the northern white rhino is close to extinction. we will show you the efforts being made to stop the disappearance for good. ♪ >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the talks between cuba and the u.s. are not just historic. they are being called collaborative and productive. the countries have not met in decades. years of diplomatic decrees mean there are hurdles to restoring ties. we have this report. >> it feels like the beginning of a new era. the negotiators know each other for previous talks -- from previous talks. the diplomat is in town, the most senior visit in 35 years. they will be making history at the table restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies. the united states arty has a presence on the main seaside mourad. -- motorway. updating that is an important step on the new cuba policy something highlighted in the state of the union. >> the shift in the cuba policy has the potential to end the mistrust in our hemisphere and removes the phony excuse for restrictions in cuba,

dozens of species goes extinct every year.the attempts to produce him a mate and offspring failed. >> we talked about the issue i think she understands that they all die i said. >> yes. from just to have opportunities to see it, it's wonderful. >> there is a lot of talk about things are going extinct and this shows. >> teaching a new generation about the fragility of life on earth. kristin saloomey, al jazeera new york. >> you can keep up to date on all the news and sports at our website, aljazeera.com. . >> 2014 was not the year when americans had an honest heart to heart. we yelled at each other plenty though. that's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. when the team that puts inside story together for you day after

rhinos have been hunted to near extinction. it's illegal and deadly black market trade. >> a specimen like this could sell for close to $400,000. back. >> finance is squared back. >> hunting the hunters. >> rhinos are gone, i think. kosta grammatis is an engineer that designed everything from satellites through space to bionic eyes. tonight he goes one on one with a bot. forget about football, meet the science squad. kids from a las vegas turning heads around the world. 'm an entomologist. that's the team. let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", i'm phil torres, joined by marita davison, and kosta grammatis. marita, you met a man who spent years as a crime scene investigators for human victims. now he and his lad is taking on the fourth largest industry in the world, it's a tragic. >> yes, we think of forensics dealing with human victims, we don't think of it as a bird. it's a wildlife services add, taking on the illegal trade in endangered species problem. >> some lines are extinct. how big is the industry

like all of these waves of extinction, ours is characterized, if you want to define an extinction crisis it's characterized by untold numbers of species disappearing around the world. these aren't isolated events. at a rate that greatly exceeds the normally geological rhythms of life and death. during an extinction crisis all bets are off. the normal rules of survival of the fittest, that rules become irrelevant. the change is brought about by waves destruction that the very notion of fitness is rendered moot. species that survive -- this is important. species that survive an extinction crisis are not so adapted as simply lucky. think about the power of a destructive force that's so overwhelming that survival of the fitness, that approach for life marching in the direction of persistence is rendered irrelevant. imagine forces so powerful that the whole of living nature, the whole of living nature with the wisdom of the ages has insufficient time, resources and know how to adapt. what then are we to make the sixth great crisis before us? it's important to note that it's not a speeding ast

he has become a symbol of what the world has lost from extinction. his fate is unique. dozens of species go extinct every day. >> this is lonesome george during his final years in the galapagos. attempts to find him a mate and produce offspring filed. his legacy lives on. >> we read the story and talked about who extinction means, what it means if there's no more. i think she understands that they all died. >> yes. >> just to have the opportunity to see it is wonderful. >> there's a lot of talk about things being extinct. >> teaching a new generalition about the fragility of life on earth >>> lonesome george was believed to be more than 100 years old when he died. goodbye george. >> that will do it for this hour. "america tonight" is next. i'll be back with you in about an hour. before we go we'd like to show you some moments at the funeral service of n.y.p.d. officer which. -- officer wenjian liu. . >> one of his many passions was to be a police officer. the fact that he is n.y.p.d. - he took pride. officer wenjian liu believes in the possibility of making a safer worl

looking into the oceans now, because there haven't been mass extinctions extinctions, if they're notus yet, we can actually do something. that's an opportunity we haven't had in some of these environmental disasters that have happened to us. on land for example, we don't have the same potential for recovery that we have in the oceans and so if we can realize the opportunities here and change the way we have conversations with our policymakers, change the way we do things as small consumers, the ocean will be a different place. >> thanks so much. very important topic, no doubt. one other note on climate change tonight. land owners in nebraska have filed a lawsuit concerning imminent domain in an attempt to stop construction of the keystone xxl pipeline. >>> still ahead, keep the tip. we'll bring you the story of one philadelphia pennsylvania restaurant making a giant leap across the pay gap. stay with us. er your mail so if you have any packages you want to return you should just give them to us i mean, we're going to be there anyway why don't you just leave it for us to pick up? or y

a century ago the massive marine mammals were on the verge of extinction. after mexico and the united states enacted hunting bans the seal population began to recover. now new technologies are giving scientists a way to track that recovery. scott shafer spoke with uc santa cruz biology professor dan costa about what researchers are learning. >> dan costa, this is a perfect time of the year to go down to ano nuevo and watch the elephant seals. why should people go? >> it's an opportunity to see one -- i mean, i always think of ano nuevo and elephant seals as one of the seven wonders of the world. there's very few places in the world that you can go to such a -- you know to a major metropolis and see these animals breeding on the beach. they're the largest seal. they're doing everything right in front of you. they give birth to a pup. the males fight for dominance on the rookery. and then they mate with the females. and you can just go see it. just take half a day, a full day, go down there and see it all happening. >> and these are big animals. how big? give

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mountain gorillas from extinction. i'mi'm antonio mora. those stories and more straight ahead. >> the shadow of crises has passed. >> president obama provided democrats with a road map. >> state of the union address -- >> these are the wrong policies the wrong priorities. >> i have no more campaigns to

both went extinct. isn't that why the centrist is gone? >> right, and it shifted to the midwest because they focus on the primary. >> all you have to do is look at what happened last year in kansas with pat roberts. pat roberts had a tea party opponent a very strong tea party opponent as it turned out, and pat went hard far right in his voting record where in the past pat had worked with democrats on some issues. he tried to be constructive where he could be. he went hard right and he won the primary. >> it was actually a pretty weak opponent. >> the fact he was identified with the tea party and the tea party was strong -- >> his forces were strong. >> -- pat had no choice but to move hard right. there are republicans in my state who, i think, are pretty reasonable people and who would like to work with democrats, but they live in mortal fear that somebody is going to run against them in the primary. >> you identify many culprits. jerry mandering you have both talked about. what is the evil doer here? is it the money and the power these gr

. >>> and the deadly fight to keep mountain gorillas from extinction. i'mi'm antonio mora. those stories and more straight ahead. >> the shadow of crises has passed. >> president obama provided democrats with a road map. >> state of the union address -- >> these are the wrong policies the wrong priorities. >> i have no more campaigns to run. i know because i won both of them. >> yemen's capital sanaa is still on edge. >> trying to end that violent standoff. >> it could further destabilize the war ors on terror. >> the u.s. is holding its highest level talks with cuba in 35 years. >> united states vowing to continue allowing cubansto who reach the u.s. shore to remain in the country. >> the only hope this region has. >> the only area in the world. >> the mountain gorilla has. >> what is safe on our planet that can be protected? >> 13 people have been injured after a man started stabbing people on a bus in tel aviv. >> we begin with president obama taking his economic proposals to the conservative heart land a day after delivering a defiant state of the union speech. >> we ac

. >> the deadly fight to keep mountain gore relevant las from extinction. welcome to "consider this. those and more stories straight ahead. >> the shadow of cries has passed. >> president obama provided democratic witness a roadmap. >> during the state of the union address -- >> these aren't just the wrong policies they're the wrong priorities. >> the president was confident. >> i have no more campaign to say run. i know because i won both of them. >> the u.s. is holding its highest level talk with cuba in 35 years. >> american's immigration policy vowing to allow cubans who reach the shores to remain in the country. >> if it falls what is safe on our planet that can be protected? >> the number of women murdered are rising fast. >> they are stunned to little or nothing is done to bring the killers to justice. >> there are times when the freedom of speech is under assault. >> for the pen to be mightier than the sword you need more. >> president obama is taking his economic proposals to the heart land. >> will we accept an economy where only a few of us do sp

also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowing what we are losing and we need to link species loss to habitat loss and really focuses much on the habitat. >> of course the overall mission of the academy has to do with two really fundamental and important questions. one of which is the nature of life. how did we get here? the second is the challenge of sustainability. if we are here how are we going to find a way to stay? these questions resonated very strongly with maya. >> on average a species disappears every 20 minutes. this is the only media work that i have done. i might never do another one because i'm not a media artist per se but i have used the medium because it seemed to be the one that could allow me to convey the sounds and images here. memorials to me are different from artworks. they are artistic, but memorials have a function. >> it is a beautiful scupltural objective made with bronze and lined with red wood from water tanks in cl

a tax determiny tortoise a face of extinction is heading home. conversation >>> you are getting a live look at brooklyn new york where furniture services in a couple of hours will be held for fallen new york officer wenjian liu. he was killed more than a week ago when a man opened fire on him and his partner when they were sitting in the squad car. his partner was laid to rest. we have more live in brooklyn in our 8 o'clock hour. scientists in germany are looking to expand a cancer treatment, using high energy particles to destroy malignant sells. scientists are hoping to target tumours within a body. >> gerhard spent his life developing a technique known as ion bean cancer treatment. he has explored how they can be energized and used to target cancer cells. the technique was so effective that 90% of patients with deep-seated brain tumours fully recovered. the main interaction with the tissue around is at the end. you can go somewhere in and do something in the end. it's like a knife which is very sharp, and in between you don't see it at all. >>

he has become a symbol of what the world has lost from extinction. sadly, his fate isn't unique. species go extinct every day. >> this is lonesom george during his final years in the gallagapogos an attempt to find him a mate and produce offspring failed. although he may be gone his legacy lives on. >> we read the story and talked about what extinction means, that there are no more of certain animals. i think they understand they all died? >> yeah. >> to have the opportunity to see it is wonderful. >> there is a lot of talk about things. >> teaching a new generation about the fragility of life on earth. kristen saloomey new york. >> time for the sport now. >> daryn thank you so much. the 36 stage of the dakar rally has begun in in chargentine a. the rates will spin chile and bolivia. al jazeera's andrew simmons was there there. >> reporter: this is the first stage of the dakar rally and the going is fast, dusty, dry and quite furious. disastrous for manny roma the defending champion from 2014. and he spoke to me telling me that there seems to be a problem with the electrics. this

africa's biggest tradition of religious groups have worn leopard skins, but with the big cat facing extinction, many are wearing fake furs. >> members of the church go through the steps of a traditional religious dance. january is a holy month for the shemba and thousands of the faithful have gathered for a special ceremony. but this year the men have swapped skins for fake fur. >> this protection of animal. therefore, we don't have to kill the animal in order to beautify ourselves. >> but opinion among church members is divided. leopard skins are a symbol of pride, and some don't want the tradition to change. >> i believe this is as a church we cannot try to change things. we may have found ourselves having lost the identity. >> there are estimates that there are only 7,000 leopards left in south africa. their decline is largely due to poaching. while fake fur is a cheaper and more animal-friendly alternative, some church members say the debate about ceremonial dress has become a distraction to more important issues. >> treating holiness of man it's not about how you dress. to me i will not w

he has become a symbol of what the world has lost from extinction. his fate is not unique dozens of species go ex-tint every day. >> this is loep some george in the final years. attempts to find a mate and reduce offspring fails. although he may be gone the legacy lives on. >> we read the story and finding out what it means by no more of certain animals. i think they understand. >> to have opportunities to see it. it's wonderful. >> there's a lot of talk about things going extinct. >> reporter: teaching a new generation about the fragility of life on earth >>> the artist known for elaborate outdoor installations gets a win in court. christo moves a step closer. >> and bad news bore barley, what that means for beer drinkers. >>> in rural colorado plans to create an art display has been given the go ahead by the government. the artist known as christo plans to hang six miles of colourful fabric over the colorado river. opponents say it threatens wild life and safety. a judge ruled against the objections. the projects could begin in august 2018. there's

he's a symbol of what the world has lost from extinction. dozens of species go ex-distinct every day. >> this is lonesome george during the final years in the galapagos. attempts to find him a mate and produce offspring failed. although he may be gone his legacy lies on. >> we read the story and talked about what extinction means. i think she understand right, that they all died. >> yes. >> to have the opportunity to see it it's wonderful. >> that's lot of talk about things going extinct. >> teaching a new generation about frajility of life on earth. >> you can find more on the website. the address for that is aljazeera.com. that is it from me julie macdonald. i'll be back in an hour with more of the day's news see you then. bye-bye. [[vo]] an america tonight in-depth series. >>my first column was, “hey, where are the weed-smoking moms at?” [[vo]] one year legal. >>i'd try chem 4, alien dog, and girl scout cookies. [[vo]] and it's become big business. >>the state of colorado is profiting immensely off of this. [[vo]] now, we cut through the

the current rates of marine extinction, could be what they call the prelude to a major extinction pulse, and they are clearly blaming the growing footprint on human ocean use. >> what is the human ocean connection. >> well, it does, the study says that it is all about human etch encroachment. we are also talking about the ways in our use of the ocean are sort of damaging it. the report using various sources to point out they are becoming more acsis ideally as a result of carbon emissions. and fish are simply trying to get away from us, some species are already giving up on their natural habitat. the bad news overall is that we are looking at habitat destruction, becoming the big threat over the next century and a half. the good news is that it is still possible to put the oceans back in good health, in that sense the oceans are in fact john, far better off than life is on land. >> that's great news, if there is good news to take from it. >> that's about it. >> coming up, families search for lost loved ones as deadly floods continue in central east africa. plus. >> her story now the subj

non-extension of slavery and its ultimate extinction.you can say, he is trying to save the party, and then say, he doesn't care about ending slavery. if he is a republican, he would he was committed to that. what would seward have done? i don't know. would he have been able to steer the country through the war in the same way, with the same -- holding those different elements of the country together the way lincoln did? i am just not sure. karen? >> the review in the "wall street journal," where the republicans are embracing lincoln as their president, they say in the article that lincoln believed in small government yet lincoln was the one who started the railroad act, he did the homestead act, all of these things that were there to expand the nation, he realized the infrastructure was a necessity in order to get the economy growing in the country. the working-class person to give them those rights. it is troubling, that they choose to misinform, do defend -- to defend. >> i think there is something to that approach, that conservative a

some carmakers are driving throws players right towards exstinksex extinction extinction. >>> beginningear. late last night the elephant was pulled from the auction block. nbc's gabe gutierrez explains. >> reporter: protesters took aim at plans to auction off an elephant hunting trip in africa. >> i'm not against hunters but i am against trophy hunting. >> reporter: but late saturday the hunting club canceled the plans saying the donation was withdrawn, no reason given. the african elephant is the world's biggest land animal. it's not endangered but a leading conservation group classifies it as vulnerable. >> they're in steep decline right now with all of the animals, lions, elephants and the rhinos. >> reporter: last year this same hunting group auctioned off a permit to shoot an endangered black rhino. tv host and hunter cory nolten won the bid but told cnn he received death threats. >> i don't think you should be hated because i lead my life in a certain way. >> reporter: this texas tech cheerleader received criticism when she posted these pictures on facebook and a belgium model los

i look at us, and, you know, scientists have called what we're going through the sixth largest extinction of the history of the planet. c-span: what is this, by the way, while we're talking? >> guest: this is an aerial satellite image of the earth and i actually don't remember where this is taken from. but again, i study mappings, aerial views, glacial patterns again, taking inspiration, like i--i've contacted nasa. this is an image i took of an ice cave, the detail of. c-span: did you take this picture? >> guest: yeah, i took this picture. c-span: where? >> guest: this is in seattle--outside of seattle. it's in a--near pilcheck, where i did a residency blowing glass. c-span: and so what's that last monument going to look like? >> guest: well, that's the interesting thing. it's going to--if you think of a memorial monument not existing in one place but in many places all over the world, each site different, each site unique, all taken together, they will help give us an idea of--in a way the health of the planet from global climate change to land mass to extinction and endangered species.

government code every year we perform a one and 5 year audit of that money we need to hire a third party extinct consultant and demonstrate what we spent the money on that year and the 5 year rough project probably to spend money in the 0 future if you look at the 5 year projection the funds for a potentially new school in mission bay or the southeast quadrant you'll see money for schools of the arts and modular building replacements and a lot of other existing projects so that's sort of sums up where we are i previously sent out a memo a number of commissioners that had questions and both myself and the gentlemen are available for questions should you have them. >> question any questions commissioner. >> what's the process for raising the rates what needs to happen. >> the process is very clearly defined in the government code we need to retain the firm he needs to look at our demographics and the number of permits in the city not too different a process than the demographics study but similar in being able to determine we can justify a greater need there are notices that need to be noticed in

a report published in "science" warns the oceans are heading towards mass extinction of many speciesin part because of climate change. one of the scientists exists there are still time to reverse the impact. we spoke to a monmouth county charter boat captain. >> stocks have gotten smaller, yes, but it's not drastic. >> experts say if we don't make changes soon though extinctions could start within the next 20 years. >> they apparently bent to pressure. it's a slap in the face to muslims. >> a call to prayer at one college has drawn national attention. more on the religious controversy at duke university. at perdue, we pride ourselves on the freshness of our chicken. well, not that kind of fresh. but i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires... with extra inspections in american family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> a pager announcement by the supreme court,

creatures once on the verge of extinction are being granted the space and tolerance to find their way back. eagles, otters badgers, and bats -- even the great predators -- are regaining their old hunting grounds. from paris to provence to the pyrenees, it's the rise of a new republic.

we have species like the orangutan that have been you are ped to extinction. >> on the ground and using nasa satellite images they have been studying them. this shows the heavy smoke believed to be coming from thousands of fires to clear land for palm oil trees. gee it's bad. the clearing in the indonesia part of borea alone. >> several big companies including pepsi-co has worked to make sure the crop has grown responsibly in the future. but progress is slow and environmental groups are demanding corporations do more to save rainforests before it is too late. >> big companies like kelloggs and like mars and like nestle have put in place the policies we are asking for. all we are asking is for pepsi to do the same. >> they insist they are committed to sustained palm oil. a statement says the continual miss charktizations of our commitments are false. but activists are not giving up. now they are focusing on the quaker granola bars. we have the entire spoof dorito ads and a lot of other palm oil information on our website at abc7news.com. >>> a hero firefighter swept this to save a dog's

a step further, human extinction?> you went there. >> i went there. >> these are by and large doing jobs that are not being done at all. >> there is the ups guy taking the package. and he is putting it on my doorstep. >> that is a ways off. ups is good at what they do. when it comes to drones, they are doing jobs that are not being done. robots are good at doing jobs that are dull, dirty, and dangerous. jobs people shouldn't or do not want to do. >> how much will this cost? is it economical for a farmer to have multiple drones flying over his crops? >> today they cost $750. you might not even buy one, just the data. the cost of the drone is immaterial compared to the data. >> will robots ever be able to feel? >> there are other kinds of intelligence. the internet is much better than us at many things. perhaps it is already intelligent on some level we cannot define. by the time we recognize that computers are intelligent, they will surpass us. the singularity may have happened, not just in a way we can measure. >> wha

some car makers are driving those players toward extinction.hant was offered by the group that was auctioning an engaging ryee inging rino last year. it's been pulled off the auction block. >> shoot with a camera. >> not a gun. >> reporter: outside of the convention protesters took aim ats at plans to auction off a elephant hunting trip. >> i'm not against hunters but trophy hunting. >> reporter: the club cancelled the plans, saying the donation was withdrawn. the african elephant is the world's biggest land mammal. it's not endangered. a leading conservation group says they're vulnerable. >> we're in decline with all of the animals, elephants, rino and lions. >> reporter: they offered off a permit to shoot an endangered rino. the winning bid was placed but he received death threats sthreats. >> i shouldn't be hated because i live my life a certain way. >> reporter: a cheer leader drew criticism with these photos and a belgium woman lost a modeling contract for these. >> any time someone is need lesley killing an animal for short, it should be

. >> and what a journey the russian railway line that nearly went extinct are a few years ago finds that life really does begin at 40. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. we'll update you on our top stories. israel is holding $127 million of tax revenue from the palestinian authorities in retaliation for their bid for the international criminal court. >>> and indonesia authorities are threatening to re revoke airasia's license aft

and they are in danger of extinction. they lay their eggs in the ishigai shells. the shell harbors the eggs and later the fries. >> the empty shells are concentrated in this area. >> reporter: this man has been observing the yodo river's ecosystem for many years. he says that the animals eat more shellfish during the winter when there are fewer plants. more than 90 out of about a hundred empty shells recovered in this area were ishigai shells. >> translator: the young fish live in the shells during the winter. and i'm very worried that they will be devoured. >> reporter: these animals don't only destroy the spawning ground but they also kill the young fish. >> translator: i think we need to be responsible and take measures to restore the ecosystem. because these alien species were introduced by us human beings. >> reporter: the damage keeps growing. the government will study the problem further and draw up a pest control plan. reporting for nhk world from osaka. >>> it is peak season for crab fishing around japan. and troubleshooting at sea makes one man crucial t

. >> you ponder several other different futures, including human extinction.hat are the possibilities about that? >> what are the technologies we need to develop? we need to stay focused on that and i think our prospects are very good. >> you have a startup island off the coast. what is your vision there? >> this is a very small-sized project. is it possible to create some new community that we could start a new society that would have very different rules and be able to govern itself? this is still far in the future, but it has a lot of people interested. >> you imagine as being like another country. >> it would be another country, and it would cost tens of billions to build, more capital than i have. >> you think that you may live to be 120. >> i certainly hope to, yes. ♪ >> you have been portrayed on the hbo show "silicon valley" and this island has been portrayed on the show. have you watched it? >> they would dispute they were portraying me. >> he is called peter gregory and he invested in an island. >> i think the character gives a compelling portrayal o

who didn't support governor wolf in the election, i really think that he has taken the right tone extinct he is on the -- and i think he is on the high ground. >> a lot of people would say that bruce castor has said state politics may have to w5eu9, he wait. he is going back to the job he loves. >> he had a lot of name recognition and held a lot of press conferences that's for sure he has financial resources that i think can help him run. on the other hand, he is also going back to what i said about lynn abraham, he is a polarizing figure. when he ran against tom corbett for attorney general he burned a lot of bridges in the republican party in the state and in the county. him i'm not sure he rebuilt those bridges. >> i don't think he has the strengths of the roots. he was out there as he has the name i.d., but the fact of the matter in the party he is not beloved. there is something about him if he was a friend, you would say i know you want to do it, do something else. he is a young man, this is not going to happen. first you have to get the republican nomination, there's a lot more reb

. >>> an endangered north white rhino could help save the species after it's extinct. it became ill earlier this week. now keepers are preparing for the worst. they plan to collect the 40-year-old rhino's eggs after she dies. her male counterpart at the zoo died unexpectedly just two weeks ago. they already collected his sperm. scientists will freeze the reap ductive tissues in hopes to have a new white rhino in the surrogate rhino. it's been successful with similar projects in the past. certainly feeling like san diego weather here in the bay area, right? >> kind of flip-flopped. temperatures well above normal continuing into the sunday and more records shattered over the next 24 hours. warp-up is going to stick around another day. live doppler hd right now. skies clear all day into the overnight hours. we head oddutside. downtown san francisco, stars are out. not a cloud in the sky and temperatures are on the mild side. so currently right now in san francisco, it's 55 degrees. oakland sitting at 53. hayward at 57. san jose at 57 degrees as well. mountain view, 56 and