. tony harris has the night off. saudi arabia and the state department insisting the saudi king's decision to skip camp david talks is not a pointed message about iran. on the brink, paying back $800 million to international lenders by tomorrow's deadline. and drilling in the arctic a defeat for environmentalists. the white house saying drilling could begin this summer. ♪ >>> president obama hosting leaders from six gulf countries this week at camp david and the white house. those discussions are expected to discover iran syria, isil and other issues affecting the region. but the rulers of a number of gulf countries can't going to be there, most notably saudi arabia. he says he is going to miss the summit because it coincides with the peace talks in yemen. mike viqueira joins us. what does this say about the no-go? >> reporter: they are denying the fact that it was a snub. other observers believe it ekes aboutly that, a message the saudis are sending. disappointed at the president's negotiations leading to an interim

inspiration to the next generation of scientists >>> and we want to thank you for joining us i'm del waltersyork. stay tuned, the news continues next >>> dozens of people dead and two attacks in nigeria's north, a day after the president takes charge >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha also ahead... [ siren ] ..barrel bombs dropped by syrian gunmen. more than 70 people in aleppo province. >>> schools getting ready to reopen a

i'm del walters in new york with a look at today's top stories. demonstrators celebrating in baltimore after days of anger and frustration. desperation in nepal where critical relief supplies are not reaching those that need them the most >>> more than 2,000 seeking a new life in europe were rescued from the dangerous waters off the mediterranean >>> and the plight of thousands of children that make their way from central america to the united states >>> thousands gathering to become one voice. one day after six officers were charged in the death of a man in their custody. >> the moment they put us all together and put forefront forward. >>> right now it's an hour past the 10 o'clock curfew. a few protesters are out on the streets. police say they have made several arrests. the predominant sound the sound of helicopters overhead. demonstrators saying the charges filed yesterday against the six police officers in connection with the death of freddie gray is a rite step. john terrett is in baltimore with the latest. >> this rally is seen as part vic

del walters went back to find out what happened to the promises and the money. >> reporter: what happened in the neighbourhood after the riots? >> five or six have been killed a good 16 shot or shot at. >> reporter: this is what it's like when a family is caught in the crossfire of a political system that fail. when the reporters left, bullets flew and bodies started to pile up. >> it's in this neighbourhood. last night we heard shots. we didn't run, it was "here we go again" it's ridiculous. >> reporter: tiffany and her partner are trying to raise her twin sons in sandtown. she has no job. neither does he. it's not for lack of trying. >> i can pop my trunk and show you uniforms from contract jobs upstairs i have resumes in my job, in my pocket on a disc. who wants to sit around and be broke with no money. >> i don't know why i can't find a job. i have a lot of qualities. >> reporter: like so many they want to know what happened to the political promise and money. in 1990 politicians and developer developer james rouse promise $130 million to fix sandtown - schools, infrastructure and peo

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