i'm john siegenthaler in new york. landslide election results in the world's biggest democracy. what india's change in leadership means for american business. >>> crisis in ukraine, hoping to end the conflict with russia. >>> anger at sea, tensions rising over a territorial dispute between china and vietnam. >>> punished. general motors find millions of dollars. safety workers say it's not nearly enough. plus: >> put on your slumming clothes and get your car ♪ >> the young singer bringing new life to the american classics. >> we begin tonight in india and a dramatic change to the political landscape of the world's largest democracy. more than a million voters, narendra modi, is its new leader. modi is pro-business and that could mean more trade with the united states. nearly $68 billion in goods and services were exchanged between the u.s. and india last year. he's also a hard line hindu nationalist worrying some that he might destroy the relationship with muslims. at one point today india's stock market was up a record 6%. niddy dutt reports. ♪ ♪ >> a new political chapter in t

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the search nigeria's army says it knows where the missing girls are, but won't use force to get them. ukraine okay's military launches fighters as the newly elected president promises peace. team rubicon, still answering the call of duty. and carry the load. those who spent their memorial day walking for hours to honor the fallen. ♪ >> and we begin in nigeria and what may be a glimmer of hope for the families of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram, nigeria's highest ranking military officer said today he knows where the girls are, but he also said the military will not use force to rescue them. >> reporter: this new information on the whereabouts of the missing girls came from the defense staff. he basically said -- and let me quote, the good news for the parents of the missing girls is that we know where they are, but he added we cannot tell you, and he also said we cannot go into the area with any kind of military force and can't kill our girls in the name of trying to

. ♪ >>> hi, everyone, i'm john siegenthaler. welcome to al jazeera america.arshall law, breaking news out of thailand, the army declares a state of emergency. hack attacks. china's military accused of cyber spying. tonight's beijing's angry denial. on the brink in libya a rogue army general threatening war against religious militias. african nations pledging to crush boko haram. can they stop the violence and find the missing girls? and bon voyage, a two-year mission at sea inspired by hawaii culture to help save the earth. ♪ >> but we begin with breaking news, in thailand, six months of protest have brought the government and the economy to the edge of disaster. today, though army declared marshall law. local television reported that the military was not taking over, but it's not clear yet whether this is the beginning of a cue -- cue data. >> from what we have been hearing the general has said the military here in thailand is not staging a coup. this is something they have done at political impasses in the past, but he said the reason they are imposing mars

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. mers in america. the first documented case of the deadly virus strikes the hearts land. what you need to know about its riervel. >>> fire storm lepts down dozen -- helicopters down dozens of people dead. a warning. gerry adams questioned in the unsolved murder of a woman of ten. we'll talk to the plan whose work led to that arrest. >>> plus secrets of a forger, making a fortune from fake mastemasterpieces and we'll shou how he does it. >>> we begin tonight with a very unwelcome first in america. the very first documented case of a deadly virus spreading in the immediate mirrored east. it's known as mers and health officials say it's diagnosed in health officials in indiana. there are a lot of fear and questions about mers. we'll get you the answer he you need from a doctor, but first, mysterious information about an illness. jake ward. >> middle east respiratory descroax or mers is a virus that calls, the reason that this first american case is of such concern is that there's no specific treatment, va

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. scorched earth. no relief in the war against california's wildfires, doubling in size taking a deadly toll in tonight's arson charges. the punishment. first the safety questions then the recall. washington's $35 million fine against general motors. is justice being served? albuquerque's police facing a justice department why charge for fatal shootings, a commander facing charges of undue force. >>> our special report how the nsa surveillance program has changed over the year and how much your privacy remains at risk. there is a measure of good news tonight out of california. five of the wildfires are now contained. but for thousands of firefighters, the battle is far from over. there are still several fires raging like in camp penl tonl where staff -- pendleton. request 20,000 acres have been steroid there. many communities are in harm's way tonight. a plan was charged with arson in san diego county. some residents are returning home and finding nothing left. brian rooney reports from

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. nigerian nightmare a new frightening twist in the disappearance of hundreds of schoolgirls. crisis in ukraine, the fighting spreads as another border goes on alert. >> russia behavior, will go beyond crimea, will go beyond ukraine. >> nato's role, we'll talk to the head of the alliance and ask what it will take to stop the crisis. and how swapping blood of the young with the old may reverse the aging crisis. and cinco de mayo the true story behind the unusual holiday. ♪ >>> we begin in nigeria where the anguish has intensified for the families of 276 girls kidnaps three weeks ago. richelle carey is here with more. >> numerous reports have surfaced saying the girls were married off to their captors for $12 apiece. boko haram is saying the girls are their slaves and will be sold. >> reporter: yanked there their beds in the dead of eight. about 300 young women ages 16 to 18 were told they would be taken somewhere safe by men dressed in police uniforms. but the men were actually members o

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. gone after the head of veterans affairs resigns, what's next and who can fix the problem? next a take on health care at va hospitals. suicide attack in syria. the man carrying the bomb is american. cleaner air. the obama administration is about to cut pollution at coal plants. what impact it will have on the price of electricity. plus: >> is that the chattanooga choo choo? >> three women head to normandy to mark an anniversary with song. we begin with the sudden decision by the head of the veterans affairs department to resign. the pressure was intense from both parties and just a couple of days after the disturbing new revelations about the va, eric shinseki, retired general, quit. so now, how does the government make sure veterans get the health care they need? our white house correspond, mike viqueria, that is story. mike. >> picking up steam over the last are 48 hours. the problems at the veterans affairs department are decades old, they are systemic but today they cost president

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. this hour, snowden speaks on whether he will ever come back to the united states. obesity epidemic. nearly a third of the nation overweight or obese. we'll go into detail what it means for health and health care cost. and remembering maya angelou, more about her life and the many people she inspired. it has been nearly a year since the biggest intelligence leak in american history. edward snowden is again speaking out in defense of his action he. jonathan betz is here with that story, jonathan. >> john after staying quiet for so long edward snowden is now justifying revealing u.s. spying secrets. and the most wanted fugitive in the world says he wants to come home. >> this is a terrible failure of leadership. >> these are important national security programs. >> look he's confessed to trea treason. >> the man confessed to be a trait or and a criminal is interested in patriot iism. >> they don't pack up and walk away from their extraordinary, extraordinarily comfortable lives and burn

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the iraq vote. the first national elections since the american troop pullout. an in depth look at what's at stake, in our special bloodshed to ballots. >>> kyiv's new leaders about violent pro-russian unrest. >>> unrest after an air are strike, the casualties are schoolchildren. >>> the latest speculation and protest about kidnapped nigerian school girls. and the decision, the high school senior accepted to all eight ivy league schools, annoyanceannounces his choice. we begin tonight in iraq, where the country has held an election. despite months of rising violence millions of iraqis are turned up and central baghdad, people particularly the elderly found it tough to walk to polling station but walk they did to cast their votes. >> we came to vote. the only thing we can do now is choose the right person for the right job. i wasn't scared to come here despite the dangers. i wanted to come out and vote. >> and kurd all can meet among themselves and against each other. after the elections in 2010, it t

. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. more boots open the ground. president obama deploys hundreds of troops to search for the are nigerian school girls. >>> cat strofcatastrophic floods thousands homeless. >>> wasn't a u.s. citizen until today. locked up for being handy. iranian police call this video obscene. but this could have a happy ending. tonight president obama announces the u.s. is sending 80 troops to chad to help find the nearly 300 missing school girls. president obama says these personnel will support the surveillance recons sans and aircraft over northern nigeria and the surrounding area. the force will remain in chad until the force resolving the operation is no longer required. chad is on the northeast border where the radical group broker o haram has formed. >> it appears that they think that there are good leads to be followed in chad. but the military and the white house have not provided more details yet about what is going on. however, it is worth pointing out for our viewers that while there had bee

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we know where they are. the words of nigeria's top military man on the searched for the kidnapped school girls. our reporter is in the exal capl of abuja with the very latest. >>> up to 200 feet wide. plus man on the wire, philippe petit, how the walk between the twin towers changed his life forever. >> it has been 42 days since more than 300 girls were an deducted from their school in nigeria. u.s. troops and drones have joined in the search. so far no signs of them. tonight that may have changed. nigeria's defense chief today said he knows where the girls are but that the military won't use force to rescue them. yvonne ndege has more. >> this information comes from nigeria's chief of defense staff. and he gave an interview to the state news agency in which he basically said, let me quote, the good news for the parents of the missing girls, we know where they are but he also added we cannot tell you, we can't go into the area where the girls are kept with any kind of military force. we can't kill our girls

. ♪ >> i'm john siegenthaler in new york. crisis in ukraine.eadly confrontations along the russian border at a dangerous new level. russia warns of consequences. >> we are right in the city and they don't even know how to find us. >> the brazen group, behind the attacks and kidnapping of african schoolchildren. >>> lethal respiratory virus spreading through the middle east. >> the egyptian wonders of the world. >> and celebrating a decade of singing in new orleans. >> and ukraine a country out of control. the military launched a new offensive against pro-russian forces in the east. between those that support the ukraine governments and those who want to join russia. we go to the port city of odessa. homa hamid reports. >> the trade union building was set on fire after a day of violent flashes between pro-russian and prounity fighters, the intensity of their smoke sent some jumping for their lives out their windows. dozens of others died suffocating. ukrainian police had been deployed earlier in the day but were unable orestrain either side. the

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. near miss over the skies of florida the very close call between a jet liner and a drone. >>> advance warning. could the kidnapping of the 276 school girls in nigeria have been stopped? >>> plus our special report, what you don't know about boko haram. made money, the real cost of fake cash and you'll be surprised just how easy it is to print. >>> plus in person. facebook friends that's one thing. meeting them is another. and one man is going on a cross-country trip to remember. >> we begin saturday night with this close call between a commercial flight and a drone tch it appears the first time a passenger jet here in america almost collided with a small unmanned aircraft. we have a lot to get to right now but first we will talk live to a foreigner -- former american airlines pilot jay roland. but richelle carey with what we know. >> this is pretty jarring. march 22nd he came extremely close to what he called a small remotely pilotaircraft. about 2300 feet above the ground. tallahassee

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. insider trading probe. reports the fbi's golfing champ phil mickelson, billion air karl ikon and we'll have the latest. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki gone. >>> now this former fugitive tells us the secrets that made him an infamous cyber-attacker. ♪ greatest joy you'll ever learn ♪ >> plus an improvised life. kurt elling stops by. why he's considered one of the top jazz vocalists of his generation. >> we begin tonight with a developing story involving one of the richest men in the world and biggest name in sports. according to reuters, the fbi and sec, are investigating insider trading.between karl ikon and phil miblgson. alsmickelson. the securities and exchange commission is looking into whether mickelson and walters may have, traded on ikon's bid to buy clorox. said he has never die you vulgdd insider trading. ariva what is insider trading? >> quite simply, using insider information to buy and sell stock. if you're corporate officer or director and you get information that something's going oh

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. picture-proof. boko haram releases video of the hundreds of kidnapped school girls as new details emerge about the group's leader. confirmed, the second case of mers in the united states. what you need to know about this lethal and mysterious virus. safety alert, the growing threat from trains carrying oil. are the rails safe. plus bu bionic break through, robotic arm, the technology behind this extraordinary device. >> and we begin with the new development in the efforts to find the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. and that new development has an american connection. tonight, a pentagon official tells al jazeera that the u.s. military is complying manned missions to help the search effort. that official describes them as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. they follow a day the captors proof of life with them, the message that will let the 276 girls free but only if the government grac agrees with a prisoner release. rawya rageh reports. >> girls are heard speaking in arabic r

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a massacre in nigeria. hundreds killed. the government blames the same group that kidnapped more than 270 school girls. what you don't know about boko haram. the ruthless organization behind the violence in nigeria. our special report. >>> crisis in ukraine. a message from vladimir putin. but is russia really pulling back from the brink? >> syria's war. rebels evacuated from an area where there's been intense fighting. and border abuse. hundreds of complaints against patrol agents from undocumented workers but who's listening? we begin tonight in nigeria, where there's been a massacre. hundreds of people killed and the government the blaming boko haram. it is the same group that kidnapped more than 270 school girls three weeks ago. today's attack happened in the northeast corner of nigeria in the state of borno. residents murdered, homes set on fire during a 12 hour raid. yvonne indege reports. >> boko haram from previous attacked in the northeast. reports the group killed hundreds in northeast on monday will worry many. re

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. chaos in your next question. and russia's president takes a victory lap in crimea. the search a u.s. team now looking for hundreds of kidnapped nigeria girls. gun fights in an al-qaeda strong hold. and dodging dangerous debris out in space. ♪ >> and movie music. a weekend revival of one of hollywood's most recognizable riffs. ♪ >>> a day of defiance in ukraine, vladimir putin made a dramatic appearance in the newly annexed region of crimea. he was there for eventing celebrating the end of world war ii. at the same time ukraine saw some of the most intense fighting so far between pro-russian rebels and progovernment forces. it happened in donetsk where people are about to vote on their independence. >> reporter: the fire burned well into the afternoon. the police building near the center of the city had clearly been hit by heavy caliber weapons. on the ground. traces of blood. and bodies. at least two still there, this one a policeman. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is amateur video that we collected at the scene.

. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. outrage with hundreds dead, angry allegations that turkey's coal mine tragedy could be eliminated. >> scemp osearch for missing scl girls goes deadly. >> i wrote are -- would do eferl the same way. this is what i went into journalism to do. >> i talked to glenn green wald. the secretes and when they mean to the -- the secrets and what they meantime to the nsa. >> and we begin with that mining disaster in turkey. the worst in the country's history. here is the latest. 274 confirmed dead. others still missing. there were proces protests aftee president visited the mine. the mine is located in the western town of soma. andrew simmons has this report. >> what was a rescue operation has now become a long running procession. carrying bodies to the surface. a fleet of ambulances no longer waiting for injured but driving away the dead. this, the somber after canmath of an underground fire. every miner's fear. and families ams stunned incomprehension of the loss. most who died had no means of

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. close call, federal officials say a drone nearly collided with an airplane earlier this year. we'll talk about air space and commercial jets. >>> the business is going low tech. all you need is a toothbrush a hair drier and a regular old printer. coming up at the top of the hour rite after "consider this." new america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> in the category of entertainment winners and losers, the spiderma spiderman e is showing signs of fatigue. the amazing spiderman ii, had not as large an impact as other spiderman movies. dr. dre, beats electronics, that makes very popular ear phones and recently launched a music streaming service. >> forbes list just changed. >> joining us now for more is al jazeera culture critic and former npr arts critic, let's start with spiderman, the new sequel made over $100 million in its first week domestically. that doesn't seem bad at all so what's the big deal? >> it's the big opening but the k

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. there's a lot more to cover this half hour.ncluding serious consequences for many users of synthetic marijuana. i'll talk to a doctor who's had to treat young patients. plus, rest you cued from a wrecked car after being trapped for days. >>> and going for gold. deep sea recovery of millions in gold. be richelle. >> separation of church and state. justices ruled that omg prayer in a -- opening prayers in a town council meeting do not violate separation of church and state. the content of prayers is not significant unless it de denigrs nonchristians. the ceo of l targ has stepped down. stepped down in the wake of a hacker attack of tens of millions of customers you probably remember that and also caused the company sales to plummet. he had been with the company for 35 years. been the chief executive since 2008. >>> the president of nigeria, vows to find the an durktor abds of nearly 300 young girls. eric holder i says fbi is standg by to find out more. be. >> richelle, thank you. we've been finding a lot more about the rise of ho

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. ransom, nigeria reacts to chilling video.oko haram says it will trade the kidnapped girls for militants in prison. declaring independence, a formal request to join russia from another troubled corner of ukraine. at risk a second u.s. case of the lethal middle eastern virus. unstoppable, the most alarming warning yet about melting ice in the anth arctic. and revealing secrets from a tomb uncovered in egypt. ♪ >>> today the world saw at least some of those 276 nigerian schoolgirls for the first time since they were kidnapped almost a month ago. their captored the heavily armed group, boko haram released a video. in it the group gave the government its demands, a prisoner release in exchange for the girls' freedom. >> reporter: their kidnapping has shocked the world, and now these first images of nigeria's missing girls are likely to cause further distress. the kidnappers are heard speaking in arabic, reciting lines from the quran. three of the girls were also interviewed. it's hard to determine from the video the location where

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. picture-proof.haram releases video of the hundreds of kidnapped school girls as new details emerge about the group's leader. confirmed, the second case of mers in the united states. what you need to know about this lethal and mysterious virus. safety alert, the growing threat from trains carrying oil. are the rails safe. plus buy

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. honor killing, the beating death of a woman by her father. why did pakistani police stand by and watch. >> women endangered worldwide, our special report. >> the latest threat from the nigerian leader against boko haram. >> under fire, the v.a. chief under pressure to resign. >> into the storm, flying drones through the heart of a hurricane. >> we begin with a shocking twist in the stoning death of a pregnant pakistani woman. she was beaten to death with bricks by her own family because they did not approve of her husband. she was 25 years old. today, we learned that the grieving husband had killed his previous wife four years ago, but he never went to prison because the dead women's relatives for gave him. there are new calls for justice in this latest killing. today, pakistan prime minister ordered a full investigation. >> it's hard to imagine the horror of the woman's last moments, beaten to death outside the court by 20 members of her family. they were furious she married the man

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. right after "real money" at the top of the hour, our prime time news capps at 8:00 eastern. a nigerian official says we know where they are. a look rat why nigeria won't use force to rescue them. and a woman sentenced to death in iran for marrying a non-muslim. a look at the international effort to set her free. >>> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the search nigeria's army says it knows where the missing girls are, but won't use force to get them. ukraine okay's military launches fighters as the newly elected president promises peace. team rubicon, still

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> some very good news. let's play hardball. good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the very good news. the jobless rate down to 6.3%. the number of new jobs created -- catch this -- 288,000. way more than a quarter million, and this is just in the one month of april. the stock market this week, this week, hit its highest level in american history. more than doubling since president obama's inauguration. and what was the republican reply to all this news? to rain on the parade. and you have to wonder if this relentdless debbie downer number of theirs isn't without a purpose, that being to discourage the consumer from spending, encourage business leaders to hoard their cash, put off investing, sit on the money they had already to invest if mitt romney had won, but you don't have to wonder how loudly the republicans would be celebrate had they held these bragging rights over numbers like these, a solid drop in the unemployme unemployment, well more than a quarter million new jobs in just a month, the highest e

john siegenthaler has the night off. >>> takes on president obama with harsh words for the commander in chief and the west. >>> it's happened again another near miss between two passenger planes. person of interest, a big break. tinsel town for new orleans. >>> russia'russia's defiant rula stern message to the leader of the free world. vladimir putin's words to president obama were not only pointed, they were an unmistakable sign. mike viqueria has more from the white house. >> there are two critical events coming up and vladimir putin's comments to the international conference in st. petersburg has to be confrontational words for president obama who had accused peupt of not telling -- putin ever not telling the truth. when he was not fomenting rebellion in eastern ukraine. that got the attention of a lot of people but perhaps more significant in putin's comments today, very conciliatory comments, towards may 25th elections, that's the first critical moment coming up on sunday in ukraine. the west has laid down its marker. if putin were to underline those elections then broader sanct

i'm john siegenthaler. in northern nigeria, a car bomb has killed at least five people.o one claimed responsibility but previous attacks in the area have been blamed on the armed group boko haram. last month the group abducted more than 270 school girls and threatened to sell them into slavery. ry uraga traveled to the town where boko haram was formed. >> it was here the capitol of borno state where boko haram was formed. they called themselves, people committed to the profit and holy war. people called them boko haram boko haram, which meant western education is sinful. >> they tide the condition of the people to the type of education the leaders received. >> reporter: by 2009 the rebellion had developed into all out confront takings with the state. sparked by a traffic incident, members left hundreds killed including their leader mohamed youssef who was said to be extra-judicially executed. other properties belong to suspected boko haram members and their relatives were either demolished or seized by authorities and handed to other people. the idea was, if you wipe out

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. landslide election results in the world's biggest democracy.what india's change in leadership means for american business. >>> crisis in ukraine, hoping to end the conflict with russia. >>> anger at sea, tensions rising over a territorial dispute between china and vietnam. >>> punished. general motors find millions of dollars. safety workers say

john siegenthaler has the night off. >>> takes on president obama with harsh words for the commander in chief and the west. >>> it's happened again another near miss between two passenger planes. person of interest, a big break. tinsel town for new orleans.

. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. outrage with hundreds dead, angry allegations that turkey's coal mine tragedy could be eliminated. >> scemp osearch for missing scl girls goes deadly. >> i wrote are -- would do eferl the same way. this is what i

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. scorched earth. no relief in the war against california's wildfires, doubling in size taking a deadly toll in tonight's arson charges. the punishment. first the safety questions then the recall. washington's $35 million fine against general motors. is justice being served? albuquerque's police facing a justice department why charge for fatal shootings, a command

i'm john siegenthaler in new york.one after the head of veterans affairs resigns, what's next and who can fix the problem? next a take on health care at va hospitals. suicide attack in syria. the man carrying the bomb is american. cleaner air. the obama administration is about to cut pollution at coal plants. what impact it will have on the price of electricity. plus: >> is that

. ♪ >>> hi, everyone, i'm john siegenthaler. welcome to al jazeera america.news out of thailand, the army declares a state of emergency. hack attacks. china's military accused of cyber spying. tonight's beijing's angry denial. on the brink in libya a rogue army general threatening war against religious militias. african nations pledging to crush boko m.

. ♪ >> i'm john siegenthaler in new york. crisis in ukraine.y confrontations along the russian border at a dangerous new level. russia warns of consequences. >> we are right in the city and they don't even know how to find us. >> the brazen group, behind the attacks and kidnapping of african schoolchildren. >>> lethal

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. mers in america. the first documented case of the deadly virus strikes the hearts land. what you need to know about its riervel. >>> fire storm lepts down dozen -- helicopters down dozens of people dead. a warning. gerry adams questioned in the unsolved murder of a woman of ten. we'll talk to

talks about john siegenthaler about that landmark decision and another landmark case that he and lawyer olson took opposite sides on that being bush v gore. >> why did you get involved in that civil rights area? >> this has bin one area in which not only did we discriminate against people, and there's a lot of discrimination that goes on in a social basis but this is a situation where our government discriminates against its own citizens. and as last official bastion of discrimination i think ted olson and i thought it was particularly important that we bring an end to that. >> what's the important legal issue here? >> the important legal issue is does the state have the right to discriminate against certain of its citizens based on sexual orientation, where that discrimination serves no being letting public purpose? one of the things we set out to proof at the trial is discrimination against who could marry, seriously harmed then them and seriously harmed the children they were raising. and perhaps not surprisingly even the defendant's experts agreed with that. it is absolutely clear w

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we know where they are. the words of nigeria's top military man on the searched for the kidnapped school girls. our reporter is in the exal capl of abuja with the very latest. >>> upo0 feet wide, u

i'm john siegenthaler in new york.erian nightmare a new frightening twist in the disappearance of hundreds of schoolgirls. crisis in ukraine, the fighting spreads as another border goes on alert. >> russia behavior, will go beyond crimea, will go beyond ukraine. >> nato's role, we'll talk to the head of the alliance and ask what it

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> there areopen the gates, "lockup." >> this place is crazy. it's totally insane. more insane than me. >> come on in. come on in. >> i don't really have a whole lot of respect for life in general, my own or anybody's. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it, until he was dead, and then i butchered him with it. >> there is violence in here unheard of. but it was right up my alley.

. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. more boots open the ground. president obama deploys hundreds of troops to search for the are nigerian school girls. >>> cat strofcatastrophic floods thousands homeless. >>> wasn't a u.s. cit

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. insider trading probe.eports the fbi's golfing champ phil mickelson, billion air karl ikon and we'll have the latest. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki gone. >>> now this former fugitive tells us the secrets that made him an

. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. scathing report, military veterans left waiting for care for months. the angry reaction. use of power, president obama says the u.s. must lead but also limit its military adventures. speaking out. nsa leaker edward snowden on his compileexile, experience and his

. >> john siegenthaler, new information from nigeria the scene of horrible violence today.ll take an in-depth look at the radical group, being boko haram and the kidnapping of school girls. now the group is accused of wiping out an entire village. right after "consider this." police to arrest and find somebody guilty >> i think the system is going to fail a lot of other people. >> you convicted the wrong person >> i find that extraordinarily disappointing... >> to keep me from going to jail, i needed to cooperate. >> the evidence was inaccurate >> they still refuse the dna >> somebody can push you in a death chamber >> it's not a joke >> award winning producer and director joe berlinger exposes the truth. from the inside... >> a justice system rum by human beings, can run off the rails. >> some say there's justice for all, but they're not in the system.. >> it shouldn't be easy to just lock somebody up and throw away the key >> ...nightmarish [ ] of reality, sometimes you can't win... >> an original investigative series. al jazeera america presents the system with joe berin

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. ransom, nigeria reacts to chilling video.ram says it will trade the kidnapped girls for militants in prison. declaring independence, a formal request to join russia from another troubled corner of ukraine. at risk a second u.s. case of the lethal middle eastern virus. unstoppable, the most alarming warning yet about

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. chaos in your next question.nd russia's president takes a victory lap in crimea. the search a u.s. team now looking for hundreds of kidnapped nigeria girls. gun fights in an al-qaedatr

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a massacre in nigeria. hundreds killed. government blames the same group that kidnapped more than 270 school girls. what you don't know about boko haram. the ruthless organization behind the violence in nigeria. our special report. >>> crisis in ukraine. a message from vladimir putin. but is russia really pulling back from the brink? >> syria's war. rebels evacuated from an area

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> due to mature subject marte, viewer discretion is advised. >>> there are 2 million people behind bars in america. we open the gates. "lockup." >> turn around, man. face the wall. >> would i kill someone? if i had to. >> you got seven layers of skin you got to go through before you get to the bone. >> there's nothing that goes on that at least one gang member is not involved with. nothing. >> the outside world probably don't want to know what goes on in here. >> these places can make a monster. it's a struggle to stay sane. >> there's a growing problem affecting correctional facilities in this country. how to confine and treat the mentally ill. an estimated 16% of u.s. prison and jail inmates have psychiatric problems. this edition of "lockup" is one of the most graphic and disturbing ever, as we take you inside a facility in indiana, where nearly one-third of the prisoners have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. they tell us in detail how they got there and how they survive. situated in america's heartland, among acres of indiana cornfields, is a prison

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> some very good news. let's play hardball. good evening.n. let me start tonight with the very good news. the jobless rate down to 6.3%. the number of new jobs created -- catch this -- 288,000. way more than a quarter million, and this is just in the one month of april. the stock market this week, this week, hit its highest level in american history. more than doubling since president obama's inauguration. and what was the republican reply to all this news? to rain on the parade.