. >> joey chen standing by to tell us what is going on in america tonight at the top of the hour, joey. >> good etching, tonight on our program, we continue our series dirty power, the nuclear option and a new view from unlikely allies. battling it out are opponents and converts. those who have is gone from now nuke to pro nuclear energy, even some top environmentalists are now among their ranks. despite some early worry these activists say there is plenty of evidence there is no reason to fear nuclear. >> many of us have fought for some time to have nuclear acknowledged as a green source of energy. it is a very environmentally benign source of electricity generation. >> correspondent wrapped up our dirty power series with a look at what is new nukes coming up the top of the hour, we will see you then. >> all inmates are accounted for, after last night's appearance gas explosion, the blast partially leveled the county central booking facility, two inmates were killed, more than 150 injured were treated and released. officials are looking into whether the explosion was related to yester

that's the news at this hour, joey chen is next with america tonight, remember, you can always get the latest on aljazeera.com, and i will see you back here at 11:00 eastern tonight. on american tonight, extreme, or routine? >> we have been through tropical storms and hurricanes, like ivan and dennis back to back, and we still did not have is this much water. >> wind, water, and what is left. after days of stormy weather batter the eastern half of the country. i set out to save the world with nuclear power. >> and a desperate plea to bring back our girls. and what's behind the masked kidnapping of hundreds of school children? >> good etching and thank you for joining us. the extreme weather that has tested millions this week, makes us wonder if we out to be bracing for more spring disasters. it has been a stunner, more tornadoes this week than in the first three months of the year. that same is system is dumped record amounts of rain, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage, and at least 38 deaths this week, just from the weather. as is skies clear, you can see what those storms

hotel was being used as a base of government troops, those are the headlines, america tonight with joey chen is is up next, check out our website aljazeera.com. on america tonight, nigeria's missing girls. is whether even other terror groups think this attack may have gone too far. also tonight, a smart gun, but a dumb idea? how a maryland gun dealer became the target of a progun lobby. i'm a gunning dealer. i don't know anybody that is is more progun than i am. seriously. >> and why selling the new hi-tech handgun raised such an alarm. and heart land divided the battle over building the keystone excel pipeline pits the fight for the future of the nebraska family farm, against an alliance of cowboys and indians and their campaign to save a way of life. >> it is not just an infrastructure project. you are messing with folks legacies. good evening and thank you for joining us. it is hard to imagine but the crisis in nigeria has become if anything even more horrific. the terror group which kid 23457ed hundreds of school girds hiding them somewhere in the dense bush, has launched another vicious

hotel was being used as a base of government troops, those are the headlines, america tonight with joey chen is up next, check out our website aljazeera.com. on america tonight, nigeria's missing girls. is whether even other terror groups think this attack may have gone too far. also tonight, a smart gun, but a dumb idea? how a maryland gun dealer became the target of a progun lobby. i'm a gunning dealer. i don't know anybody that is is more progun than i am.

and those are the headlines america tonight with joey chen that's up next, and you can always get theatest news online, so be sure to check out aljazeera.com, keep it here. >> new raging blazes force tens of thousands to flee. with thousands of acres scorched already, the unusually hot dry spring threatened to ignite more disaster. the state of execution. struggles to find death draws botched execution and even in a state that puts more convicts to debt than any other, doubts the system can be fixed.