only on al jazeera america . >> where are you taking me. >> reporter: winn enthusiasts go to napa, in jamaica, there's a special tour. "america tonight" gives access to a farm. plant. >> no. >> reporter: this is marijuana. >> yes, cannabis. >> reporter: cannabis. these are all different types? >> yes, yes, yes. many assume marijuana, cannabis, ganga, as the jamaicans call it has been legal. for decades, it's been against the law to have it. which is why the farmer does not reveal the identity. >> i've been arrested for a splith. >> reporter: it represented a change, when this year, taking a cue from colorado, the jamaica government decriminalized small payments of the plant? >> what do you think when earlier this year, marijuana was ge criminalized? >> i see it was a good opportunity for the group. for the people that bear the brunt and the illegality of it, to be redeemed >>> jamaica's decriminalization of marijuana makes some here uneasy. this is a conservative scoty. the gang dominated the illegal drug crayed and parts of the country bear the scars of the violence. in 2010 a state

presents only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera. >> hello. i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour live from london. after weeks the prime minister reveals new measures but will it upset the sectarian balance? haiti's first election after years of delays. >> escaping violence, facing new challenges. is findinfinding security inen

 [music] this is al jazeera america live from new york city.at least three people are recovering from gun shot wounds in fergueson, missouri. a night of violence ended a mostly peaceful weekend of demonstration toss mark one year since the death of michael brown. two teens were shot near a memorial to brown and a man is in critical condition after police say he shot at plains clothed officers. >> reporter: two teens were walking near an apartment complex near where michael brown was shot and someone from the back of a vehicle fired at the two teens. they were struck but sustained non-life-threatening injuries. at 11:00 shots rang out near a protest just as the fergueson police chief was talking to reporters. the shootings happened when a man fired multiple shots at police. the police chief descriens what happened. >> the suspect engages them with gunfire right at the grill of the car. strike the hood. i don't know if you have seen pictures of it yet. strikes the windshield four or five times. the detectives returned fire from the inside of the

only on al jazeera america other stories on the radar. a reporter murdered in south sudan, days after the president made threatening comments against journalists suggesting they could be killed for reporting against the country. peter julius moi was shot dead in juba, his colleagues called it a targeted killing. there's no evidence linking the shooting to what president salva kiir said on august 16th when, having been stung by criticism for refusing to sign a peace agreement he told reporters: bsh bsh there was no immediate response to the subsequent shooting from the authorities. south sudan has been in a state of civil war for 18 months. earlier this month the government shutdown three newspapers, the arabic paper, and an english paper. a british citizen of bangladesh origin has been accused of planning murders. he was arrested on august 17th, alleging he was behind the killings of two of the four bloggers killed in the capital. two others are accused of working for a team, an al qaeda-inspired radical organization banned. in a separate

. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for.t 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "inside story". i'm ray suarez. on a game - this time on the programme we are looking at youth sports and injuries. joining us now, cj rucker, a former pro-basketball player, international. and son cameron who is playing high school basketball. this is world you know from the inside. what do you tell your own son about the physical sacrifices of playing, do you even want him to play? >> i guess quite obviously being a former athlete myself, and looking at physically what was innate, what he was born with, i share the sentiment of many dads that want to see their sons go further in the sport than i went. i do emphasise on a daily basis, much to his demise, that physical fitness is huge. is keeps you protected. and also makes you more of a performer athlete. >> when you get up

only on al jazeera america. rockstar >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey in new york. here are the top stories - a set back in the fight against i.s.i.l. a u.s. ally comes understand heavy fire -- under heavy fire in syria >>> debt trouble - porto rico can't make a payment >>> a piece of a plane arrive said in france. investigators will determine if it's part of malaysia airlines flight 370 >>> zimbabwe - a major change to the country's hunting laws after the death of cecil the lion >>> we begin in syria where the u.s. effort to create a reliable military against i.s.i.l. suffered a setback. al qaeda's syrian win carried out an attack on syrian opposition forces trained by americans. it is the latest attempt by the al nusra front to undermine syrian rebel groups receiving support from the west. zeina khodr is in southern turkey with the latest. >> reporter: across the border in syria opposition groups have taken up release against each other. there has been more infighting threatening the training

only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in for antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, just four days ahead of the u.s. flag raising in havana a look at the preparations for the historic ceremony. but first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. 18-year-old tyrone harris is now charged with assault on police officers after allegedly opening fire on plain carlos detectives in ferguson, missouri. first anniversary of the death of michael brown. he is now listed in critical condition, an officer. the outbreak of legionnaire's disease now stands at 12. health officials suspect that five contaminated water cooling towers in south bronx is the source of the disease. can be treated with antibiotics. there. >> the largest supplier of sugary drinks, cola cola, americans should be paying more attention to exercise and less attention to their diet. back in february, coke also endorsed online pieces for american heart month, arguing that a mini can of

. ♪ good morning, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm steph -- stephanie sy.resident obama only has a few weeks left until the house and senate will vote today he will speak at american university in dc. that is the same place where john f. kennedy spoke about nuclear disarmament. but as john terrett reports, the president is up against an equally strong campaign. >> reporter: the toughest critic, benjamin netenyahu. his line, i would accept a good deal, but this is a bad one. >> don't let the world's formost terrorist regime get its hands on the world's most dangerous weapons. oppose this bad deal. >> reporter: the white house continued the fight tuesday in support of the nuclear deal with iran. president obama attempting to ease concerns of the same major jewish organizations addressed earlier by netenyahu. >> this is an opportunity for the president to once again lay out his case to all of them, about why believes this is the best way for us to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear when upon. >> reporter: the battle on the airwaves is heating up to. this on

an al jazeera america special. i'm antonio mora coming to you from havana, in the plaza did san francisco. people of cuba and the people of united states, the u.s. flag was raised over the american embassy in havana for the first time in more than 54 years a powerful symbol of the change in the u.s. cuba relationship that's taken place in lest than a year. melissa chan, at the ceremony, melissa there were some powerful moments. >> absolutely powerful, the flag went up very, very quickly, whoosh and it was done. we heard the crowd outside the embassy, ordinary cubans, clapping and cheering. i'll have to say what a day. it has actually functioned as an embassy for almost a month now since the formal resumption of diplomatic relations on july 20th. but if any doubt symbols are important, the fact that the embassy in havana waited for secretary of state john kerry to raise the flag is proof that pomp and circumstance matters. >> the presidents obama and castro made a courageous decision over the issues of today and tom

only on al jazeera america >> trafficked labor on the front lines? >> they're things, they're commodities... >> we go undercover... >> it isn't easy to talk at this base >> what's happing on u.s. bases? >> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to "inside story". i'm sheila macvicar in for sw luis suarez. this time on the show, chasing the dream. is owning a home still worth it. first time home buyers are playing an historically small part in the housing market. is a lack of inventory driving up prices for entry level homes keeping them on the sidelines, are other forces at play. steven is the director of the collision for nonprofitousing, and mark is a director of studies at the cueto institute. if i could turn to you, when you look at the market and you see the historicall

. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm erica and we begin with the continued tensionsn ferguson, missouri, more protests are planned there today to mark one year since the death of michael brown. some organizers are calling for civil disobedience and comes after a night of gun violence following demonstrations. [gunfire] two teens shot near a memorial to brown and one man is in critical condition after police say he shot a plain clothes officer and diane has more. >> about 2:00 this morning two teenagers walking by the apartment complex near the site where michael brown was shot last year. someone from a back of a vehicle fired at those two teenagers and the two teenagers were struck but sustained nonlife threatening injuries. a few hours before that at about 11:00 shots rang out near a protest on west floricent avenue just as the police chief andre anderson was talking to reporters and it happened when they fired at police and the chief belmar describes what happens. >> the suspect engages them with gunfire at the grill of the car and strike the hood and i don't know

presents only on al jazeera america >> crown heights, brooklyn.ore families from this neighborhood have entered the shelter system than from any other in new york. ♪ her in new york. crown heights brooklyn, more families from this neighborhood have entered the shelter system than from any other in new york. >> i've been here a long time and i'm a senior and i listen to some of the rents some of these people are paying, i can't afford that. >> i heard about them. >> reporter: we are at a meeting called by people who live in the building. >> i could be homeless too, any of us could have a situation where something happens and we lose money and your apartment, any one of us could find ourselves without our home. >> reporter: the home is rent stabilized but keisha was the last paying tenant to move in. >> people are saying this building is about to change drastically. >> reporter: she started to notice bunk beds being moved in the building and she asked the supervisor what was happening. >> it's for the people. and i said what people, for the shelter

presents only on al jazeera america >> welcome everyone to al jazeera america.m tony harris in new york. there is a bit of a scrum going on right now in ferguson, missouri. we're about to bring a news conference from ferguson. on the resignation of the city's police chief. thomas jackson would be the sixth city employee to either step down or be fired in the wake of last week's scathing justice department report. now that report followed the police shooting death of michael brown and uncovered a history of racial bias in policing. we talk about some of the details, and we certainly learned that racist e-mails from city officials, the report found that the police department discriminated against african-americans, that blacks were stopped more often than whites, and blacks were ticketed and treated differently in court. in the aftermath of all this, the court clerk, her name is mary ann twitty. she resigned. the police captain, rick hennick, and william mudd all resigned. john shaw, and municipal judge ronald brockmeyer also resigned. let's take you back now to f

this is al jazeera america. at tonight's stories, ferguson, missouri, one year later, the city marking the death of michael brown, that shooting spark can discussions about race and police. eight members of a texas family, six were children, police say they have a suspect in custody. a new approach in the u.s. led coalition against isil in syria and iraq. they come in the form of air strikes from turkey. >> some people tearing down. >> and remembering the victims, 70 years after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, survivors are sharing their stories. >>> one year ago today, august 9th, 2014, 18-year-old

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america.yes to a world in motion. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close to the isil position >> who is in charge, and are they going to be held to accout? >> but know we're following the research team into the fire >> they're learning how to practice democracy... >> ...just seen tear gas being thrown... >> ...glad sombody care about us man... >> several human workers were kidnapped... >> this is what's left of the hospital >> is a crime that's under reported... >> what do you think... >> we're making history right now... >> al jazeera america >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of e behind closed doors, the latest grand jury called by bob mcculloch - the one for the killing of michael brown - dragged on for months... demands for the prosecutor to recuse himself had been dismissed. there were 70 hours of witness testimony, hundreds of pages of notes. former prosecutors were bewildered by the proceedings. >> that's not how we do it. and you know that's not how we

and it was bbc america, al jazeera, c-span, al jazeera, bbc america. you see the pattern here is that the young, bright people in our country are turning away from our media. mainly, everybody that is watching should always remember that we had a thing in this country called the baroness doctrine -- fairness doctrine. the fairness doctrine basically kept honesty in journalism. so you couldn't do spend, -- spinds, propaganda. my own party, the republican party, in congress killed the fairness doctrine. why would any party of politicians get rid of truth in media echo well, -- media? well, that is when you have stations like fox that tells everyone that climate change is a hoax. could you imagine al jazeera telling people that climate change is a hoax? i often tell my republican friends, if you want to be a conservative, the conservative. stop voting for s did start watching c-span more, al jazeera more, ebc america more. and free speech that doesn't have any corporate ownership. that is where you go, oh, that is why they voted that way. host: mostefa so

only on al jazeera america >> for all the coverage of police clashes with minority neighborhoods, ferguson, north charleston, staten island and the rest, you would think that this was unique to this country but it is not. brazil also faces serious allegation of s of excessive actions against black minorities. our guide to the streets of bahia state knows racism in both countries. >> my name is . living in a world is designed to believe that your life has no value. i never believed that. i was taught the truth. i knew my people built this country and once i learned that brazil was a product of the same slave trade i became obsessed with comparing systems. so once i got the chance to actually come here i took it. being outdoors is to be connected to african itself whether it's the food you eat, the music you play, those things come directly from your culture, from west africa. brazil is home to the second largest group of afte afro descendants. the celebration of african culture is everywhere here is really impor

organizers smist there's no evidence linking the water quality to the illnesses. >> that's it for al jazeera america news. i'm randall pinkston, thank you for watching. "america tonight" is next. [ ♪ music ] >>> good evening, i'm michael oku, this is a special edition of "america tonight". this evening we focus our lens on a 1300 acre scratch of south los angeles, it was referred to as a cattle ranch, then a major railroad junction. at one point nicknamed mud town for the many dirt roads that respect unpaved. after 1965, very few would call it anythin

>> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. >> we're back here on techknow with an intriguing question. would you take a trip to mars? >> would you? >> this mission is still in its planning stages but some people out there say that they're for real, they are planning to go to mars but they are prepared to not come back. >> would you guys want to take it? >> i met a woman who's already signed up and she's raring to go. >> for decades, humanity has been fascinated with a manned expedition to mars. >> this is the definition of pioneering. that doesn't scare you? >> that's what makes it exciting. >> robotic pioneers like the mars curiosity rover have been crawling around the cratered landscape, uncovering clues about whether this distant planet can sustain life as we know it. >> do you have

presents only on al jazeera america >>> more now on backpage.com and the increasing pressure on the website from cook county sheriff thomas dart to cut down on child sex trafficking. the site says its escort services section helps law traffickers. i heard that from liz mcdougall, the company's counsel. i interviewed her after mary snow's report. here is more of my brew with mcdougall. you heard the young woman say if not for the web page, she would be found sooner. a pimp told her backpage was safe are on the street. do you worry when you see something like that, that backpage is paving a road for the pimples. my heart goes out for natalie and her family, i understand how it feels. the reality knows that it could be responsible for what happened to her, or for the perpetuation of prostitution, sex trafficking, child sex trafficking. we had sex work in our society, legal and illegal. that is not going away. i see no indication of that. i see no imperial evidence. the internet is not going away any time soon. so long as both of those exist. people who are engaged are going to u

only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america.ibby casey in for antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, the debate over greece's bailout programme threatens to split the governing party. first a look at the stories across the u.s. in our american minute. the navaho nation prejudices to take legal action against the e.p.a. for inadvertently causing a toxic spill into two rivers. it dumped 3 million gallons of mine sludge into the waterways. the e.p.a. said waters has returned to prespill safety levels >>> washington state is fined $100,000 a day over a school funding gap. the state supreme court failed to fund basic education for washington's 1 million schoolchildren. the court ordered state lawmakers to come up with a plan to boost the budget by a million over the next five years >>> the connecticut supreme court deemed the death penalty unconstitutional. death sentences for future dayses have been eliminated. the law allowed sentences to be handed out before then to be carried out. >> a team of nuclear an

only on al jazeera america >> our fast forward segment looks at unexpected highs and potentially fatalows that legalized recreational marijuana industries serving up pop tarts, brownies, that even without that extra boost are appealing.but maintain's lori jane gliha tells us about the growing concern of the too easy overdoses of a tasty high. >> i had really, really lost touch with reality, started projectile vomiting in the car. >> you thought you were going to die. >> i thought it 20 times in the car, i'm going to die, going to have a latter attack right now. >> when jordan took his family to the county fair he never thought he would od on marijuana. >> i thought i'd gotten poisoned. >> they checked out the fair's pot pavilion, one of the fair's major excision areas. combination exhibition areas.coombs approached a bootht caught his eye. >> it was like willie wonka factory, i started eating chocolates. >> reporter: less than an hour later, coombs became totally disoriented, begged his wife to take him to a hospital. after a terrifying ride to the emergency room, he says medical worke

only on al jazeera america >> trafficked labor on the front lines? >> they're things, they're commodities... >> we go undercover... >> it isn't easy to talk at this base >> what's happing on u.s. bases? >> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... . . only on al jazeera america >> cap sizes. this one off the coast of libya. also in this program, caught in conflict, the u.s. says civilian casualties in afghanistan are at their highest levels ever despite the war having ended six months ago. >>> rains brought to

digital deficiencies, it's the >> al jazeera america primetime. the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. [ ♪ ] >>> welcome back to "inside story". i'm lisa fletcher, in for ray suarez. tonight - digital deficiencies, how some americans are avoiding the internet or the internet avoiding them. internet connectivity is ainvading americans lives. for many, like electricity, they can't imagine living without it. we are back with scott, erica and ron. what are some of the less obvious challenges to closing the digital divide between rich and poor families? >> the less obvious is getting the device in people's hands. they become so divisive to people not having tablets, smartphones, and for the kids doing homework. they can't do them on a smartphone. the devices don't work that way. so getting the devices in their hands, having the access within the neighbour hood

this is al jazeera america. ali velshi will join me in a memo. catching their breath, the dow down 242 points, that's still a significant number. >> uh-huh. >> the dow fell a thousand points at opening. this in response to a selloff in china. shanghai's exchange closed down over 8% over fears that the economy is slowing, seems to be the case, no doubt about that, oil prices are plummeting too. they are at a six year low. ali is here. when you saw this, what did you think? >> you and i talked on friday after the markets closed. down tick with high velocity. >> more selling. >> the only thing stopping the market from going lower was the clock. we knew asian markets would open lower, we didn't know the rate it would down tick. erasing all of its gains for the year, it's been down a lot lately, it was a hot market. as the sun moves fast, europe took another big hit and it reopened. what you saw was a finishing off like that this morning. i've never seen a selloff, a thousand points! >> but what is this about? >> it's not about -- it used to be the st

>> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting. >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >>> loel, everybody, this al jazeera america, lye from new york city. i'm david shuster. after another deadly weekend in chicago, victim's families are fed up. >>> also the battle in baltimore, the place known as charm city is facing a surge in murders. we'll bring you reports from the streets. >>> plus, sugar coating. coca-cola is teaming up with scientists to promote an alternative message about fighting obesity, critics are telling consumers not to swallow it. >>> and the indigo girls. >> amy writes hers and i write mine and then we bring them together. >> they talk about why they are closer to fine than ever. >>> in chicago residents of the windy city are reeling from another violent weekend. authorities say starting friday night two people were killed and 43 more were injured. that

. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. [ ♪ ] >>> checking your email, posting pictures on facebook, perhaps tweeting out your whereabouts. they are fairly route in in the internet age, but 15% of american adults still are not online. what is their hold up? fear of technology, lack of access. digital deficiencies. it's "inside story". welcome to "inside story". i'm lisa fletcher in for ray suarez. the fast-paced world set in gear by high-speed internet access has transformed the way we learn, do our jobs and live our lives. 15% of americans are offline according to a recent pugh study, that fm has been on the decline since 2000. when half of americans didn't use the internet. the decrease flattoed. the details are noteworthy. >> 39%. 33% have less than a high school degree. 25% less than 30,000 dollars a year, and 24% live in rural

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america.n your eyes to a world in motion. >> the stars and stripes are once again flying over the american embassy in cuba. it's been 54 years since cubans last saw that. the flag raising marks the end beginning of the end of half century of tensions between the two countries but they remain. while many cubans are hoping that the reestablishment of relations will increase prosperity, others are keeping expectations low. david ariosto is in cuba with the story. >> bending around havana's southern rim is malacon, long a meeting spot for cuba's lovers. musicians, poets. offering cubans a perch together and rest. so i.t., the famed malacon. partially built by the u.s. army corps of engineers back before fidel castro was a thought in this country. on a good day you can actually pick up radio stations from southwest florida. all sorts of people walk along this area, sometimes they're even talking about politics. and so i sat down with a few cubans to get their take on what this new u.s. embassy actu

>> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> deep in the rain forest of peru, sits a one of a kind research center called tambopata. and when you are working there - you have to be prepared for life in the jungle. research after sundown at the center can be challenging. a generator provides electricity only 7 hours a day - and lights out is 9pm sharp. a good headlamp is your best friend... along with your mosquito net to keep unwanted guests out of bed. and during mealtime - you have to keep an eye out for the occasional thief... this one targeted our techknow crew. >> pretty good, yeah? >> this macaw is inocencio - who nests near the center with his mate - chuchuy. they are both scarlet macaws - a species that can live to the ripe old age of 50 in the wild. scarlet macaws are doing well here - but endangered in other regions.

>> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> this time on "inside story," indicting the grand jury. i'm lisa fletcher in for ray suarez. in legal circles, sometimes you will hear grand jury's prime purpose as the shield and the sword. criminal wrongdoing decide whether the case is strong enough to warrant indictment. the sword, grand juries have broad power to see or hear practically whatever they want. they can compel testimony which may or may not bolster the prosecution's case. but somewhere along the line has the sword become mightier than shield, debbie hiens is still with us and horst horace cooper and la doris cordell from san jose, california, a former independent police auditor. do you believe that grand juries protect citizens from poorly conceived and prosecution? >> first it's important to understand there are two

>> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> when it comes to studying creatures living inside the amazon rainforest, tambopata is about as good as it gets. this gorgeous creature is a juvenile red-tail boa and it looks so fresh because it just shed its skin. brimming with forest and life, there are likely thousands of species yet to be discovered. and that's where i come in. techknow first visited here in 2013 to look at this spider i helped discover. it's a tiny spider disguised as a big spider. that was the first animal recorded to actually build a fake animal from scratch - we also went to solve what was making this mysterious structure we call 'silkhenge'. these discoveries were talked about around the world, like here online at reddit... even on msnbc which compared my discovery to the hairstyle of a new york city celebr

who says the court battle will push guns into >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 7:40 eastern time, taking a look at today's top stories. two nato soldiers were shot in southern afghanistan by gunman wearing the uniforms of afghan security forces. authorities have not released their nationalities so far. other nato troops returned fire, killing the gunmen. >> the pentagon says inspector general is investigating whether the military is misstating the scope of its gains against isil. an independent analyst told authorities he has evidence that u.s. central command was reworking intelligence assessments for policies makers. >> four months after the death of freddie gray sparked unrest in baltimore, maryland has become the first state to enact new regulations intending to cut down on racial profiling by police. the rules limit when police can consider race, ethnicity, region or sexual orientation during interaction with the public. >> officials in seattle are defending a new law, tax on guns and ammunition as the n.r.a. sues the city over it. the lawsuit challen

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america.pen your eyes to a world in motion. ♪ >>> well today marks 500 days, since 276 nigerian girls were abducted from their school. they are still missing. relatives of more than 200 of the girls are trying to keep pressure on the nigerian government to do more to find them. >> reporter: thursday marked 500 days since the girls were abducted and the culmination of seven days of activities to try to draw the public's attention to the fact that the girls are still missing and to try to mobilize the public to put pressure on the government to do more to find them. on thursday, relatives and their supporters will hold a peaceful demonstration in the capitol. in the even there will be a candle lit vigil. the government say they are doing all they can to rescue them. that the military have massively intensified intelligence gathering; that there are many reconnaissance missions and surveillance missions going on in these areas to try to locate the girls, and that everything is being done, but the

that is our show today i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. [ ♪ ] >>> checking your email, posting pictures on facebook, perhaps tweeting out your whereabouts. they are fairly route in in the internet age, but 15% of american adults still are not online. what is their hold up? fear of technology, lack of access. digital deficiencies.

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only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome to back to al jazeera america.ine more buildings in new york city have tested positive for the bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease, six of them are outside the impact zone. officials say the six new sites are not necessarily connected to the outbreak. >>> firefighters in northern california are now fighting two major fires. the jerusalem fire has grown to 20,500 achors, burning up brush just south of the rocky fire. >>> and three more women have come forward with allegations against bill cosby. they all claim the comedian assaulted them. the los angeles police department is currently investigating cosby. he is set to be deposed in a separate lawsuit in october. >>> isil is claiming responsibility for one of the worst attacks in years in baghdad. a truck packed with explosives designated at a crowded market this morning. the suicide becoming was in a predominantly shia neighborhood in iraq. mohammed jamjoom has more. >> reporter: it really underscores how tenuous the security situation remains not just throug

only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america primetime.rn. >> the european migrant crisis has grown beyond the european union's borders. internal borders are coming under pressure. thousands are living in squaller camped out near calais france, the mainland entrances of the channel tunnel hoping to cross into the u.k. the british people are having a profound reaction to the migrants trying to reach their shores. al jazeera's lawrence lee spent time in dover england. here is an excerpt of hi report. >> egged on by a british media suggestive of a billuos rage against all migrants, the political class and popular opinion here have decided by and large, the stowaways are almost all up to no good. >> they say they want to work. i don't think actually that is the cases. >> this country, its people is not for pie grants. only for the brirt. why should they cover over in the first place? >> those who try to explain almost all of those in calais are likely to be legitimate refugees have had their voices drowned out. >> the reality is they are fleei

. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> i'm joie chen, you're watching "talk to al jazeera". our guest is classical superstar lang lang. >> you do quite a bit of work with young people very young talents, who are also interested in piano, and also want to be like lang lang, i guess. is that possible? particularly here in the west. i know in asia it's different. you're still a rock star. do you imagine a moment where classical music will have that kind of rock-star status in america? >> it depends. i mean, the - that - actually that doesn't really matter, whether it feels like rock star in america or not. because what i'm thinking about is just - there's no music class in public schools here. and that's - that's really kind of - from day one, when i arrive in '97. my high school didn't have music class. >> and tha

jazeera. san francisco. >> that's "america tonight." tell us what you think at www.aljazeera.com/america tonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook, and come back we'll >> what did you see when you went outside last year? >> there was a dead body in the middle of the street... for 5 hours. >> there's a lot of work to be done. >> they need to quite talking about what should be done and do it. >> there's clearly an issue and we have to focus on how we bridge that. >> a lot of innocent lives are still being lost. >> if i don't get into the programs that i want it would really make me second-guess my pursuing a career in dance. it would definitely mean i'm not ready for a professional career. my future is in my hands right now. >> i live on the west side of chicago. it's a good chance you get shot here but you never know when it can happen. in this neighborhood not a lot of people went to college. i'm supposedly supposed to be the child who makes it. >> i feel like you're going on a downward trend. >> today your dad took me for a walk.

weeknights, on al jazeera america. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera" - john lydon, lead singer of "the sex pistols" - the band that ignited a punk rock revolution. >> pain, suffering, the disenfranchised, unnecessary poverty, class warfare, all of these issues bother me greatly. >> he was a man who generated headlines and controversy. famous, of course, for his hit "god save the queen". >> [singing] god save the queen, the fascist regime. >> taking aim at the british monarchy. >> they're an accident of birth, they were born in a birdcage and i feel very sorry for them... a gilded birdcage. >> he wrote "anarchy in the u.k.". >> [singing] i am an anti-christ, i am an anarchist. >> however, lydon is now an american citizen, who says the people have an obligation to vote but... >> don't be voting in billionaires. just don't be doing that, because that would be nothing but bad news for all of ya. >> lydon grew up poor in north london. as a child he had meningitis, he survived with the virus shaping his life, but erasing his memory. >> when i came out of that coma, i could not remember.

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >>> know with ad vice and news. >> mike sachs for the national law journal. thank you for joining us. ahmed, let's start with you. jimmie carter said america is an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president. russia is. is america an oligarchy? >> i think it's a bit of an overstatement. that said, when you look at where things are headed in this country as you compare it to a mayortarian, it is headed that way. campaign finance and the reforms that haven't taken place in citizens united. it's the fact that there seems to be a very insignificant amount of influence that the actual leaktorate, the population can have on an election. >> you say hitseding in that direction. how far down the road is it then? >> it's obviously daft assess. en though you have, you know, individuals like adelsan, the koch brothers spending $900 million in thisly cycle. they are not over-stepping the entire electoral

. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. thousands of acres of bone-dry lands are on fire today. firefighters are working around the clock to contain a growing number of wildfires in the state. in just stays the fires have destroyed 100,000 acres more than 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. >> good morning steph, fires are burning all along the west coast but the hardest hit is northern california, fires north of san francisco where it has destroyed two dozen homes. >> day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington and oregon. >> doomsday is what it looks like. >> the winds are driving the fire through dry trees and timbers. >> the fire got pretty big. >> firefighting planes are making the rounds including dc ten tankers releasing fire retardant. evacuation orders effecting 12,000 people have been issued in communities north of francisco. one resident is temporarily camping in an rv with his pet. >> we'll see when we can get back in ther

formed in yugoslavia in the 1980s, and is a best-known band >>> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora, thank you for watching. "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. we leave you with a video that has gone viral with 2.5 hits. north korean accordion hits play "take on me." >>> justice date day. >> when a verdict came back, and it was guilty on all counts, the courtroom erupted >>> justice can by blindsided when a witness gets it wrong. >> two years on death row for something i did not do >>> when cops are the bad guys. >> he physically used his hands, slapped me, choked me >>> confessions are forced. >> 25% nationwide, all wrongful convictions >>> an "america tonight" special, reasonable doubt

that's coming up inon al jazeera america. america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of intrrveinternational news, a scd missile shot across the border. but a virginia journalist and her cameraman were killed. vester lee flanagan later shot himself to death. he had been fired from the station in which the news people worked. he sent a manifesto over racial inequality. james holmes has been sentenced. families of the victims say they are released with the sentencing. holmes attorney says he will not appeal the decision. one of the national zoo's newborn panda cubs has died. the zoo's adult female panda gave birth last week. the zoo appears the larger twin appears to be healthy and strong. >>> rebels launched a scud missile across yemen's border into saudi arabia today. the saudi military said i.t. was intercepted and destroyed. debt tom mounts across the country. the conflict is now into its sixth month. ahelbarra hahashem ahelbarra ha. >> artillery has been pounding houthi positions nonstop for days. shia rebels insist the

weeknights, on al jazeera america. this is techknow. a show about innovations that can change lives. the science of fighting a wild-fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science, by scientists. tonight, techknow investigates the ivory trail they've tried to seize it, burn it, but nothing has stopped the terrible trade in illegal ivory. now new tools... strait from the lab that could fight a crime that's brought elephants to the brink of extinction >> getting a seizure is a great victory, but the elephant's already dead. >> marita davidson is an environmental biologist >> i am holding a tray of elephant poop. >> she'll show us the high tech plan to stop the killing. >> wow >> then, sea lion's stranded along the california freeway. yes, freeway... >> dr shini somara is a mechanical e engineer, she'll show us what's been done to to find out why this is happening. >> at this stage, are they feeling distressed? and i'm phil torez, i'm an entomologist. t

runs tonight on al jazeera america, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. the. >>> 8:30, we are going to ask them about their experience. and weather forecasting has come a long way since hurricane katrina. nasa will have storm technology, phil torres will have this on "techknow." >> traditionally the national weather service has relied on hurricane hunters, they fly into the storm and take measurements, but for safety reasons, they only ask fly when the storm isn't too long. we can't current take measurements through heavy rain. >> when we were on katrina they were flying over their airplanes when they could and the last measurements were just a little bit after this, in this region here. >> dr. rough, professor of atmospheric science, said winds picked up even more building stronger storm surge and in the final hours that that couldn't be measured. >> the magnitude of flooding and also the locations where the flooding happened were very unexpected. >> inspired by katrina, dr. ruff, and his scientists launched cyness. >> it's a combination of eight satelli

. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm rachellbe rarlgi'm rachell l walters. approaching 70 years insistence largest armed conflict in history. the link ring hard feetle forwardfeelingstowards japan ace pacific. police in memphis tennessee are in mourning, amid a manhunt. they still have not caught the shooter eve of an officer. a memphis police officer shot and killed after pulling over a car. sean bottleon was showed multiple times on a street in the southeastern part of the city. >> the driver of the vehicle has turned himself into police and has since been released without charge. passenger of the vehicle who is believed to be shooter is identified as 29-year-old jermaine wil wilburn. >> my brother's life was just beginning only for it to end in a tragedy. there's enough eac eestles in ed and he fought it to the end of his life. bottleon's death speaks volumes of the depth of police work. >> the fact that there are so many guns in our streets in the wrong hands np any given minute in a 24-hour day, they are dealing with folks who have no rules of engagemen

only on al jazeera america >> cap sizes. this one off the coast of libya. also in this program, caught in conflict, the u.s. says civilian casualties in afghanistan are at their highest levels ever despite the war having ended six months ago. >>> rains brought to myanmar. >>> well that's our breaking news. off the coast of libya, hundreds of people are feared to have drowned. it was thought to be carrying as many as 700 migrants getting from libya to europe. 400 people have so far been rescued from the water 42 nautical miles off the coast. let's get the latest. >> this happened we understand when an irish naval vessel got too close to this fishing boat and they all rushed to one side and it turned over? >>reporter: correct, david. this is what the irish navy has said with regard to this incident and are doing all that they can to recover as many survivors as they can. 450 have been rescued and are participating in the rescue operation. it is also important to note that at least 25 corpses have been confirmed to have been taken on board various vessels. the

this is al jazeera america. we begin in europe where authorities are cracking down on human traffickers responsible for the soaring number of refugee deaths on land and sea. the continent is still reeling from wednesday's gruesome discovery near the border of austria and hungary, where bodies are found in the back ever a truck. at the same time, 52 bodies are found in the hull of a boat, italian authorities rafted ten people in connection with that disaster. while in hungary police arrested three bulgarians and an afghan connected to the truck. barnaby phillips is with the latest. >> the remains are taken away for autopsy. but we know they must have faced an ag agonizing debt, agonizingy suffocation. >> we know they were probably refugees and more precisely probably syrian refugees. >> austria is a transit country for people hoping to reach germany but a destination in its own right. the number of asylum seekers almost three times the number of 2014. this is outside vienna, the reception center is overflowing an

presents only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera amer >>> i am michael shore.his is "talk to al jazeera" our guest this week: julian bond, long-time veteran of the civil rights movement. >> 50 years from now, julian bond, where do you imagine when you close your eyes race country? >> i am not really sure. where i hope they will be is people will be saying, well, we have come forward more than i thought we would. i hope somebody will be saying that. if they say that, that will be okay with me. >> 100 years from selma? >> right. >> somebody says what do you want julian bond to be remembered for when it comes to say? >> i want people to say, he was a race man. that was a man who cared about his race and wanted to help them as much as he could. >> you said race is history. you said history is race. not race is history. >> right. >> what does that mean? >> it means history is race because we are always learning history. we are always reading history. we are always seeing it, what's happening in history, and we want to look at it more and see what's happening. >> you