it makes you not believe in their system. >> jonathan betz reporting. eugene o'donnell is a former police officer with the nypd. now a professor at john jay college of. and jonathan betz is live in baltimore, can you hear me? >> john, we had technical issues earlier. let me give you an idea what's happening now. a couple hundred protesters, protesting, very upset lot of anger lot of frustration. if i can step outside a liberal of anger we're seeing her. in the neighborhood where freddy gray lived. they were being kept away from the police department's doors. on the other side of that door, there are concrete barricades that police brought out today people standing on top of them, demanding justice and answers the answers that have not been provided by authorities which is what led to the death of this 25-year-old suspect. especially people here say his death is the latest example of long simmering tensions between the city's black community and the police department here in baltimore. this is the fourth straight day of anger in this city after after fre

jonathan betz is here with more. jonathan. >> john this is becoming the trend in pockets around the country. parents and teachers so fed up with standardized tests they are encouraging students to skip them. >> everyone knew cheating was going on. >> if you yell at me point at me. >> reporter: ten were sentenced for crimes relating to a massive cheating scandal in atlanta. >> this was pervasive like the sickest thing that has ever happened in this town. >> reporter: educators were accused, and convicted. the pressure students face due to standardized testing. an increasing number are opting out. caught off gashed by situation he like this. >> any kids only have half hour science and half hour social studies to prepare for tests. >> reporter: encouraging parents to let their kids skip the standardized tests. >> we are skipping those to make way for test prep. >> 5% of new jersey students skip the test, places like colorado florida and new york, anger directed at new common core benchmarks. the tests often aren't requi

. >> indiana's legislature passed it's initial legislation last week and jonathan betz, what are the lawmakers in indiana saying tonight? >> i think the lawmakers are saying that it's time to move forward. the governor did approve the changes to the bill late this evening, said that it semmes a message that everybody should feel welcome in indiana. >> what was intended as a message of inclusion of all registration beliefs was interpreted as a message of exclusion, especially for the lgbt community. >> the house speaker said that it's control. and lawmakers set that it's legalized discrimination. >> nothing could have been further from the truth. but the perception had to be addressed and hoosier hospitality had to be restored >> it would justify refusing service to gays and lesbians and anyone else. under pressure, the lawmakers worked thursday to change the bill. new protections for lgbt customers and employers and tenants, limitations on gender identity. the first time that the words have been used in a bill in indiana. the lgbt community said that the changes cannot come soon enou

jonathan betz al jazeera, baltimore. >>> this is day three of the penalty phase in the trial of bostonathon bomber. juries are being shown photos of the 17 people who lost limbs in the attack. yesterday they heard from the mit campus police officer's brother. >>> it was dormant over 40 years, but it has roared to life now. >>> and do you live in the dirty estate? we'll take a look at the top five least green states in the country. >>> chili's volcano has erupted twice in just the last 24 hours, after being dormant for more than 40 years. alexi o'brien has more. >> reporter: a reminder of the earth's furry as the volcano roars into life. this time lapse video capturing the moment it erupted. >> translator: at the beginning it was small, but later the cloud grew and then there was a huge cloud over me and i got really scared. >> reporter: chile has issued a rare alert, closing local schools and airports and ordering anyone nearby to leave quickly. >> translator: we're going to increase the evacuation zone from 10 to 20 kilometers and we're asking anyone nearby to evacuate the area. >> re

jonathan betz reports. >> reporter: with business owners right-hand indiana taking a stand and anger grow the governor offered a new message. >> we have a perception problem. some have a different view. we intend to correct that. >> reporter: after repeatedly depending the religious freedom restoration act, the governor conceded the law should be changed. legislation that is added to the religious freedom restoration act in india, making it clear that the law does not give the right to deny services. it left some unsatisfied. it's not enough. you know i think that he needs to protect l.g.b.t. as a class of people. and, you know i think he's trying to save face at this point. critics want the law repealed. sexual orientation added as a protective class. something resisted saying it protects religious liberties similar to other laws. opponents say indiana's goes further, protecting businesses not just individuals, it could allow stores to refuse to serve gay people. >> it flies in the face of values of people across the country, strongly support. >> reporter: the governor hopes changin

as jonathan betz found in austin, indiana. >> i have the track mark here. most of this is oxikotin track marks. same over here. the part with my neck, that's new, that's opana. >> reporter: kevin admits he's an addict hooked on opana. . >> ain't nothing like it. >> reporter: he's the face of a new epidemic, one thought was on the decline in the united states. >> a friend of mine and myself went down and got tested for h.i.v. came back positive. blew me away. last thing in the world i expected to hear. >> reporter: he lives in austin, in scots county, indiana. it's the outbreak. >> every day i here a story of someone tested and they are elated, they are negative. or you see the look in their the results were. austin is facing the worst outbreak of h.i.v. ever. more than 100 cases since december. 20 times more than a typical year. jennifer, with the indiana department the heated is in charge of the response, she was in austin to help clean up discarded needles. >> we want project what the total number would be, we haven't reached the peak, we are hopeful it w

jonathan betz is there. >> what was intended as a message of inclusion, inclusion of religious beefs was interpreted as -- believes was interpreted as a message of exclusion, especially for the l.g.b.t. community. >> indiana's house speaker doing damage over a law paving the way for discrimination. >> nothing could be further from the truth, it was clear the perception had to be addressed. hospitality had to be restored. protesters said the law would give business owners the right to use religious believes to justify not serving gays or anyone else. under pressure lawmakers worked to change the bill. here is what they came up with. the amendment would grant protections for l.g.b.t. customers, employees and ten aned including language on sexual orientation and gender identity. the first time they were used in a bill in indiana. changes cannot come soon enough. >> i'm a transgender individual and am here to ask you to help indiana be a better safer and more welcoming state. i ask you to help me with this by passing a bill to provide transigenter people a safer place to live. >> several

as jonathan betz tells us, even the white house is weighing in. >> with business owners around indianapolis taking a stand and anger growing indiana's governor offered a new message. >> we've got a perception problem because some people have a different view. and we intend to correct that. >> after repeatedly defending the religious freedom restoration act governor mike pence conceded the law should be changed this week. >> legislation added to the freedom recommendation act and this law does not give businesses the right to deny services to anyone. >> and he leaves it over all leaving some very unsatisfied. >> it's not enough. he needs to protect lgbt as a class of people, and i think he's just trying to save face at this point. >> the critics want the entire law repealed and sexual orientation added as a protected class, something that republicans have resisted saying that the freedom act only protects religious liberties. opponents say that indiana's goes much further by protecting businesses not just individuals activists say it could allow stores to refuse to serve gay people. >> this

. >> reporter: jonathan betz al jazeera, austin indiana. >>> needle exchange programs are rare in the. because of a lack of funding. >>> california's governor is revealing his plan today for cutting residential water use by 25%. jerry brown met with business leaders who will be affected by the cutbacks. the state has been stuck in what is called an exceptional drought for the better part of the past four years. governor brown says he will not relax new rules. >>> the measles outbreak that rocked california in december may be over. unless a new case pops up today, the state will declare the outbreak down. the wave was traced back to disneyland and ignited a debate over the anti-vaccination movement. california is now considering a law that make vaccinations mandatory. >>> acting out on a flight that caused an emergency landing. >>> so i hope that getting to the top of mount everest gives somebody else inspiration to change their lives. >> a former u.s. marine who lost his right leg in afghanistan is attempting to climb mount everest everest. he wants to show amputees are capable of gre

jonathan betz travelled to austin indiana, to find out what is causing it. >> reporter: jeanie mccartyas struggled watching her hometown change and loved ones died. >> i have had five family members pass away of drug overdoses. >> reporter: you yourself? >> yes, so it's pretty dear to my heart. >> reporter: so dear she now works as a nurse, joining what she see as a fight for the town's life. austin indianaing only has 4,000 people but this piece of the american heartland is at the heart of an ep dimmic, facing the worst outbreak of hiv ever. 89 cases in just four months. 17 times more than a typical year. how easy was it for you to get this drug. >> easy. >> reporter: much of it fed by a raging drug problem that joey sadly knows too well. >> it has become austin's favorite past time. >> reporter: a long time alcoholic, last year he began using the town's drug of choice. a prescription painkiller that addicts illegal cook and inject. dirty needling spread disease. he caught hepatitis c and he says it's a miracle he didn't get live. >> you never think about that. i didn't even think abo

jonathan betz reports on what is behind the spread and what is being done to stop it. >> jeannie struggled watching her home town change? and loved ones die. >> i've had five family members pass away of drug overdoses. >> reporter: you yourself. >> yes. deer to my heart. >> reporter: so dear she works as a nurse. joining what she sees as a fight for the town's life. boston indiana has 4,000. but this piece of american heartland is at the heart of an endemic, facing the state's worst outbreak of h.i.v. ever. 89 cases in four months. 17 times more than it typical year. >> how easey was it for you to get the drug. >> easy. >> reporter: much fed by a drug problem that joey madden knows well. >> it's austin's favourite pastime. men have tunnel vision. >> reporter: a long-time alcoholic. and last year he used the drug of choice opana that addicts cook and inject. dirty needles spread disease. he caught hepatitis and it's a miracle he's here. >> you get high. >> reporter: you don't think about h.i.v. >> you don't think about it. >> reporter: one in five live in poverty. >> it's one of the things.

jonathan betz found it highlights difficulties. >> star brown is proud of her daughter. day she found out she was pregnant was one of the first days. >> when you are a first hand victim of police brutality, you are on edge. >> in 2009 brown stood on her porch when a fight broke out. for some reason officers focussed on her, pulling her down the silence, slamming her into the ground much her pregnancy was not affected. she was left bloody and bruised. >> it's more difficult when i see it happen more often. >> she sued. the city settled the case, admitted no wrongdoing and paid her $125,000. more that $6 million has been used to settle cases of wrongful arrest. tensions are high long before anger swept the city. the 25-year-old suffered a spinal cord injury whilst in police custody and tide a week after his arrest. >> the family is not in an houry, but they want to know now. it will result in people being good to each other again. >> the mayor and police chief were making changes, such as rolling out the body cams and promised full transparency in the investigation. >> we

jonathan betz last more. jonathan. >> health officials say the spike is from convincing more people to get tested but critics worry this outbreak is far from over and that the state's response may not be aggressive enough. >> most of this is oxy contin track marks. >> the marks of addiction scar kevin's body centered around rural scott county, 130 cases 24 new once in just the past week, a stunning 18% drug. stemming from drug users like paulyto sharing a needle. >> it didn't matter. >> to help stop this hiv outbreak in its tracks. >> the participants there were ready to become the solution. then the local health department came, severely limiting the number of syringes they could get, a huge mistake. >> reporter: users can chain exchange dirty cringes for syringes, for clean one no questions. but officials are arresting them. even al jazeera was there when the county prosecutor told police not to make arrest. >> certainly if you find somebody with clean needles and that's all they got you've got to let them g

jonathan betz joins us with that story. jonathan. >> not police shootings, when you say this death in south carolina again shows that that policy needs to change. the death of another unarmed man at the hands of a police officer captured on video by a bystander. >> i was sickened by what i saw. >> the shooting in charleston, south carolina is one that calls for change. some of the cases are high profile igniting protest and national awareness. the most well-known august in ferguson missouri. a police officer shoots to death michael brown. >> i can't breathe. >> and in new york, eric garner dies after being placed in a choke hold by police officers more recently, a police body cam video shows a mentally ill man shot by an officer in dallas. also last month a bystander with a cell phone catches the death of a homeless man on the streets of los angeles. but how many other deaths slip under the radar? several hundred. but we don't know the actual number. >> if we know the numbers we can look at trends across regions and across t

jonathan betz with more. >> now the story has formally been retracted and there are serious questionsut how the piece even got published. jackie's story has been crumbling for months. but now a scathing new review. the columbia university school of journalism declared rolling stone failed to engage in basic even routine journalistic practice when reporting a woman's claim she was raped by seven men at an university of virginia fraternity. rolling stone formerly retracted its story after columbia professor investigateed at "rolling stone's" request. finding it's reporter and editor allowed their trust in one source to override the basic rules of journalism lead to go a situation where they failed to double check even the most fundamental details of her story. they failed to contact three friends she said would back up her story. >> the problem outlined are the problems of methodology. the problems of newsroom standards and procedures. >> uva's president noted: and the fraternity plans to sue the magazine. rolling stone's publisher acknowledge problems but said they started with the sou

jonathan betz has more on this part of the story. >> this is a problem that europe has faced for yearsbut nothing like this. there are seven main routes that migrants are using. a popular one is known as the central mediterranean route. they are going to countries like tunisia and libya, trying to get to italy. last year more than 200,000 refugeed crossed the mediterranean, that is more than triple than the year before. and this year could set another grim record. this past weekend another atrocity 30 christians butchered, captured in libya, trying to reach europe. just some of the terror many now face as they cross war zones and then deadly seas. wave after wave of migrants are washing on to europe's shores. >> it cannot continue like this. we cannot accept that hundreds of people die when trying to cross the sea to europe. >> reporter: the refugees come from all over the middle east and africa. fleeing syrias brutal civil war, violence in somalia, or poverty in places like eritrea. many end up in libya, the cross roads of thedesperate. libya has been swallowed by chaos. two rival gov

jonathan betz is covering the story for us. what are they doing right now to stop this outbreak? >> reporter: we spent days in austin indiana. the governor declared a public health emergency. teams have arrived to provide testing, counseling and treatment to help drug addicts who have become infected have hiv. but part of that response is controversial, it's a needle exchange program where addicts can turn in dirt gray dirty needles for clean ones. there is still a lot of resistence to it. critics say officials are limiting the number of needles are handed out. some have been arrested for carrying needles and some call those responses huge mistakes. >> the austin police and scotsberg police and maybe even state police are confiscate confiscateing syringes from people. they're taking syringes away from people. that's incredibly disturbing. >> people who register for the program, though, are not being arrested. but that prompts fears. even the police chief admitted he was torn over the idea of the needle exchange and he believes that it's only supplying their habit even though heal

jonathan betz has more on this story. >> reporter: good evening, john a judge could decide as soon ashis much how much bp will have to pay. a recent filing says its u.s. subsidiary can't afford the maximum penalty. so we're waiting to see how tough the government will be. >> reporter: shorelines are no longer common in gulf coast communities, and the tar-like odor has passed. but what lingers five years later, are decisions, and debate about bp's financial liability, just how much should the company pay for pal looting the water and other damage to the environment? >> bp needs to stop whining and come clean. >> in my opinion the company has done its best to try to repair the damage. it hasn't run away from its responsibilities. >> reporter: since 2010 bp has spent more than $14 billion on response and cleanup. surveying and removing sludge along hundreds of miles in the gulf. regular cleaning operations ended last year. the company also played $13 billion in claims and settlements for the thousands of businesses and people like fisherman who suffered losses. but since a judge found bp

there are new developments into that investigation and jonathan betz is here with more. >> reporter: tony, large protests at this hour. the justice department said that it's looking into the death by opening a civil rights investigation. >> reporter: beginning in baltimore and spreading across the country. many asking why. cellphone video shows gray's arrest in baltimore last week, but what happened after he was put into the police van remains a mystery. an autopsy showed that gray suffered a severe spinal cord injury, which led to his death seven days after his arrest. >> i know that mr. gray, once he was inside of the van, he was able to talk, and he was upset, and that mr. gray was taken out of that van, and he could not talk, and he could not breathe. >> gray bolted when he saw the officers, but quickly gave up. he asked for an inhalish, he became angry and the police put him in leg irons. 45 minutes later he is rushed to the hospital and slips into a coma. >> it's possible what happened. because it happened in their custody under extraordinary circumstances. >> six officers have

jonathan betz has been covering this story for "america tonight." >> we spent days in indiana. a way to stop it is to convince drug addicts to hand over needles for clean ones. the controversial indiana governor does not like it but is making an exception. but as "america tonight" discovered it may not stop the virus. >> reporter: kevin admits he's an addict hooked on opana. he's the face of a new epidemic one thought was on the decline in the united states. >> a friend of mine and myself went down and government tested for h.i.v. came back positive. blew me away. last thing in the world i expected to hear. >> reporter: he lives in austin in scots county indiana. austin is facing the worst outbreak of h.i.v. ever. more than 100 cases since december. users say clean measles are hard to find -- needles are hard to find because of the law. indiana governor suspended that law. >> today i declared a public health emergency in scott county indiana. teams of workers arrived to provide testing, doctors, counselling and a needle exchange in an attempt to contain the outbreak. with littl

jonathan betz has more. >> can you see me? can you understand me? [ laughs ] >> reporter: the republican faithful in new hampshire sheering a list of potential presidential presidents. >> i'll tell you what i want to talk about. >> reporter: 19 hopeful contenders appeared trying to work oo voters for 2016. >> i don't want a coronation on our side by any stretch of the imagination. >> to lesser known candidates. >> president obama doesn't believe in america. he doesn't believe in the america that i believe in and i don't think he believes in the america you believe in. >> reporter: many attacked hillary clinton. >> i could have sworn i saw hillary clinton's scooby do van outside. . >> reporter: a lot of criticism aimed at president obama. >> we see the obama administration engaging in what i believe is the most serious act of apiece by an american -- appeasement by an american president. >> we lived through jimmy carter president obama. >> reporter: knew ham shire is where the first primary will be held. it's a field that president obama covered twic

jonathan betz reports. >> reporter: jeanie has struggled watching her hometown change.oved ones die. >> i have had five family members pass away of drug other doses. >> reporter: you yourself? >> yes, so it's pretty dear to my heart. >> reporter: so dear she now works as a nurse. joining what she sees is a fight for the town's life. austin indiana only has 4,000 people but this piece of the heartland is facing the state's worst out break of hiv ever. 89 cases in just four months. 17 times more than a typical year. how easy was it for you to get this drug? >> easy. >> reporter: much of it fed by a raging drug problem. >> it has become austin's favorite past time. because, you know, you ain't got nothing to do. >> reporter: he says last year he began using town's drug of choice a prescription painkiller that addicts illegally cook and inject. he caught hepatitis c and says it is a miracle he is hiv negative. >> when you are high you don't think about that. >> reporter: one in five now live in poverty. >> you have pockets of things that look rougher than others. >> reporte

jonathan betz traveled to austin indiana to find out what's causing it. >> jeannie mccarthy has struggled watching her hometown change. >> i get tore up. >> and loved ones die. >> i've had five family members pass away of drug overdoses. >> you yourself? >> yes so it's pretty dear to my heart. >> so dear, she now works as a nurse, joining what she seen as a fight for the town's life. austin indiana only has 4,000 people but this piece of the american heartland is suddenly at the heart of an epidemic facing the state's worst outbreak of h.i.v. ever. 89 cases in just four months. 17 times more than a typical year. >> how easy was it for you to get this drug? >> easy. >> much of it fed by a raging drug problem that joey madden sadly knows too well. >> it's become austin's favorite past time, because, you know. >> a long time alcoholic, he said last year, he began using the town's drug of choice, a pain killer that addicts cook and inject. dirty needles spread the disease. he says it's a miracle he's h.i.v. negative. >> you want to get high. you don't think about that. >> you don't think abou

in one small rural county, officials in indiana blame drug use for the outbreak, now as jonathan betz tell us doctors are scrambling to stop the virus from spreading further. >> a small town is struggling with a major outbreak. austin indiana only has about 4,000 people but since mid december the area has seen nearly 90 cases of h.i.v. in a typical year, no more than five people get infected. it is i would i understand's worst outbreak of h.i.v. r., fueled largely by a raging drug problem. many are turning to a popular pain killer, getting it illegally, cooking it and injecting it. dirty needles are spreading the virus. dozens of doctor and specialists have arrived in town, but some ideas to slow the disease are controversial. we went inside the response, spoke to a recovering addict and have an interview with the state health department. we'll have much more on what is affecting the community. >> you can watch the entire report tonight on aljazeera america. >> issues of grand canyon, a main section of the river is in terrible danger. >> we are looking closer at a story we brought you

jonathan betz has more from indiana. >> what was intended as a message of inclusion inclusion of all religious beliefs was interpreted as a message of exclusion, especially for the lgbt community. >> indiana's house speaker doing damage control over the law critics say would pave the way for legalized discrimination. >> nothing could have been truer -- further from the truth but it was clear the perception had to be addressed. hoosier hospital at had to be restored. >> protestors said the law would give business owners the right to refuse service to gays ablesbians and anybody else. under pressure, lawmakers worked to change the bill. here's what they came up with. the amendment would grant new protections, including hang on sexual orientation and gender identity the first time those words had been used in a bill in indiana. the lgbt community said changes cannot come soon enough. >> i am a transgender individual and i am here to ask you to please help indiana be a better safer, more welcoming state by passing a bill providing traps gender people a safe place to live. >> several stoo