john hendren, al jazeera chicago. >> still to come for you on the newshour the cycling race that came to a painful end for many of the sport's top writers plus. >> i'm tarek baizly bazley. the train system that will soon be moving many people across london. london. more than six years but now london's newest underground tunnels are almost ready for their rails. cut at a depth of 40 meters, the new rails wind their way throwd the heart of the city. >> the biggest challenge has been constructing this massive type project in an area of london of already dense infrastructure. and at the design stage the alignment had to be decided in terms of horizontal and vertical alignment to avoid interaction with any existing foundations or any existing tunnels. >> eight laser guided tunneling machines removed more than 7 million tons of earth. the walls of the tunnels were sealed using 200,000 concrete segments. at the same time, engineers have been working on an all new digital communications network the first ever to control all aspects of a railway line. this computer network needs to be able to

john hendren reports now from chicago where hundreds of thousands are living on handouts. here in chicago, heart of the american phone belt, the hungry line up for food. >> we haven't got enough food today. >> how come? >> it helps me out. i have an 11-year-old and a 35-year-old to feed. >> the world's largest food-exporting nation not far from the illinois cornfields across down from where the commodity exchange sets food prices for the world, 311 people wait for hours for free produce. >> this is not even feeding people at the streets, bus stations, train stations. it's not feeding everybody. just feeding so much because there are people in need. the produce truck drops its load 50 times a month, supplementing free meals from food pantries and homeless shelters here and across the u.s. >> this is an o assess in a city with many food deserts. here in cooke county which includes chicago, one out of six gets food donated from the deposit os tory. they are not necessarily the people you think. one out of households include someone who is working. most have a roof over their

john hendren al jazeera. >> you can find out everything you need to know at aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> crews in california are working around the clock battling nearly 2 dozen wildfires, and the weather isn't helping. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is trooflg qatar to traveling to qatar to try osell the iran nuclear deal. >>> will the country be ready for the

john hendren reports. >> reporter: on chi's most storied streets, the demonstrators feign death. the state of recent deaths of young black men in police custody have focused world attention on places like baltimore and ferguson, missouri. but here in chicago they say police abuse and unjustified killings have gone on for decades. ♪ the whole damn system is guilty as hell ♪ >> the chi theater pass a facade owned by a presidential candidate to protest killings of black and poor by metropolitan police. >> you don't seize anyone higher, sexually assaulted by police but you do see that often for black and brown citizens. >> the city has paid $85 million to victims of torture and it settle aside a $5.5 million fund for others. commanders john burge was convicted of overseeing torture of inmates. >> i listened to the victims of torture and it's literally outrageous. i don't know how you can listen and not get involved. >> they want to elect a civilian oversight board because 220 people have been wrongfully treated by police and none have been held accountable. >> they have literally don

john hendren, al jazeera. >> you can find out everything you need to know at aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> crews in california are working around the clock, battling nearly 2 dozen wildfires, and the weather isn't helping. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is trooflg qatar t travelo try osell the iran nuclear deal. >>> will the country be ready for the summer olympics? hello everybody, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm davidcali have nd their homes, with the threat of a number of wildfires. in the bone dry landscape the fires are moving quickly. just north of san francisco, ines ferre has the latest. >> day and night, firefighters are racing across the clock. >> dooms dictate is what it looks like. >> reporter: the flames are fueled by lightning. >> those prettiful escalated and took over the whole side of the mountain. >> reporter: firefighting planes are making the round including dc 10 tankers releasing fire retardant. evacuation orders have been issued in communities north of san francisco. one resident is temporarily camping in an rv with his

al jazeera's john hendren talked with brigadier paul tippets the fourth about his family legacy and the role of the american nuclear arsenal. >> brigadier general paul tippets went to the cockpit of a dangerous plane to the commander's office, it's a familiar path in his family. 70 years ago his graf paul tippets's junior unleashed the age of nuclear weapons when he opened the doors of a plane named for his mother. he dropped a pay load devastating hiroshima. >> there was nothing down there than what walls in my vernacular a black boiling mist and the cloud was tum palestinianing and rolling. you could see the energy. >> reporter: the wisdom of the bombing, the younger tip et cetera it is nuclear bombers. >> if my grandfather was sitting here he'd look at you and say i had a job to do. i never lost one night's sleep after that mission. not one. and the reason is not because i'm a warmonger, it was because i knew that this mission that i was ordered to do was effective in bringing the war to an end, and in the long run, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. >> that is an ethos that toda

. >> john hendren reports. >> reporter: on chicago's most story said streets, demonstrators fame death. a spade of deaths of young black men in police custody focus the attention on baltimore and ferguson, missouri. here in schick are chicago, police used unjustified killings that have gone on for decades. the march passed the chicago theatre, past the famed facade of a tower owned by a presidential candidate to protest the treatments of black and poor by chicago police. >> you don't see many people of certain higher tax black getting gunned down, beaten, harassed by police. >> reporter: the city paid more than $85 million to victims of police torture in the 1980s, and "90less, and set aside a reparation fund. this commander was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for purgery, overseeing suffocation, electric shocks and beatings. the mayor offered an apology. protesters want more. >> people asked what got me involved. i sat and listened. it's outrageous, i don't know how anyone could hear it and not do what they can to get involved. >> the demonstrators say they are marching for advise, w

john hendren reports. >> reporter: it's not a silver bullet. but some police believe this may be key to easing tensions. across the u.s., and to the north and canada police in 20 cities are testing the latest in nonlethal alternatives to bullets. the projectives are planned to flatten on impact, causing pain put stopping short of killing. it's the latest in a series of moves for north american police to respond to protests at the hands of police. in ferguson, missouri, police officers dismayed michael brown, and a now judge is dismissing arrest warrants, allowing defendants to set new dates for warrants before 2015. >> it's an opportunity for them to make a fresh start. the cases will be on the books. and they'll be given a notice to come to court. they don't have to do it under fear of arrest >>> in maryland, where riots followed the april death of freddie gray in police custody. attorney-general held down new guidelines forbidding police, based on race, religion or gender identity. >> we can do better, set goals and establish standards so tha

as john hendren reports, that means 800,000 people who rely on donations. >> here in chicago. part of the american farm belt, the hungry line up for food. >> we don't have enough food today >> reporter: no, how come? >> the plane didn't come. >> this is the face of hunger in america. >> it helps me out with my groceries when you are on a fixed income. and i have an 11-year-old and a 35-year-old to feed. >> reporter: in the world's largest food exploiting nation, across town from where the commodity exchange sets food prices for the world, 311 wait for hours for free produce. >> this is not even half or feeding the people who are sleeping on the streets. at the bus stations. at the train stations. it's not feeding everybody, it's feeding so much because there are people in need. >> the produce truck drops the load 50 times a month. supplementing the food kitchens. this is an oasis with food kitchens. and ders erts. here in cook county, one out of six here has food donated from the depository, in not necessarily the people you think. one of two households includes someone workin

john hendren, al jazeera, chicago. >>> police in thailand have destroyed more than two tons of seizedory. the government is trying to avoid possible economic sanctions over its perceived failure to tackle the illegal trade. it is the word's second largest trader in ivory. >> this will be a good start for public awareness. to be able to tell the public that it's not only thai ivory in the market, but there's also the majority of illegal ivory coming from africa, and those who were sending across continents. >>> sports is on the way with jo, she'll be telling us about this blunder by a goal keeper, and it could cost his team a semifinal place. we'll have more in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. afghanistan's capitol is short on many things, but what it does have plenty of is concrete blast walls, they are the perfect blank canvas. jennifer glass reports on how artists are transforming these barriers. >> reporter: on the barriers that symbolize the deteriorating secure in kabul, this message warns that people and god are watching. across the street they are painting hearts. it's all