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al jazeera america. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> as the war plays out in force in colombia, the government is trying to enact key land reform. in 2011 colombia's president signed the victim's law, with a goal of returning millions of acres of land to those that have been displaced by the conflict. but the challenges are not small. even though colombia's war began when fighting the farc, the largest displacements took place in the 1990s. >> when you started really seeing those numbers that you saw now, is really when the paramilitary started to form into the self-defense forces of colombia. they started to complo employ a really deliberate strategy of employing >> the colombian government officially demilitarized the paramilitaries between 2003 and 2006. as part of the government's push to develop the region. >> we have been granted access, to one of the la

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al jazeera america.derstand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >> hey guys, welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres and i'm here with dr. shini somara and marita davidson. marita, you went through a bit of a swim. >> i got to are swim with researchers from cal state shark lab, measuring all sorts of environmental conditions. let's take a look at it. this is catalina island. 27 miles off the coast of los angeles. a place known for its beauty both above and below the ocean that surrounds it. most of the fish that call these waters home go relatively unnoticed. but

a volcano. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america.el walters, here are your headlines at this hour. as the olympic torch makes its way through the city of sochi, the department of security issuing a warning that toothpaste tubes could be used to transfer material to make bombs. >>> more than a half million people are still without power after a winter storm blew through a large part of the country. it could be days before their power is restored. that storm also shutting down highways, schools, and grounds thousands of flights. >>> a rare violin stolen has now been found. it was taken after al-monday was tasered in a parking lot. >>> and tomorrow marking the 50th on anniversary of the beatles landing at jfk in new york. it was their first visit to the us. thousands of fans greeting the fab four. in a rare interview, al jazeera america caught up with ringo star to talk about that moment. >> we had landed in new york; that we were in america was nothing far out than that, because all of the music -- we were in our 20s, anyway. we were a

al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> in the case of iraq we have seen more of our colleagues locally killed. they live there. the front line, if you like, it outside their front door. in recent and ongoing conflicts like iraq and afghanistan the highest death toll, if you like, is indigenous journalists, particularly in the case of iraq. we have lost colleagues who were local journalists, filming insurgents. >> on the battlefield in the heat of the moment someone who looks different from the model of a foreign correspondent is more at risk. if he is carryi

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al jazeera america, take a new look at news. al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> revolutions are defined by courage and strength against the most insurmountable odds. but the costs are unbelievably high. the short subject, karama has no walls. it follows the attack of government forces, on a peaceful peaceful town in yemen that took 55 lives. the results are chilling. [ shots fired ] >> sara ashak directed the film. karama has no walls is playing in select cities across the country with a program showing the other oscar nominated short subjects, on itunes wednesday. sara, as you had cameras in yemen as part of that country's arab spring. how these peaceful pe

al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> in this week's state of union address president obama laid out a goal to reverse the economy and bring back the middle class weual know. these days the opportunity for upward mobility can be hard to find. with many living pay check to pay check, the definition of middle class has changed. take a look at the revival of the middle class. velshi. >> i would like to one day breathe a little easy. >> we have jobs. people don't have jobs. we are appreciative of that, and we are able to feed our family. we do struggle. >> we are not frivolous people. we don't have charge cards, we don't have car loans. my daughter can't go to college right now. it's not like, you know, we are spending the money and not paying attention to where it's going. we are working, doing what we have to do, and we can't get ahead. that's our lives. >> ali velshi is joining us now from new york. you know, this is really a picture of a new kind of middle class and we have talked on this program about a new

al jazeera america.eal reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow." kyle, what do you have for us? >> now mother nature has had the benefit of trial and error engineering for 50 billion years. just the last 50 years we started to are follow her lead. here companies are mimicking her by biomimicry. let's take a look. in 1903 when orville and

al jazeera america. >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. ukraine's new acting president nation closer ties to europe as a top priority, as u.s. warns russia against military intervention. >> a chance to ease tensions in venezuela. the leader of the opposition set to meet with the president. >> a captured mexican drug lord may be brought to the united states to face charges. >> a plan to attract cars' licence plates.

al jazeera america. open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >>> embattled new jersey governor chris christie holding a townhall meeting. this is the first time he has met in a public forum since bridge gate broke out. john what is christie's to en? >> he has been going for about an hour and there is another 60 minutes or so to go. and the tone is he is trying to look and sound very presidential. there has been a range o

al jazeera america. take a new look at news. ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow."rres here with kyle and rachelle. rachelle tell me what can i do with bamboo to get around town? >> turns out you can build a bike. we were using bamboo for well over a century. but down in greensboro, alabama, you can build a bike with an innovative new design. why don't we check it out? deep in the heart of rowe, alabama, the once thriving town of greensboro is struggling. a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. the catfish capital is struggling to keep its head above water. >> what happened when you came here? >> about 75% of the shops shut down. >> there was one thing they had plenty of. >> we have a lot of bamboo. you have to have something you're making out of it. >> pandor became somewhat of a one woman stimulus plan for governor'sboro, running the hero foundation, she tapped into the town's most unwanted resource to do it. bamboo bicycles aren't exactly a new idea. they have been around since the first one was introduced back in 1894. and now they are gaining

you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> in the case of iraq, we've seen more of our colleagues locally killed. they live there. the front line, if you'd like, is- is outside their front door. >> in recent and ongoing conflicts like iraq and afghanistan, the- the highest death toll, if you'd like is indigenous journalists, particularly in the case of iraq. we've lost colleagues who were local journalists, filming alongside or close to insurgents. >> on the battlefield, in the heat of the moment, someone who- who looks different from the model of a foreign correspondent is even more at risk. because even if he is carrying a camera, even if he is carrying a tripod, the assumption seems to be that they could be hostile. what happened in 2007 to the two reuter's journalists in iraq was a terrible tragedy and one that was brought home to all of us when we saw the footage that wikileaks released. and i think that really brought home the horror of modern war and why it is so dangerous. >> what you had there was apache helicopter

al jazeera america.eal reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> as part of our series, the other america, we wanted to know what it's like to live with the diagnoses of schizophrenia. and we'll meet i remarkable woman who knows how to thrive with the debilitating illness americans. >> i had an episode in high school, i got up and started walking, and i felt they were sending me messages. you are special, you are ep bad, repent. and i felt like entities why putting thoughts in my head and it was scary. it really was. >> ellen sacks was just 16, and the thoughts why increasingly scary, and her psychosis worsened. >> i had a thought of a man raising a knife above my head with a waking nightmare, with all of the bizarre things. and only with a nightmare, it goes away, but no such luck with a psychotic episode. >> for years, she kept her mental illness from her family. and she g

al jazeera america. >> oh my! al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can effect your grocery bill? could rare minerals in china effect your cell phone bill? or, how a hospital in texas could drive up your health care premium. i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> the. >> the drought emergency is becoming more dire with every drop. cute emergency, ten municipalities

al jazeera america.eera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, welcome back to "techknow." rachelle, you went to one of the most beautiful places in america that might be in trouble. >> glacier park, its glaciers are starting to melt sort of the main stain of the economy there and they're in trouble. why don't we take a look dive in and see what we found out. the scenery is breathtaking. ♪ ♪ >> rushing rivers. picturesque ferries. many parts of western montana look untouched by man. it's small

techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america al jazeera america.open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. this is the 900 page document we call obama care. and my staff has read the entire thing. can congress say the same? there's more to it. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >>

>> al jazeera america. more to it. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> heavily armed, combat tactics >> every little podunk wants their tank and their bazooka... >> with s.w.a.t. raids on the rise... >> when it goes wrong, it goes extremely wrong... >> what's the price for militarizing our police >> they killed evan dead >> faul lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> there blocking the door... >> ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... >> truth seeking... break though investig

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america al jazeeramerica. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> do you know the gooey duck? it comes from the native american work meaning "dig deep." one country is refusing this lucrative strange delicacy after a botched shipment. as al jazeera science and technology correspondent jacob ward reports, it is becoming a cosley loss for puget sound in washington. >> sinking down, a diver seeks a rare prize. it's buried deep into the saidiment, hidden to all but the trained eye. it's called a gooey duck. while it's rarely seen in the united states, it's prizes as a delicacy in c

>> al jazeera america. there's more to it.re's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can effect your grocery bill? could rare minerals in china effect your cell phone bill? or, how a hospital in texas could drive up your health care premium. i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> hello and welcome back. costa you went on a very hand off deprive. drive. tell me about the drive you went on. >> i got to take a test drive in nissan's new car yo you no longr have to operate your car. it drives you to work and driving you home. you -- drives you home. that is what i got to play with the future. >> did you feel safe. >> i felt incredibly safe. it drives me. >> awesome let's take a look. >> the road to a driverless car has been a long one. this is the way general motors envisioned the future in 1967. >> you are now in control. hand off steering. >> nissan's race for the first non-prod

and this story just in to al jazeera america.audi detainee has pleaded guilty to charges that he helped plan an attack on a french oil tankers in 2002. in pleading guilty he will event yielly be released and then handed over to the saudi government. >>> 100 tons of radio active water leaking from a storage plant at the fuk sh shee -- fukushima nuclear plant in japan. this spill is the latest in a long line of problems plant has faced since the damage by the tsunami back in 2011. >>> i'm meteorologist dave warren, seeing severe weather here all pretty much in the same state. this is iowa, a severe thunderstorm warning -- this storm moving northeast at about 65 miles an hour. there is hail, quarter sized hail, a blizzard warning in effect, because you had blowing drifting, very heavy snow reducing visibility. this is just west of xhik but will slowly begin to move to the northeast. we have the heavy snow right through kansas and nebraska. here are these strong storms that continue to push off to the northeast. all warnings pretty m

al jazeera america. >> back with reza aslan the author of "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth" . "zealot", how did you set on this title, what does it mean, we know in today's parlance it can be a loaded term. >> it's provocative, i know that. "zealot" has very negative connotations, but it didn't in jesus time . most jews in jesus time would have said i'm a zealot. but some took that identity to its necessary consequence. which is if you are zealous for the lord and for his law, his law says none but the chosen people can live in the holy land. now this is a land that is currently in jesus' time being occupied by a blood thirsty brutal imperial pagan power called rome. you get zealots rising up against roam being crushed, and my argument is if you look at jesus' teachings, and put them within his time, you cannot miss the zealotry that is in his doings. >> what is it in his action he that posed quite more threat to the roman entire or did it, than those who claimed to be the messiah or the

al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ now the crisis in ukraine where former president victor yanukovych is now a fugitive want forked murder. before the weekend he was signing a peace deal, now his palace is a tourist attraction for the very protesters he fought against. "america tonight's" sheila macvicar explains how so much has changed so quickly. >> reporter: in the middle of the nightcap tuesday by cc tv cameras, ukrainian president yanukovych loaded his suitcases and his dog and fled the presidential compound by helicopter. a smart move because this morning the interrupt government issued a warrant for his arrest. charging him with the mass murder of peaceful protesters. nearly 100 people died last week in fierce clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police. many were targeted and killed by government snipers. >> translator: it's a remarkable situation when the most sought after character in the country is the president of ukraine. who is hide to go doing everything to leave the country and avoid

. >> that will do it for this edition of al jazeera america. thanks for watching. >> this week, let the p.r. games begin. the global media are descending on sochi. what stories are they going to tell there? al jazeera journalists in egypt. five are already behind bars. now the authorities have issued arrest warrants for many more. the next time you're at a news event, look up. you might see a drone looking at you. and office etiquette. the good and the bad. next week, russia will be hosting the world and the global news media at the winter olympics in sochi. consider the cost. $51 billion. then compare it to what came before. vancouver in 2010 at just $8 billion. it has been a huge endeavor for the kremlin that amounts to a public relations megaproject. in the news coverage may well determine if the russians get value for money. journalists in sochi are using these games as a news peg to get at other stories about russia. there is the contentious gay propaganda law, the environmental impact of the sochi development projects and of course, the en

. >> you can't tell the stories of the people if you don't get their voices out there, and al jazeera america is doing just that. >> time for listening post news bytes. at last, some clarity on the legal status of al jazeera journalists held in egyptian jails. the news is not good for them or their colleagues. five al jazeera journalists have been behind bars awaiting trial and now the authorities say arrest warrants have been issued for another 12 unnamed employees who they say either currently work for al jazeera or have done in the past. the prosecutors have said the al jazeera staff had undermined national unit why i by broadcasting false information. most of the accused are said to be egyptian nationals charged with membership in a terrorist organization. the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera said it had no journalist reporting from egypt since the day that al jazeera mohammed facny as well as correspondent peter were all arrested. two more employees from the network's arabic language channels, have been in detention for more than five months already. al jazeera calls the charges absurd and

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al jazeera america. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> every sunday night, join us for excusive... revealing... and surprising talks, with the most interesting people of our time. hip hop pioneer russell simmons talks with soledad o'brien >> i make mistakes everyday, i don't try to count them... >> about his music.... >> the artist should say what's on people's minds. >> his cause... dominion over the animals does not mean abuse... >> and his future... >> i wanna make movies and tv shows that reflect the new america. >> russell simmons up clos

al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. here are the stories we're following for you right now. protests turned violent in bosnia. right here in the united states demonstrators express their anger over the toxic chemical skill in west virginia. >>> and a princess makes history in court, and not the royal kind. >> in bosnia thousands of people all across the country are protesting the government. 200 are injured after police use the tear gas to fight demonstrators setting the city on fire. >> reporter: buildings damaged, cars destroyed, and debris littering the streets of sarajevo. as darkness fell on friday the bosnian capitol was still in chaos. firefighters spent the evening putting out fires after protesters stormed the president's and other federal buildings abraise. arounablaze. 200 people were injured in the clash. >> the ruling elite have been controlling this country for the past 20 years. they must be removed from power immediately for bosnia to move forward. if not the violence will only worsen. >> reporter: worke

al jazeera america. >> aging america... the sacrifice growing children endure, to care for their parents >> i left my job as a lawyer... >> best ways to cope... my husband was like a single father... >> my mother said: "take care of dad" on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera." i'm john siegenthaler and my guest today is art spiegelman the author of "maus." you have had an incredible career but part of that career is work being for the new yorker. had you ever done a magazine cover before? >> i think i did. new yorker covers are not usually connected to stories statements. in the heyday of the new yorker, in the postwar new yorker especially, the idea was to give respite, a moment of calm on the honking blaring tawdry passing parade. so they would be images of cebt scenes or of the city -- connecticut scenes or the city drawing. that was the-cartoon drawing. i seemed to her like a likely terrorist so -- but you know, it was -- i was a likely person to bring into that mix. i didn't know what it meant bu

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borderland only on al jazeera america >> this is the real deal man... >> with al jazeera america. >> before dawn, abdalla al rakai leaves his home. for the mosque. up until october, it was a trip he made regularly with . his freart went to prayers without him. what his father didn't know is that he was being watched. his car, being followed back through the darkened streets. a group of armed men had been tracking him for weeks. at 6:40 a.m. just as he arrived home they took him. >> it's incredible. you can actually see american special forces grabbing anas al-liby, putting a hood over his head and putting him in a van driving him away. the whole thing captured on the video cameras, everything. >> the family's video of the raid shows three vehicles converging on the house. armed men pulling al-liby from his car, they were part of a u.s. special forces team, pulled in for that purpose. al-liby accused of high profile bombings of americans in tanzania. >>> when did they realize he was in the hands of the americans? >> that must have been shocking for her. i mean that he would be in the

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al jazeera america. >> scientists have made a genetic discovery. the remains of a child were found in the oldest-known burial place in north america. dna testing is showing a genetic link in the ancient tribes that roamed siberia. we're joined by, the co-author of the study that mapped the dna of that ancient child. that linked him to the earliest known north american people, the clovis people. where theber the bering strait, does this settle the debate? >> we think it does. we think this is pretty much if you will the final dirt of -- shovelful of dirt of europeans coming over here and being the first ones in america. >> what is the exact finding, what did you find? >> well, the exact finding was that the baby boy that was discovered here -- that was buried 12,500 years ago, is a direct ancestor, basically his parents are direct ancestors, to 80%, roughly speaking, 80% to all the native americans on both continents and we know this because we have dna profiles from contemporary, native american people from mexico to south america and those profiles

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al jazeera america. >> across north america there was a shark decline in iconic populations. something killed the moose. the famed residents of north-west minnesota. biologists say some animals dropped dead. they don't know why. adam may travelled to the heart of moose country to see what is being done to save them. >> it's a race against time to save the moose in northern minnesota. the population rapidly moving from endangered to near country. >> if we continue at this trajectory we'll be out of moose in 2025. biologist michelle carstensen and her team are scrambling to find out why the ma'am oath rate. >> this one travelling with her calf is being corralled into a state research project led by michelle carstensen. the study the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. >> first they are tranquilized from the air, and then a team of samples. >> the research team is taking blood samples from the cow. they have taken hair samples and research. >> the moose is then outfitted with a gps collar that tracks

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. >>> that'll do it for this issue of al jazeera america. we leave you in iran, a rally taking shape. you are in the stream. joe arpaio has been dubbed hi, i'm lisa fletcher, you are in the extreme. this is the toughest sheriff. when is is being tough on crime crossing the line. he joins us to break down some controversial policies. >>> our digital producer wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback. waj not a little middle ground arpaio. >> yeah, he has been in office since '93, so a lot of people in that country love him, but banning tv, salt, pepper, for inmates. check out some of the comments . . . and twitter is just -- [ technical difficulties ] >> backlash from human rights groups for housing inmates in tents. the facility was built in response to overcrowded jails, but many criticize the living conditions there. here is an inside look at tent city. >> because it's wintertime, they can have up to five blankets. these numbers against the number of blankets are starting to dwindle down as they start to get warmer. if i th

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