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al jazeera america. >>america tonight investigates a controverseal addition treatment.it could be a life saver... >>the reset button has been hit what is this teach us about the brain? >> can ibogaine cure heroin addiction? only on al jazeera america >> when the autodefensa movement started taking control of towns from the knights templar cartel, it was an embarrassment for the mexican government. the country's president peÑa nieto is under intense pressure to resolve the crisis. he has deployed more than 9,000 soldiers and federal police to the state to try to regain control. but given the level of mistrust of the government that exists in michoacan, they're having to tread carefully. >> at the army's new base of operations in coalcoman, we spoke with general hernandez. >> basically, it's like all the local police here have just been sent to reform school - a move designed to sever their connections to organized crime meanwhile, the federal government has just done something even more surprising: they've made the controversial decision to legalize the militias, turning

mornings on al jazeera america la matter if it was moved la earth.just don't build below the water table. you don't want to walk down into gravity flow drainage. you don't have sump pumps or anything like >>> [ technical difficulties ] >> but what are the other aspects that america can try to look at canada and say, hey, we can do that? >> i would hope these banks are too big to fail. everybody is moaning and groaning about the regulations, but if you don't regulate them, they act like cowboys and we saw what happened. so we didn't have that issue. so that has to be stuck to. they have got to regulate the financial system. >> look at this point, some of the largest banks on the banks. >> six of the ten largest in the world are canadian. >> so this is an area where we can take an example. >> i think so. and the dodds thing, the legislation goes a long way. but there is a powerful group want. >> we are concentrating on the middle class and income year. >> good for you. >> but some people say the growth inequality is partisan rhetoric. we're not sure, b

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al jazeera america. i am richard ginzberg. if you want to pick a side in the ukraine story, pick a channel. there is something for everyone. protesters in thailand want just one side of that story told. so they have given journalists marching orders. we will drill down into the coverage of the economic story in greece where the media are a battleground. and, the joy of selling out. ♪ i need the money ♪ week. >> with troops occupying the region president vladimir putin saw him greeted as a hero. the date, the anniversary of the end of world war ii was significant because back home, on russian television screens, putin's policy in ukraine is depicted as a valiant stand on behalf of russian speakers there against the same kind of fascism russia fought in the second world war. in fact, 300 of the kremlin's favorite journalists have medals to show for their work on the ukraine story. >> kind of coverage has been dismissed as propaganda in the west. but you don't have to go all the way to moscow to find biased

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we'll thank you for watching al jazeera america. "fault lines" next and you can check us out 24 hours a day at www.aljazeera.com. >> a group of armed vigilantes is trading machine gun fire with members of the knights templar cartel until early this year, the town of nueva italia in mexico's western state of michoacan was under the control of the cartel but after more than a decade of fear, something changed these men armed themselves, and town-by-town, they began to drive the cartel out. they call themselves autodefensas, or self-defense forces. their leaders claim that 20,000 have joined the armed movement. their advance has been welcomed by many, but it's also plunged this state into a new kind of lawlessness. >> we've just arrived to michoacán and we've heard that four heads have been discovered on the steps leading to this church here in this small town of zacan. >> it's a gruesome warning from the templars, as the autodefensas approach this town from the south the bodies were taken away by authorities before we arrived. but peo

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even on al jazeera america.nd ahead in our final segment, vanishing stars, a sea life mystery stars disappearing, from the >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. the stream is uniquely interactive television. we depend on you, >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> the stream. next on al jazeera america and join the conversation online @ajamstream. take a new look at news. if you have ever waded through the tidal pools maybe you have noticed the star fish. an unknown killer is attacking these creatures of the sea. looking for answers.ut >> in this corner of the california coast, researchers are gathering evidence in a marine mystery. they are serging rock by rock, and crevasse by crevasse for stash fish. >> normally many specie

al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're locking the door...round breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. chasing bail only on al jazeera america >> before there was rand paul, there was ron paul. the father. while the son is a senator who may run for president in 2016, the father isn't exactly fading in the back ground. ron paul is an outspoken libertarian. you can find his opinions on ronpaul.com. some of the content is free and some requires a are subscription that costs $9.95 a month. ali sat down with ron paul and asked him his appeal, young among young people and college students. >> i was delighted with it. i took a position which was a libertarian position, which was, you have to be responsible for yourself. most people paint young people as, they're totally independent, what's the government going to do for them? and there's plenty of that. the students when you offered it up to them they were very open. but i think conditions have helped me on that. not only wa

on al jazeera america. finally if you're a struggling european nation trying to reduce your debt ratio to comply with european union rules. you recount your economy in your gdp. italy has announced it's counting drugs, prostitution, and goo 'ol fashioned smuggling in the country's overall gdp to order its debt ratio. it's not like italy's only known for its pasta. but the country is going to do one better than that. it's going to retroactively include it in the gdp for the past years as well. the country will comply with the e.u.'s rules on how indebted it can be. i wish it could have been on the high ranking brain storms that led to this idea. a bunk of italian men sitting around a conference table saying what else are we good with the? what else do we make money on? it sounds like a joke. italy is dead serious on this. if the e.u. accept it's it math, if they do no doesn't other countries will follow suit. the black market account accounts for 20% of the country's gdp, and that is not churc chump change.

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al jazeera america, take a new look at news. joining us for "talk toays" actor, sean penn >> you are a staunch defender of human rights and some people have questioned about your friendship with the late venzuelan president hugo chavez and why you would be so interested in a country like venzuela which is considered one of the most corrupt in the world. talk to me about your relationship with venzuela and particularly hugo chavez and his successor, nicholas madduro. what is it that you see in them that you admire that you admire? >> i have never bee capitalism? >> neither? >> neither. >> the humility of many of the progressive socialist governments seems to this layman as a very practical acknowledgement because we see how capitalist systems are failing. we see how the socialist systems are dysfunctional. we know that people -- that dreaming isn't a luxury. it's a human need and, hints, capitalism feeds into the possibility of that dream and the entrepreneurial ship that all of those discussions, but beginning with the beginning

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>>techknow >> we're here in the vortex... only on al jazeera america >> 30% is considered affordable. we looked at what effect this is having as part of america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. an increasing number of renters are getting priced out of neighborhoods where they have lived for generations. >> it's not just major cities like san francisco where rental rates are skyrocketing. there are 20 cities where rents are too affordable, pricing people out of the middle class. >> we have one three period left and they're asking $4,650 for it. >> rents are rising to record levels. the median price of apartments in brooklyn rose 13 percent to $2,900. in 2009, this two-bedroom, one bathroom apartment rented for $2,400. today it's on the market for $4,100. >> i see people coming in to rent apartments. it's not uncommon to see people come in with 2200 salary. >> the middle class just catch a break. smaller paychecks and stricter mortgage requirements have made homeownership increasingly difficult. the need for rentals has grown, but as rent increases with demand, a number of families

only on al jazeera america tive, consider this on al jazeera america >> s welcome back to inside st.e aren't cooing our conversation on the u.s. department of veterans affairs. as of 2012, there were 22 million veterans in the united states, 8 1/2 million are enrolled in the v.a. healthcare system. you often hear about the size of the bureaucracy, these numbers tell part of the story. there are 56 regional offices for benefit administration. 152 veterans administration hospitals, 300 veterans centers, 817 community based outpatient clinics. richard at len smith, you wanted to jump in before the break. >> yeah, i just want to say, we all agree, that if people are in the system, that's wrong. but i think we would also all agree, that access to care and quality care is a lot better than it was in 2007, before general took over. and i think it is important that we don't throw the baby out with the bath water. the general has done an amazing job at modernizing the v.a. and second, i want to point out that the he john support add spending bill, that republicans in congress spiked. and that

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ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to this "real money" special, america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. we met jody bolin earlier. she hopes to attract more customers by moving her store to a new location. she's taking a gamble and the stakes couldn't be higher. here is more on her story. >> sometimes i question why is this happening to me? >> do you need a card? >> jody bolin is a struggling gift shop owner and the struggling mother of 16-year-old julian. >> she's my role model of perseverance. >> a life sometime of ups and downs. when she was 15 jody went to tokyo to work as a model and actress. >> i was make 20 to $30,000 a month. >> she came home with very little saved up. >> i strrted teaching -- started teexg modeling. trying to i figure out what i was going to do. >> jody eventually married a otherevenue of a printing busin. >> we were very comfortable. >> when their marriage began do unravel, she took a job as the manager of a gift shop. jody and her partner bought the business for $62h 62,500. >> the st

. >> the borderland memorial day marathon only at al jazeera america >> two of america's biggest global rivals just joined forces. i'll tell you how china and russia's gas deal flies in the face of u.s. political goals and i'm bringing on sandy berger for his take. also forget the minimum wage debate, the stagnant middle class wages may be the big "e" problem, and i'll show you how philadelphia is trying to lure middle class families back to the city. plus how to brew up a billion a million dollar business with idealism and a dash of sugar. i'm ali velshi in washington, d.c. and this is "real money." >> this is real money coming to you from washington, d.c. you remain the most important part of the show. tell me what's on your mind. >>> russian president vladimir putin and chinese president signed an historic international deal in shanghai valued at $400 billion. china commits to buy russian natural gas for 30 years to power it's growing economy. the world's second largest after the united states. today's deal connects russia's northeast t through siberia. today's deal has huge implicat

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. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i am del walters. these are the stories we are following for you: . >> our girls! our girls! >> there is no let-up in the international pressure to find the missing nigerian school girls. this new report says the government was warned much that attack hours before it happened. and new fighting in southeastern ukraine as pro-russian activists and ukrainian troops clash again. >>> another investigation into the benghazi attack. some democrats saying it is a political stunt. >> heaving fled their homes fora better life, these dreams of these immigrants are not coming true. . >> in nigeria, there is in that evidence that says nigh year i can't's military was warned and newb boko haram's plans but did nothing. the report by amnesty international says the military had a four-hour warning and saying the kidnapping of those 270 girls from a boarding school last month followed that very same warning. today, american and british teams are in nigeria helping with the search. he von edegi has more. >> the forces h

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al jazeera america presents the system with joe beringer only on al jazeera america >>> today is mayay when most countries around the world celebrate their workers, in fact america is one of the few places with their day in september. any way, see at major proposed raising minimum wage to $15 an hour. alan is in seattle covering this for us. alan? >> and ali the mayor says complete coincidence that this announcement came on may day. it would raise the minimum wage, but it would phase it in. for the smaller companies they would have reach that level within seven years, bigger companies within three years. the mayor said this was a big win, and he sees it in terms of a national arena and this issue, really just a first step. >> in the glue of this nation holding together has always been a large middle class, hopefully here in this city, at this time, on this day, we will begin the process of taking those first steps, those next steps, in restoring the middle class, and growing the again. >> not quite a done deal at this point. the city council are the ones who are going to have to twea