tomorrow and tuesday 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >> jose's death is part of what appears to be a disturbing new trend: us border patrol agents shooting across the line to kill mexican citizens in their own country. zelma berenice barron torres' son ramses was also killed by an agent in nogales in 2011. >> the us government closed the investigation. zelma says she was never contacted. in 2012 guillermo arravalo pedroza, was picnicking on the banks of the rio grande when he was killed by agents. he died in his nine year old daughters arms. juan pablo parez satillan was shot near matamoros just two months earlier. in 2011, in tijuana, a witness says jose alfredo yanez reyes was killed for using his cell phone to record an agent beating a migrant. and sergio hernandez guerica was shot between the eyes under a bridge in juarez. in each case, the border patrol justified the killings saying they were threatened by rock-throwers. but getting them to speak on the record about anything at all proved difficult. >> hi bill, this is wab knew calling from al jazeera english. we're down in no

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tomorrow 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >>> hello again, i am laura kyle.ders of the top stories here on al jazerra. the u.s. president has ordered a review of intelligence gathering methods among allegation that his the national security agency bugged the phones of several world leaders including allies in europe. video of hostages being shot at during a siege. a philippine army says they were caught in the cross fire as the army fought rebels. a u.n. report says syria will meet a looming deadline to destroy the chemical weapons and equipment. it's supposed to be completed three days from now. >>> the u.n. special envoy to syria is due to meet members of the opposition the day after he met president assad in du damas. he is trying to bring together all sides of the conflict for proposed peace talks in geneva but so far he's failed to convince several opposition factions, rob reports. >> reporter: once more he faces what many would call a near impossible task, a return to damascus trying to muster some or indeed any enthusiasm for talks in find ago i way ou

tomorrow and tuesday 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >> and now we introduce a week lond focus on -- long focus on sexual assault on campus and the impact on victims. underscoring this issue is a new legal case at the university of connecticut. there, there is no opportunity to create athletic opportunities for women, the uconn is a powerhouse. seven students, students and alumna, under title 9 said that the university discounted and ignored their reports of rape. it is the latest effort to hold higher ed responsible for the protection of students on campus, following pathways by two women of the university of north carolina. >> it happened specifically, it was within two minutes that i was -- my head was slammed into a bat room door and then again next to the toilet and you know, the assault proceeded. >> i remember like putting my hands on the sink and just like looking at myself in the mirror, and not even being able to fully comprehend what had just happened. and it was just like, i need to get out of here. raped. at a place most of us assume will be a haic haven of learnind o

tomorrow 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >>> today's data dive gets a ticket to ride on the bandwagon that is beatlemaniai. in 1964, ringo starr is thatted this photo. the beatle's drummer put out a tour to find the fans for a new book called photography. as the same goes, star recreated the shot with a little help from his friends at the today's show, those fans who skipped school to see the band are in their 60s. bob to thet was suspended three days to truancy. the head master finally admitted skipping school for the lads from liverpool was a good idea. beatlemania is sleeve and well even two band members aren't. they are the best selling band in history with more billboard hits than any other. incredibly, they continue to be hot today, 43 years after they broke up. only five acts have been able to sell as much music in britain this century as the beatles. the fab four saying you never give me your money. you only give me your funny paper. i am not sure what they were talking about because they grossed $71 million just this past year. paul mccartney made 47 million, largely thanks t

monday and tuesday 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >> all weekend al jazeera america is looking into the increasing number of desperate people around the world willing to risk everything for a better life. u.n. says not since 1994 have there been so many refugees. war remains the number one cause. the u.n. says more than half of all refugees come from just five countries, afghanistan, syria, iraq, sudan and somalia. afghanistan tops the list. one in four refugees worldwide are afghan, in pakistan and iraq, frequently the routes are dangerous often in cramped trucks be or on small boats and along the way many refugees may face extortion and abuse. recently shipwrecks in the mediterranea have put pressure on italy's navy. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> commandant guiseppe have 7 on his crew, on permanent stand by to rescue the next migrant boat in trouble. not always close like this. >> october the 3rd a boat carrying 500 migrants, mainly aieretrayans. sank. >> just a few hundred meters from the shore it was the worse thick they've seen. >> after we think about the people we rescue, t

tomorrow 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >> the most important money stories of the day might affect >>> it is one of the oldest dance forms in the world with some of the oldest performers involved as well. the fall festival of indian arts brought classical dance from the temples of india to the shakespeare theater in washington, d.c. sheila macvicar sat down with two performers where love and dance are truly intertwined. >> reporter: from the lines of a movie and the stunning performance of miss america 2014. the image of indian dance that most of us have is of young women energetically dancing. when people arrived at the shakespeare theater in washington, d.c. recently, they hoped to see some of indian most sought after performers. they probably weren't expecting 70-year-olds. auf been dancing for how many years? >> almost 60 years. >> you've been together that long? >> one year senior to him. >> 61 years? >> yes. i started in 1952. ♪ >> reporter: they're performers in the 10th annual fall festival of indian art. >> it's a common indian dance theme with older dancers. we've had fiv

tomorrow 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >>> despite 12 years of the u.s.-led war on terror, radical islamist movements are active and growing around the world. fortunately the dive into islamist ideology is not always a one-way trip. this was a hip-hop loving teenager when at 16 he joined the islamist group whose goal fate. >> for 13 years of my life i considered america my enemy. i worked diligently to overthrow governments, recruit army officers and institute military coups against american allies. >> after being arrested and suffering through a brutal four-year term in an egyptian prison he emerged a changed map, a candidate for britain's parliament and a founder of a think tank and an organization to build grassroots demand for democratic culture. i'm pleased to present the liberal democratic party for parliament, for ham stead and kill borne. a pleasure to have you here. a fascinating story. what a life you led. you came from a family that was not fundamentalist. your mum was born and grew up in britain. you were, by all accounts, a normal british chi

tomorrow 7 am - easten on al jazeera america >>> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." the doctor convicted of overdosing and killing michael jackson is out of jail. he was released after midnight after serving half his sentence. a recent ruling on overcrowded prisons in california helped him win an early release. >>> access denied for chemica weapons inspectors in syria. they said security concerns are stalling its team. two weapons sites out of 23 remain unchecked. >>> at least 13 people have died in what's being called the worth storm to hit western europe in a decade. winds up to 99 miles per hour barrelled through cutting power, splitting trees and leaving power. >>> one year after superstorm sandy swallowed homes and communities along the jersey shore, rebuilding is under way. some beachfront towns attempted a valiant comeback for this summer, but for many the road back is a long and difficult one. al jazeera sat down with win resilient group, kids that survived the storm. >> we were right by the beach. whether the water came in, it was like a tsunami co

monday and tuesday 7 am - easten on al jazeera america on august 20th, >> 12 years ago today, presidente b. bush signed the patriot act into law. opponents of domestic spying programs, will call and end to the surveillance. a former libertarian presidential candidate, gary johnson. thank you for your time. >> richelle thanks for letting me be on here to talk about this. >> absolutely. what do you find fundamentally wrong with nsa's program and how they are executing it? >> it's an unbelievable overreach. here it is because of snowden's disclosures we find out that 125 billion cell phone conversation he are being monitored every month. there's no due process here. look, there's a process for spying. and that is, is law enforcement goes to the judiciary, judges, and say we want to spy on john doe because of xyz. well, the u.s. government right now, the nsa, they go to a three-judge panel and they say we want to monitor 113 million verizon -- 113 million verizon users, and the judges say okay. they put a rubber stamp on that. >> all right. and to that, the nsa director told the washington