. >> you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> 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. >>

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you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> america tonight, only on al jazeeramerica. one of the great things about working at al jazeera is the amount of space you have to do the kind of stories that take a long time to cover. to have the complete editorial freedom to tell these stories and do so with the adequate resources is amazing. you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> [gunshots]. >> [yelling]. >> i think the issue of journalist safety is something which sh- should concern everybody and not just journalists. it should concern everybody who cares about the freedom of speech. >> if you could surface some of the bravery and some of the courage that goes on in order to tell the world what's happening, then i think that, you know, society would respond better to the business of journalism and what we're trying to do. >> certainly politicians think the media's incredibly powerful. why don't we use some of that power to support those people who need it. uhm. to support the safety of those people who are taking all these risks uhm.

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. vé al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> you're watching "talk to al jazeera" andour guest today is world renowned orchestra conductor zubin mehta. i understand that you are a fan of the lated fromy mercury from the -- late freddy mercury from rock 'n' roll fame. can you explain that? >> i wasn't really a fan but in his obituary i read he was a farsi, i come from a really small minority in india, freddy mercury, balsara, a very common farsi name. he is a great performer. i'm not at home with his music. which is not also a criticism, it's just not my stuff. but he's a really great performer. and i'm sorry, i didn't meet him. >> rock 'n' roll you described as predictable. but what do you make of how popular it is and the effect it has on pop culture? >> while it has had a pretty long life, when it first started some of us didn't think it would last but it has lasted. but recently in new york, i went to a theater where i saw a musical, dedicated 90 minutes to jazz. now, jazz is a style which has been dying out. and people like winton marsalis has reinvigorated this ol

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. >> "america tonight" weekend starts now, that's it for al jazeera america. you can always find us on aljazeera.com. ♪ music ] >> and good evening. thanks for joining us. you're watching "america tonight - the weekend edition", i'm joie chen. we begin in the san francisco bay area, exploring a place called home. the mission is home base for a lot of tech workers shuttling too and from silicon valley. landlords are pulling out the welcome mat, long termed residents are priced out of their neighbourhoods, and it's a precautionary tail for the rest of the company. we have more on the battle by the bay. >> it's a fight for the sole of san francisco. these protesters target google buses. the large shuttles ferrying tens of thousands of tech workers to silicon valley. this is the third protest, the first along the tech corridor. organizers tell us they are about to save a massive disturbance. protesters say the 1400 buses that rumble through the city park illegal lie at public bus stops and are turning san francisco into an overpriced bedroom community forcing out l

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al jazeera america.s not just sweden - much of europe's far north is being turned over to mining companies - right across scandinavia from norway to finland - this is euro mining, a trade fair in tampere finland's second city >> today in finland we have 41 mines and this mining sector has been growing steadily for the last 5 or 6 years and we in the finnish government have great expectation that mining is one of the growth areas also in future in finland. the total turnover of our mining companies is almost 2 billion euros. so at this moment it is vital. >> finland's biggest mining company is talvivaara, whose chief executive gave a keynote address at the fair. >> what has been lacking in western europe is our own minerals and sources for minerals - and particularly now for instance uranium. - in europe there's hundreds of nuclear power plants which have to supply their uranium from outside europe and in this volatile world i think it would be safer to have our own source for nuclear power. >> this is ta

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on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera" here with superagent leigh steinberg. one of the biggest stories coming into the super bowl was the post game interview that richard sherman gave to fox sports. if he was your client, the moment after you saw that, what would have been your advice? >> first of all he wouldn't have been my client, because we work with role models. he twerked his way into the national consciousness. he took a page out of miley cyrus's book and did something so dramatic that all the country is talking about it. first of all, since i think he preplanned that and was ready to do it to grab his moment of fame, i would say, "you succeeded, you did a great job", you take an obscure defence back making him the top topic of conversation. super bowl week he has a chance to take that any direction he wants. he can soften it, he can be outrageous. the super bowl is a premier marketing event in the country. it is the ability to escape narrow genre and become a household name. players that play dramatically and give a good week of interviews can find th

holy money only on al jazeera america only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with tonight's top stories. monday is the last today to enroll for forecast. the obama administration estimates more than 6 million have signed up so far. those in the process of enrolling will get some grace period beyond the march 31st deadline. in washington the debt toll has risen to 21. following washington governor's aerial tour of the mudslide area. hundreds of volunteers continue to search for missing. >>> general motors will be under the microscope on tuesday and wednesday in congress. allegations that gm knew about faulty ignition switches years ago but did not fix the problem. those swisms swimps -- switches are being recalled. rk john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met in paris, the secretary of state maintains the russian forces along the ukrainian borders are not acceptable. a date for presidential elections in egypt has been set. they'll take place at the end of may. thcame just after general abdul al sisi resigned, annou

al jazeera america.r 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 >>> even with a crisis in ukraine and u.s. sanctions imposed against some in russia, the games will go on, the para-olympic games that is. official delegations in the united states, the united kingdom and canada will not be there in protest against the russia presents in crimea. we met an athlete who's competition will be for more glory than just a medal. >> reporter: meet the beast, that's what her friends call her. the only person male or female to win four major marathons in a single l year. >> i

al jazeera america. only on al jazeera america ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to techknow. phil torres and i'm here with kosta , and lindsay. what happened? >> all you have to do is sit in the car and it will drive for us. let's check out where we're going. the road to the driverless car has been a long one. >> we're all set for auto-control. >> this is how general motors envisioned the future in 1957. >> you're on automatic control, hands-off steering. >> that was then, this is now, nissan's race for the first autonomous vehicle is in the hands of an engineer who had me figure out how it works. >> these are your laser scanners. >> yes. >> and they send out big beams of laser to determine how far the distance is. >> yes. >> and here is a big radar panel that can see 200 meters ahead. and we have one radar panel here and here as well. they determine -- >> 70 meters. >> 70 meters whether object is approaching the car or going away from car and all of these little guys are for parking, sonar, and you have cameras on every side of the car. it is totally a prototype. if i open t

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al jazeera america. >> 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 >> last week we marked an anniversary that changed the history of workers safetiy lawyers. 150 years ago a fire broke out in a new york city sweat shot that took 126 lives, the triangle shirt waste factory in greenwich village on march 25th, 1927. fire fighters rushed to the scene and were unable to rescue scores of mostly immigrant women and girls. the reason, doors locked to prevent girls taking breaks or stealing. they were burnt alive, suffocated or died trying to escape out the windows. the tragic waste of life caused outrage. it was preventible. safety precautions existed but were not the law. many businesses opposed them. in years that followed the fire, new york and others passed lawyers requiring mandatory fire drills and unlocked doors. officials say

al jazeera america reached out to the governor and his office responded . . .te there is no vaccine, and despite the herd losses, farmers are not required to report the virus to state or federal firms. but farmer and environmental concerns along with pork prices are starting to rise. ♪ >>> an upside surprise for employment. 175,000 jobs were add last month, that's more than economists anticipated. the unemployment rate was up slightly but some attribute that to an increase in those looking for work once again. those out of work for 27 weeks or more jumped to 3.8 million. >>> wall street not having a strong reaction either way right now. the dow has been up and down all day. investors seeing those reports as confirming the economy continues to grow at a steady albeit slow pace. >>> the report show that despite the bad weather construction jobs increased. labor secretary tom perez, telling ali velshi about creating more jobs, he says wages have to rise. >> one of the best ways to pick up the pace of growth is to address the issue of consumption. consumption is of

this is al jazeera america.n radford in new york with a look at the top stories. >> authorities in china dispatched war ships to join the search for a missing airliner. 239 were aboard the boeing 777 when it disappeared over the south china sea. two passengers were flying under the assumed identity. two people not on the manifest were on the flight. one of the three americans on board was 50-year-old philip wood from texas. his ex-wife posted the photo on fbi. warning shots fired as european military observers enter crimea in ukraine. >> meanwhile the libyan government is threatening to bomb a north korean oil tanker docked in a port held by lib yn rebels. libya is refusing to let it leave because it brought fuel from rebels. >> crowds in venezuela have been blocked before getting to government offices. >> i'm morgan radford. thank you for watching al jazeera america. "consider this" is coming up next. >> a state supreme court says it's legal to stake pictures up a woman's skirt. is the law lagging behind techno

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>> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york, and breaking news to tell you about. new developments in the miss ing malaysia airlines flight. the australian prime minister says the two objects may have been found from the secret. other authorities in australia say the largest image was an object of about 78 feet, and to locate those objects, the royal australian military has deployed the orion aircraft early this afternoon local time. so it is probably about 4 o'clock australia time in the afternoon there. search planes will arrive about 8 o'clock. another plane will be sent to drop marker buoys. it could give clues as to where the malaysia airlines plane drifted. a ship is also on its way to the site. it's now several days away. this wreckage that they found was about 15 hunt miles off the coast of australia. the australian are in close collaboration with multinational teams that have been working on the mystery sips the plane disappeared 12 days og. weather conditions are not good. in the sout

. >>> welcome to al jazeera america i'm del waters. these are the stories we are following for you. >> russian political isolation will only increase if it continues down its current path. the escalating crisis in ukraine. vice president biden threatening more sanctions as they officially bring crimea into the fold. >>> day 11 of the missing airliner. angry relatives confronting officials about the fate of their loved ones. >>> and the big bang theory gets a big boost. what some are calling the greatest scientific discoveries in history. >> it is safe to say the whole world is watching as the next chapter of ukraine's political crisis is now underway. facing western pressure, russian president vladimir putin taking a hard line over crimea addressing a joint session of the russian parliament. that speech concluding with leaders signing a treaty making crimea an official part of russia. vice president biden going to poland to show support of allies to warn russia of more sanctions. all this unfolding just one day after the president, pre

al jazeera america. 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. >> should schools let kids sleep in for better grades and better health? new research from the university of minnesota found high schools with late are start times have happier and better students. the lead researcher examined the impact of a later study time. she's a former school administrator and principal. good of you to join us. you looked at 9,000 students. in schools that had changed their start times to a later time. you found all sorts of benefits. >> that's true, what we found was remarkable. we looked at academic performance, and the findings were suc

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>>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. president obama using the nuclear security summit to reiterate russia's invasion in crimea is a problem for the international community. >>> compassion that i shared and their priority of putting our family first will help us get through this together. >> passengers on board of flight 370 dealing with the loss of their loved ones. >>> and the death toll in that washington state mud slide continues to go up. the final day of that nuclear security summit just ending in the netherlands. president obama speaking a short time ago, saying he is concerned about any further invasion by russia into ukraine. randall pinkston is in washington. and randall what was the president's message today? >> well, obviously in addition to talking about the progress that the u.s. and its partners have made in reducing nuclear weapons and trying to get some nations to give up their nuclear arms, this entire summit has been overlaid by the crisis in ukraine, and crimea. and the question of what will putin do

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. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. a call to secede, crimea parliament voting to join russia. all of this on a day when the u.s. imposes sanctions against russia as diplomats try to talk it out and find a peaceful solution. >>> and the farming technique that is giving hope to drought-stricken areas of africa. ♪ >>> in ukraine a symbolic vote widening the divide between east and west, crimean parliament voting to become part of russia. now russia and the rust even further apart as america has decided to impose sanctions. phil ittner is live in kiev. and phil this vote won't be official until the people approve it later on. what does the vote by the parliament mean? >> it's mostly symbolic, the crimean parliament suggesting that they want to reunite with the russian federation. they will of course debate whether or not to rejoin. there's a lot of minorities on the peninsula who don't want to, but the majority are ethnic russians, and crimea was part of the russian federatio

. >> toughest place to be a ferryman on al jazeera america >> good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. family members notified of the malaysian crash. >>> warning shots in ukraine talk of diplomatic solutions and sanctions. >>> plus fukushima three years after the disaster began. >> an oil slick may be the first sign of a missing malaysia airline jet. searches spotted a slick just off the coast of vietnam. the boeing 777's last recorded connection. many have assisted in the search. we have more. >> reporter: anxious families wait for news for flight 370 which is disappeared off the radar. the flight left the airport at kuala lumpur on its way to beijing. in beijing, it's a similar scene. the fact that the crew did not send a distress signal means what may have happened, may have happened quickly. >> we'll work with first responders and mobilize full support. our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members. >> reporter: vietnamese search and rescue members said that the last signal from the pl

>> this is al jazeera america america, and i'm morgan radford live from new york city. the country's top story. the boag 777, missing from malasian airlines. air control lost contact with it from about two hours from taking off in kuala lumpur. this is a file picture of the exact plane that's now missing. four u.s. citizens, on board, three adults and one infant. the authorities have activated search and rescue team to try to locate the aircraft. beijing airport flight information lits the flight in red. >>> on the ground in crimea where a ukrainian intelligence source told al jazeera that russian troops number about 20,000. >>> us russia speaks out, the foreign ministry says sanctions listed yesterday by u.s. would hit the nation like a boomerang. >>> venezuela is taking protestersors, continue to follow the breaking news of that missing malasian airlines flight. i'm morgan radford morgan radford. >> confrontations in crimea, what can and should western nations do. the death toll rises as the u.n. presses for answerses. a devastating picture hammers home the suffering

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faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition only on al jazeera america >> welcome back, we are talking about the rise of home skooming in america and why it is now appealing to such a diverse population. we are joined by the cofounder of indigo nation home schooling. thank you for being here. can you hear me? >> hello. >> there you are, and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> so listen, one of the frequent criticisms of home schooling is that kids are raised in a narrow environment and difficult for them to socially adapt. what do you say to that? i know you home school your kids? >> we have had other parents that are nonhome schoolers ask me that very same question about how do you socialize your children. but one of the things that escapes parents that send their children to school and who ask these kinds of questions some of the socialization is not desirable. in the schoolhouse we have children basically associated with other children their age, you know, so we have all 12 years olds talking together and very seldom do we have the adult to med

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm dell in new york. we want to continue our breaking news story that we are following at this hour. a un envoy ceased outside of a cafe. armed men taking him. our nick schifrin who is on the ground there, indicating that he was forced into a car by what he described as a pro-russian mob, and then taken away. he does not exactly know where he has been taken or whether that group of pro-russian supporters, or that pro-russian mob is the language he used is basically being escorted out of the country. we want to go to the deputy director of the american inns put in ukraine. he is live for us in washington, d.c. as you listen to what is going on in crimea, the thing that strikes me the most is that russian president vladimir putin has been telling everybody that his troops are there to protect the russian sector of crimea from pro-ukrainian mobs. but it appears to be the other way around? >> i wouldn't put it pro-ukrainian mobs. one of the things that has bedevilled this entire discussi

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