. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. it ended in just two minutes on a hot august day but the conclusions of the new scathing u.s. justice department report suggests the clash that ended with the death of michael brown shot down by a police officer in ferguson, missouri took years to develop. the report also finds there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute the now former officer darren wilson, raising a specter of a new anchor in a community the has already seen so much. we begin with a look at what the feds found from "america tonight's" sarah hoye. >> we are. >> mike brown. >> we are. >> mike brown. >> the heart of protest against police brutality and systemic racism. >> hey hey ho ho. >> thousands taken tot streets. >> some of those protesters are right. >> a six month long civil rights investigation by the department of justice into found a pattern of practice of discrimination against blacks. >> according to our investigation this emphasis on revenue generation through policing has fostered unconstitutional practices

. >> geexg, thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. after ferguson we have become increasingly aware of the power of increasing numbers of programs, par part of the arsenal of even small forces. and officers kitted up, with military fire power as if to do battle. the consequences the gear changes those that were meant to protect and serve we begin our program with what we warn you are disturbing images and the story of a former top cop who told "america tonight's" michael okwu, he has now seen it from both sides. >> this wasn't exactly how 70-year-old doug lawrence planned to spend him golden years, in and out of sewage pits. drains. he will tell you life even on the streets of davis county, utah can get a lot messier. >> we are at a place that changed your life, i think it's fair to say. >> yes, most definitely. >> a word what did you witness here? >> i witnessed my son-in-law killed by a swat team that i founded. >> in 1974, lawrence was elected sheriff davis county. a year later he launched the department amtion first swat team, a u

i'm joie chen. think about all the miracles science has wrought us, lives that were thought to be doomed. restoring health. and now there is thought that surgery can change our minds. we look at deep brain stimulation as a way to treat psychiatric disorders. we followed a woman who thought she had lost her life. now we look at unanticipated questions and consequences. >> you're okay. you're okay with that? >> i need a hug . >> a simple hug. six months ago this would have been impossible for jennifer. >> baby steps, right? >> her obsessive/compulsive disorder had taken controlled of her life. she wore gloves all the time 24/7, and no one could touch her. she feared what she called contamination. >> even my own mom would--she would sometimes she would cry because she couldn't hug me, and she's like, i just love you so much. it made me feel so very guilty. some of my family members made it even more guilty. they're like, do you have any idea how i feel? yeah, i understand, and believe me, i want to hug

joie chen, washington. >> you can see more of joie's report at 10:00 7 eastern. >> gets the supply of marijuana from an you unlikely source and for free. jonathan betz has the story. >> erwin's medicine arrives in the mail. 300 joints he lights up and inhails. >> this has sent people to jail. but you can sit here and smoke it openly. >> yes. >> ironic. the other irony where he gets this drug. >> provided by the united states federal government. >> tax pairings give you this? >> taxpayers give me this, yes . >> holdover, where the government supplied marijuana to a select few for research. rosenfeld and one other are still eligible. getting pot for free because it is the only thing he says that eases the excruciating pain of a rare bone tumor. >> it's ironic that i and a couple of others can do this. if i didn't have this i would be home bound. >> the federal government has been supplying his medication since 1982. a doctor writes a prescription. calls for him to smoke ten cigarettes a day. and as we saw the 62-year-old does it during our interview at home, on his job as a stockbroker,

joie chen, al jazerra washington. >>> and that exhibit runs through the end of this month. but the full collection is on loan to the library of congress for a full decade giving us all a chance to get to know the real rosa parks. well that it for us here on "america tonight." tell us what you think at aljazerra.com/americatonight. you can also talk to us on twitter or our facebook page. we'll have more of "america tonight" right here tomorrow. >>> houthi tv airs pictures showing the aftermath of saudi-led air strikes targeting houthi positions in yellen. ♪ ♪ >>> hello from al jazerra's headquarters if doha i am jane dutton. the houthis are calling for i a march against the saudi strikes we'll speak to houthi representative for their reaction. also ahead. >> i am in the oil rich namer delta. nigeria ens are voting in lex says soon, how has the fall on ale prices affected ordinary people. >>> is i

i'm joie chen. tonight we examine real risks to young lives.ack in the late 1980s, crack cocaine use in this country exploded. soon after came the headlines and the fears about the children labeled crack baby's. infants born damaged by their mother's addictions. the experts said these babies had small heads suffered from from -- tremors, but now signs tells a new story. here is "america tonight" sarah hoye. >> any time you think you want to legalize drug, go to a neonatal unit if you can get in. again and again and again the mother disappears in three days and the child becomes a ward of the state because he is permanentally damaged. >> reporter: the war on drugs was still in full swing and the baby thought to be doomed from birth was the poster child. >> like mr. perreault, i have held crack babies in my arms. >> it is a crack epidemic . >> this has reached epidemic proportions. >> reporter: and just like an infectious disease crack's spread was rapid and vicious. in philadelphia pe, the tiny yellowish rock shook this city to its foundation. >

. >> joie chen selma alabama. >> let's address this situation that seems to to come about every time the 50th anniversary of the voting act the rights on washington. martin luther king gave a speech on the steps of the capitol or the lincoln memorial, and there was this march and then all of a sudden the voting rights happened. it was not that quick. there were meetings held in every hillside of the hamlet, as martin luther king would say across this country to achieve this thing as we know as the civil rights movement. how big was the movement? how diverse was the movement. >> when dr. king--listen to that pitch, we listened to minister olson talk about james reeb, dr. king had received the nobel prize in 1964. and then he was in the selma chair. he reached out and invited ministers to come and join them, ministers from the north. he was talking about the clergy and white clergy, including olson and reeb. >> i want to stop you there. my father was involved in in the movement too and i was struck by everybody who heeded that call risked not only their lives but livelihoods. we're not

. >> less than. [ ♪♪ ] >>> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. tense regulations between law enforcement and communities of colours come to be marked by a hashtag shorthand black lives matter. it's echoed by another tag line, native lives matter, as native communities report a parallel crisis in their relation with police, one they fear leaves the young women at risk. the evidence coming from shocking statistics of missing women, underscored by the disprrps of an up and -- disappearance of an up and coming star. in seatal sara hoy vets. >> reporter: onobject 5th charles upham saw his daughter misty upham arrive. the 22-year-old was at the height of her career, having starred along side meryl streep in "august: osage county." engine? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: her breakout role appeared in 2008 when she melissa. >> there's no border, it's free trade between nations. let's go. >> reporter: there was a dark side to misty, not many outside of her family knew about. >> she would self medicate, using alcohol, she'd have psychotic episodes where the be

. >> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the ves rans administration, new scrutiny of the va and now the death of a young marine vet at a wisconsin marine hospital has uncovered other systemic flaws. it is a tragedy that christof putzel has found about how to fix the va. >> i never thought he would die no. >> marv and linda simkakowski lost their son jason last july. he died at the at the tomah va hospital. >> i said jason i can't even understand you. so i went back to the nurse's station and i said what's wrong with him he can't even talk. she said oh we gave him some maition for themedication for the migraine. he'll be all right in a couple of hours. >> but he wasn't all right jason's death had been caused by an aneurysm butt a state autopsy revealed something very different. mixed drug toxicity. >> right here, everywhere positive trugz in his system. >> every one is a medication that the va prescribed to him. >> all told the medical examiner found 13 different medications in jason's system. >> what was the reason that you

i'm joie chen. the internet changes all of our lives and we consider the dark side of our lives, how we are led to expose personal secrets. and how many elicit temptations. case in point illuminating the dark web. "america tonight" correspondent lori jane gliha found it can access a shocking amount of illegal contraband and law enforcement is left in a daily struggle to stop it. >> reporter: the first time you logged on to the dark net, how nervous were you? >> i was pretty nervous. this woman was 15 when she started buying drugs from the dark net. name. >> what was the surprising thing about the dark net? >> that you can order drugs were anywhere in the world and they doorstep. >> by using a browser, she was able to anonymously access sites invisible to search engines, where the illegal drug trade is thriving. she ordered everything from acid to m.d.m. a and cocaine. >> like almost a million other users, she made most of her purchases on a site called silk road. it was known as the ebay of online d

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>>> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. for any of us who has had to parent a parent it's a difficult challenge, making sure the care they receive is safe, a fear that they will live out the final days of their lives in a drug student our, and warnings that powerful drugs that many use are dangerous. they can be deadly. now a full decade after nursing homes were warned not to use strong anti-sye cottics, one in five patients still gets it. in an exclusive investigation, sheila macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. >> here is dad after surgery. >> patrice captured this moment with her father, following surgery for a malignant brain tumor. from the hospital, the firefighter went by ambulance to an assisted living vassility south of los angeles. bright. >> reporter: jerry suffered dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. at the first day of the facility he was alert and lucid. >> daddy. dad. >> reporter: just one day later man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like "what the heck happened to my father? what happened?

. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. a note now about governing and the governed. outside the beltway people often view washington, d.c. as being different and it is true. the rules are different here. case in point: is the effort to legalize medical marijuana which voters thought they had approved approved, but there's still cannabis confusion in the district. at christof putzel reports. >> here in the nation's capital. there's another kind of happy hour going on. some call it a cipher, instead of a beer people pass around a blunt. which as of february 26th is legal in the district of columbia as long as it is in your own home. >> people have been doing this for thousands of years. so it shouldn't be a surprise that we're doing it now. >> kimon freeman is a local radio hose and activist. he has been arrested more than six times for marijuana possession. in d.c., someone is arrested for pot every two hours. 92% of those are black. montu remembers. >> i was kicked out of college for marijuana possession. >> that's actually a pretty big deal. >> yeah. my dad told me

. >> there goes the airplane and the pilot >>> i'm, aime adam may sitting in for joie chen.pite the talk in washington. there's one programme that has been spared repeatedly. congress expected to spend more than one trillion on the f-35 fighter plane. even though that programme has experienced setback after setback. and now there is another concern. safety. "america tonight"s sheila macvicar investigates speaking with former pentagon insiders who raised alarm wells. here is where american pilots earn the art of combat. here the full array of power is on display. like proven workhorses to modern aircraft like the f-22. parked along side the runway, you'll find the latest edition to america's military arsenal. the f-35 is the most expensive weapons programme in american history. according to one pentagon report, it has a price tag of 1.4 trillion. so for the pentagon bought 150 f-35, with more on the assembly line, even though the plane is not cleared for combat. eventually the care force is expected to buy more than 1700 f-35s, with the navy and marines purchasing more - ones

i'm joie chen. those that oppose the president's immigration reforms, lost the round but are not letting up on the fight. they didn't force a shutdown on the homeland security department, but capitol hill is building to a new standoff over tens of thousands of unaccompanied students who flooded across the borters and year. buildings are moving through the pipeline sending the people back to their native countries, as "america tonight"s lori jane gliha found many are at home in new communities, facing rapid and royal change. >> helping prepare a dinner for six in the trailer. seems so difficult to what was endured last spring. just 17 at the time, mackay raina was seven months preg nontnant to travel to the united states. i was told when the current was strong, it was dangerous. during a 3-month stay in a texas refugee shelter, she gave birth. she was sent here to george town, delaware. home to one of the highest concentrations of guatemalans in the country, a place where white residents is a minorit

i'm adam may sitting in for joie chen. we begin with the fight for chicago, where the former right-hand man is in a fight for his life. rob emanuel has been forced into a run-off election by an unlikely contender. a man that ran his campaign on a tight budget, but captured the hearts and minds of many disenfranchised residents. they feel the mayor's policies left them out. christopher putzel, who chronicled the fight to combat deadly gun violence returned to chicago to file this report. >> closing 50 schools and not having a plan for children. remember, children are our future. children are the most innocent people in the world. that was an attack to me on children. >> jeanette taylor has lived her life on chicago's south side. a place where mayor's school reforms do not sit well. in 2013, the mayor's administration closed dozens of schools, the largest mass school closure history. most of the schools shut down were in latino and black neighbourhoods, some of the poorest communities. >> the school is a foundation. it used

the airplane and the pilot >>> good evening, thank you for joining us i'm adam mays sitting in for joien. despite the talk about the need for belt tightening there's a programme that has been spared. congress is expected to spend more than 1 trillion on the f-35 fighter plane. even though that programme experienced setback after setback. now there's another concern. safety. "america tonight"s sheila macvicar investigates speaking with former pentagon advisors raising alarm bells much >> reporter: the air force base is where the american pilots learn the art of aerial combat. here the full array of u.s. air power is on display, gr proven workhorses like the f-16 and f 15 to the modern f22. parked along side the runway you'll find the latest edition to america's military arsenal. the f-35 is the most expensive weapons programme in american history. according to one pentagon report, it has a price tag of 1.4 trillion. so far, the pentagon bought almost 150 f-35s, with more on the assembly line. even though the plane is not clear for combat. eventually, the air force is expected to buy more

. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. we count on the government protect us, our environment, homes, futures. a story we told you about last month raises doubt about whether the protections are always in place. as a land swap left an area sacred to a native community and environmentalist in the hands of a mining company. at first, the company resolution copper refused to speak to adam may. tonight he finally gets to hear their side of the story. >> adam may, how are you. good, good. i think we were trying to get a hold of you. >> reporter: when "america tonight" approached resolution copper about a controversial project they refused to sit for an interview. congress? >> you're welcome to sit in the community meeting and listen to the answers. >> reporter: after the first report the company has a change of heart. >> we have a great story to tell, and nothing to hide. >> andrew is the head of resolution kopper. >> the project will generate 3,700 jobs, $60 billion economic benefit for the state of ars, and have a 40 year lif

i'm joie chen. >>> it is horrifying to know that in a typical year over 100 children in this country are kidnapped. what's even more shocking to us is that this city, the seat of the nation's power, has proven itself powerless to protect the most vulnerable of its children, the homeless. the disappearance of eight-year-old relisha rudd last winter shows how broken america's safety net is. even now a full year later no her. "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha has been following relisha's story since the child vanished and investigation into her final steps. >> it's painful, it's hurtful, it's too quiet in my house, i don't have anybody to talk to like i normally do. my daughter will be that person. and she's not here right now. >> right now, no one seems to know where relisha rudd is. and for last year, if detectives had any clues about the nine-year-old's whereabouts -- >> help us find relisha. >> they haven't shared them with the little girl's mother shamica young. >> all i can do is keep praying, keep praying, get some answers that's it that's all. >> reporter: young has been prayi

joie chen, al jazeera, selma alabama. >> coming up we speak with congressman john lewis one of the leaders talks about his long fight for civil rights. next on a day when boko haram renews it's attack on nigeria, a bold pledge from that notorious group. >>> from hong kong they say they're not happy with vendors buying up their goods just to resell them in mainland china. >>> now three teens who left home to fight with isil now facing the parents. was right. >> that was then... what about now? >> i believe the zionists control the country. >> "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >> the iraqi army now said to be making he had way in the battle for tikrit, they're talking isil positions on the outskirts that have city. isil seized control of tikrit last june. today u.s. general martin dempsey said that iraqi military will win that battle. we have more on the bulldozing of hatra. >> another ancient city destroyed, this one hatra 110 kilometers south of mow cull. and on the list of heritage sites, it was on that list because it was an unique confluence of greco roman and eastern in

figured out that was actually me -- >> i recall, i recall the -- and i recognized the sort of certain joieo him. it's not like your average homeless guy. john josh street people. and it's become a scam in many cities. >> it has become a lifestyle choice. >> so but the who are -- john: a lifestyle choice. it's not a good life, begging. >> well if you like a lot of booze and drugs, you get people that give you money and, of course that's what the money goes for immediately. john: and i should say i once in denver offered 12 people who were holding signs "will work for food" gave them a bus token and a job offer. they didn't show up. many other studies have shown that these, the people actually begging on the street are often just hustlers. >> right. they're hustlers. some of them, of course, are there because we did empty the mental institutions, and they would otherwise be receiving mental treatment. john: and they need help. >> and they need help. because they really are incapable of maintaining a job that would keep a house over their heads. john: so the new word is get 'em homes. >> the