. >> reporter: i am kristen saloomey at a new york state prison facility.ing up find out why the city university of new york has started a college program here. ♪ ♪ >>> the leaders of germany and france are heading to moscow for talks on the crisis in ukraine. now, it's the biggest push yet to resolve the 10-month conflict which has killed more than 5,000 people. talks in moscow are being seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid the u.s. arming ukraine in its battle against pro-russian rebels. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: the sudden tense at this of diplomacy shows just how serious the situation is becoming. first it was secretary of state john kerry meeting president poroshenko and then the prime minister. pledging u.s. backing and pointing a finger of blame at moscow. >> russia and the separatists are seizing more territory terrorizing more citizens, and refusing to participate in serious negotiations. let there be no doubt about who is blocking the prospect of peace here. >> reporter: significantly he said president obama would decide soon whet

crossing over to new york and bringing in kristen saloomey. ten, listening in to what he has been saying as well as the u.n. security council listening intently and general -- the secretary general ban ki-moon himself has made some comments. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well he painted a very grim picture of the situation in yemen. he's just back from a trip to the region where we consulted with many countries who are very concerned about the instability in yemen. he described the country as being on the brink of collapse. we're also hearing about the efforts to bring all of the parties back to the negotiating, something the u.n. has been frantically trying to do. the houthis have taken over the government. ban ki moon talked about more widespread attacks by al-qaeda. and there is a humanitarian situation there that is horrific 61% of the population dependent on humanitarian aid. so what you are hear is a rallying cry for the security council. of course the security council has also been very concerned about this and they are weighing

kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: it's known as the crossroads of the world and it's not hard toa busy day almost half a million people pass through times square. >> it's iconic being i love it here. i am going to make everyone jealous back home. >> i am going to come and experience what new york is all about. what better place than to see where the city never sleeps. >> reporter: all of this foot traffic is great for retailers. who spend top dollar to have billboards and stores in the area. but not so much for those who live and work here. a recent survey found that one in four were dissatisfied with the overcrowding and the presence of costumed characters. >> a lot of people don't know thousand walk. don't know that walking is a mode of transportation for all of us here in new york. so i find myself walking on the street whenever possible. >> reporter: some streets have been close today traffic but the move designed to make move room for p*edz only seems to have attracted more of them. >> oh, yeah, definitely since they finished construction and making it more pedestrian friend

kristen saloomey, al jazerra the united nations. >>> u.n.ry ban ki-moon says something urgently needs to be done to stop yemen become more an arc i can the united states security council has been briefed on the situation there after a coup by shia houthi rebels last week which has led to even further instability. >> agreement en is collapsing before our eyes, we are not stand by and watch. the country is facing multiple challenges. a dangerous political crisis continues in sanaa. the president happened i and the prime minister and government ministers and other state officials must be granted freedom of movement. i am concerned of report of excessive use to disbus peaceful demonstrators and the used of or barry arrest and detention of journal assists. i call for the protection of human rights, especially the rights of peaceful assembly and to freedom of expression. >> the al jazerra journalists bahar mo halt he had and muhammad familiar me are home now with their families. bahar reunited with his wife and children after spending 412 days in

kristen saloomey joins us from there. the jury reached a verdict very quickly, didn't it? how did the prosecution make its case? >> well, it's very interesting. the trial gave a glimpse into what was essentially a two-year investigation nearly two years that multiple law enforcement agencies were trying to track down the man behind this website that was responsible for millions of dollars in illegal drug sales. hidden behind software design to keep users anonymous. we heard that they had a homeland security investigator who actually posed as a silk road employee, and was able to access employee chat rooms and lead the fbi directly to ross albrecht as he sat in a public library with his laptop open to the administrator pages of the silk road. when they seized that laptop they got thousands of documents chats, expense reports journals and so on that the prosecution went over in painstaking detail linking details of ross albrecht's life from his gmail accounts and facebook post to details of the dread pie rot roberts, that was the screen name for the administrator as website,

thank you, kristen saloomey speaking to us from new york. more coming up on the al jazeera newshour. including the high court. flowing out a key controversial law. not everyone supports the move. then, what some followers in turkey are toing to keep the spiritual spear moany from spinning into a spectacle >>> in sport. an f.i.f.a. task force set to recommend whether the 2022 qatar world cup should be held in summer or winter. those details coming up soon. >>> the violence in ukraine is top of the agenda. the united nations security council open debate on piece and security. foreign ministers are attending the meeting we have more. this is a meeting about international peace and security. with the 70th anniversary. instead it was dominated by one russia was one of the first countries to speak. many others used their country. >> russia is straining and arming and fighting alongside separatists. a blatant violation, and an assault on sovereignty. independence one that cost 5, 700 lives. >> ukraine's foreign minister told the council that russia

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. >> reporter: i am kristen saloomey at a new york state prison facility. coming up find out why the

as kristen saloomey sells us it helps to pave the way to a more productive life. >> reporter: it the first glance it looks like a college english class. >> what is the quote. >> reporter: the man standing guard and the barbed wire outside the windows are a reminder. the lesson is taking place inside the oat usville correctional facility. post of the students are inmates. matthew wilson is near the end of a 13 year sentence for armed robbery and joined the class for a reason. >> change. i knew i had to change. education is a part of it. it opens the doors. >> students from the outside also participate in the class, saying they are learning from the inmates and their instructor. >> understanding how much they care about the education, the time they put into it. put the college kids everything off. >> the prison to college pipeline is sponsored by john st. john''s in work and is it guarantees a spot at a university after they release. the idea that it continues not only beyond prison but beyond the classroom. robert tait is pursuing a degree in english. >> when i came home find a job, f

. >> really interesting court case kristen saloomey in new york. thank you. >>> now veteran soldiers in mexico have another fight on their hands. they were deported but now they're being allowed tothey are fighting to return to the country they fought for. >> hector barajas still takes pride when he puts on the uniform. he feels like an american even if the u.s. government does not see it that way. >> he puts on his dress blues when he medes advocates supporting his fight even if that means wearing his uniform on the streets of mexico, a place he considers to be a foreign land even though he was born here. he sent six years in the army jumping out of airports. he was deported for shooting at someone someone. >> the only way i would go home is being in a box and then they would thank me for my service. if you're going to honor veterans is honor them by letting them be with their families and honor them by medical care. i miss my daughter. >> apart from missing their families they're missing out on veterans' benefits too. jerry lopez does odd jobs to

guilty of war for what they have done in gaza in the last year and beyond >>> thank you very much kristen saloomey >>> still ahead this newshour - ukraine delays a pull back of heavy weapons from the front line blaming ongoing attacks from rebels. >>> caught on camera. two british politicians filmed offering services to fake chinese company for money. >> nowhere to run. supporters banned from a north korean marathon. we explain why in sport. >> tonight. >> this is the place where 43 students were handed over to criminal organizations. >> a crime that shocked the world. >> the military is about a mile away. they say that they didn't hear anything. >> where are mexico's missing students? >> kidnappings keep going up human security is collapsing. >> "faultlines". al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> award-winning investigative documentary series. "mexico's disappeared". tonight, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. al jazeera obtained a recording of

kristen saloomey reporting from the united nations. >>> candle lit vigils have been held for three muslims who were shot dead in the u.s. a neighbor has been charged with their murders. andy gallagher reports from north carolina. >> reporter: as church bells rang out, thousands gathered to remember the lives of three young and gifted students. the campus at the university of north carolina chapel hill has never witnessed scenes like this before, but the loss of 23-year-old, his wife and her 19-year-old sister has shocked this community. they lived in this apartment close to campus. they were only married a few weeks ago. and on tuesday the couple and the teenage sister was shot and killed. >> we that you celebrate the memories of our family members. we are still in a state of shock and will never be able to make sense of this horrendous tragedy. we appreciate your concerns. >> reporter: a neighborhood has now been charged with three counts of first degree murder. police believe a long-running argument over parking may be why hicks shot and killed the three students. but the families say i