kristen saloomey met some of the glandes the church may have been small. >> an informed voter can make a difference. >> but the field of is it city council candidates u particularly black ones, has never been so large. four african-americans are run forgive three open seats in the election. >> we have an opportunity to effectuate sustainable real change right here in ferguson. >> change is what many residents have been demanding ever since an white police officer shot mike brown an unarmed black team. the officer was found clear of wrongdoing. but in the report investigation they found a pattern of discrimination by the city and it's courts. adrian hawk incidence is a federal worker and and a mother of two. >> when i saw the candidates i thought somebody has to run. somebody has to come and somebody has to help us. i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> about two-thirds of ferguson residents are black but the vast majority of city council are might. >> overwhelmingly the leadership in those communities has not kept pace with the sweeping changes in demographics. >> city co

kristen saloomey. al jazeera new york. >> that's all of our time. thank you for joining us. the news continues next live from london. this is al jazera. >>> the best from the earthquake passes 4,000 and. >>> calls now and killed 44 palastinians, last year. >>> and the battle, saudi led airstrikes, and one of yemen's largest cities, and u.s. mourners, gather to

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> we're going to have much more on the chevron case coming up9:00 pm eastern right here on al jazeera america. >>> the wisconsin national guard has been activated to help deal with a crisis in pole try farms. an estimated 13 states have been hit by the flu strain. >>> blue bell creameries is recalling all of its products over a listeria outbreak. the potentially deadly bacteria was found in two cartoons. >>> china recently declared fighting pollution one of the key ways to help its economy. since then the government has pledged hundreds of billions of dollars towards cleaning up its air. but not everyone is happy with their approach. >> reporter: business is slow at this secondhand car market. so traders wile away the day playing cards or board games that really are for the board. this man has had a dealership for eight years, but he fears he may soon have to close. >> translator: actually a lot of people in this business have disappeared because it is now so hard to do business. >> reporter: demand for secondhand and new cars took a hit from an

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> artists from around the world are taking their talons to the of mexico city. paining large murielss dur murals on walls around the city. thanks for joining us. i'm randall pinkston. the news continues next live from london. ♪ ♪ cut off from katmandu, and the help they need, we report from rural nepal where entire villages have been flattened. >> look at the damage and right through this area. there is only one home left standing. >> live from london, watching al jazeera at least 15 have been injured as well. >>

kristen saloomey got a preview. >> reporter: love it or hate it the art world is buzzing about the newlding. the $422 million glass and steel structure will allow the museum to display more of its extensive collection of modern art from the united states. >> we wanted people to slow down and not just go through the checklist. we wanted them to slow down and look at things. because every culture is far more complex than the media and museums present them. so we wanted to prosent a more layered view. >> reporter: a skultture and hair res founded the place in 1931. but then as now, what defines american art is hard to say. >> i think there's a spirit of openness, and a spirit of understanding the contradictions. this is a very complex country, and i think that if there's one thing many of the artists really zero in on is that. >> reporter: like the united states the works are a melting pot of styles and influences, from the political to the abstract the sir reenly beautiful to the bizarre. whitney also boasts three outdoor galleries for exhibits like this one. the colorful chairs are posi

as kristen saloomey now explains. >> reporter: agnes has a long commute to her job as a home health aidbuses and a subway spending $10 as long as four howard just getting to and from work. where he makes just $10 an hour. she says she hasn't had a raise in nearly a decades. >> we really struggling. i mean, struggling real bad in the city. so we need the $15 an hour. because the cost of living gone up. the transportation gone up. food went up. represent went we need the $15. >> reporter: the fight for 15 started with fast food workers. but has expand today include other frustrated low wage earners like agnes her union the service employees international is honoringer. >> we need to put a demand on the table that is real and that would enable to us take care of our family always. so a lot of groups start today coalesce around the idea of $15 an hour as ebber minimum. s in a place like new york. >> reporter: in response to criticses, mcdonald's a can noannounced on april 1st it's increasing average pay to under are just under $10 an hour for workers at corporate-owned restaurants but the w

car driven by a computer has successfully made a coast to coast trip across the u.s., but as kristen saloomey won't be seeing driverless cars on the road just yet. >> reporter: the idea of a self-driving car isn't new. >> what's all this? it looks like darth vader's bathroom. but the technology that seemed so futuristic in the 1980s television show knight rider is closer to reality than ever before. this very ordinary looking audi, just completed the first coast to coast road trip in the united states by an automated vehicle. a driver with the ability to override the system was always at the wheel. but 99% of the driving was done by computer. >> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link right? 90% of accidents are caused by human error. >> reporter: delphi the auto supplier that equipped the vehicle for the trip may be celebrated. but many car enthusiasm enthusiasts at the new york auto show are not ready to give up control of the wheel. you don't like the idea? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> i trust just myself. it's my life. >> the enjoyment of a car is really driving it. >

kristen saloomey. al jazeera. >> voters in chicago will go to the polls jesus garcia forced rahm emmanuel into a run off election. garcia ran his campaign on a tight budget but captured the hearts of residents. particularly on the issue of education. america tonight's.reports. >> closing 50 schools and not having a real plan for children. >> jeanette taylor has lived her entire life on chicago's south side. a place where mayor rahm emmanuel's school reforms do not sit well. in 2013 the administration closed dozens of schools the. >> they're in chaos. >> the mayor facing an enormous doesn't under absolutely and hour. >> the mayor has defended his record. citing achievements like full-day kindergarten. >> more kids are going to college for like never before. >> the school closures have become a rallying point against the mayor. many residents have rallied around this man jesus garcia. forforced rahm emmanuel's vote into a run off. garcia, who spent the last 24,003 years in local and state politics ran as

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >> much more on our website. the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. >>> hello, i'm dominique gisin, and you're at joleon lescott. here are some of the -- cameron lizotte, and here are (richard gizbert, and here are some of the stories we are at. media and politicians point the finger at one another. a 7-year gaol sentence for a reporter for revealing secrets. the british election campaign, tv news and how it's regulated in the u.k. and tired of the go pro extreme sports videos? we have an alternative. it's difficult to say with certainty what triggered the latest wave of violence against foreign nationals in south africa. depending who you believe, the blame lies with the zulu king or the media. migrants from countries such as somali zimbabwe, and mozambique and others, came under attack after it was said that foreigners should pack their bags and go. the king says his word were taken out of the context and called for the media to be vetted. it's not just the zulu king calling from reporting, president jaco

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kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: they may hold their breath for up to two hours, eat 10 times their own weight or punch prey with the force of a speeding bullet. they are the amazing creatures on display in a new exhibit called life at the limits. >> we call them superheroes with superpowers, because they live in unimaginable inhospitable locations. too hot, too cold no light. unbelievable circumstances. yet they manage to survive. >> sometimes it's their scent that allows them to survive. >> that smells like rotten egg. >> the foul stench attracts flies that it needs for pollination. >> we learn about science, not this stuff. this stuff people go out. that's cool. >> reporter: all living organisms face challenges when it comes to finding food a mate or surviving in hostile environments. the creatures in this exhibit survive in the extreme. like the 25rdy gray who has been known to come back to life after being frozen boiled or sent into space. no wonder the creatures can be found all over the earth. >> they are everywhere arctic ant arctic dry, wept and in the mosses and local stre

kristen saloomey reports. >> the idea of a self-driving car isn't new. >> what's a this? >> it looks like darth vader's bathroom. >> the technology that seems so futuristic in "knight rider" is closer to reality than ever before. this ordinary looking audi just completed the coast to coast road trip in the united states, a driver was always at the wheel, but 99% of the driving was done by computer. >> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link. 90% of accidents are caused by human error. >> the auto supplier that equipped the vehicle for the trip may be celebrating but many car enthusiasts at the auto show are not quite ready to give up control of the wheel. >> you don't like the idea of the car? >> no. >> why? >> i trust just myself with my life. >> the enjoyment of the car really is driving it. >> only five states have laws on the books about driving a car. >> there are many things that it cannot do. it cannot drive in heavy rain or snow. if i hold my hand up to give directions if i'm a traffic cop, it can't do it. >> the day of self driving car may b

kristen saloomey has more on how that is changing the face of the game. >> he grew up playing video games but as an arab he did not always vie with the villains on the screen. many are depicted as middle eastern. so he started noon nan. something that more can relate to. >> i think it came down to creating new protagonists. i grew up with strong women in my life. and the rhetoric and narrative of saudi women is that they're women i don't recognize. they're not--saudi women are not weak. they're not pacesive. >> but most of them are veiled as they will be in his next release of saudi girls revolution. the games for change festival here in new york is all about harnessing the power of video games for social good. game makers are beginning to realize the biggest potential for growth is in the developing world. game revenues from the middle east now told $1.5 billion, and are expected to nearly double by by 2017. the cultural sensitivity is key. >> to the western consumer or western player, this game feels revolutionary. it's something new, interesting, and something we have never seen before

kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: the crowd at st. mark family church may have been small. >> an informed voter can make a difference... >> the field of council candidates, particularly black ones in ferguson missouri has never been large. four african-americans are running for three open seats in the april 7th election. >> we have an opportunity to effectuate sustainable real change right here in ferguson. >> reporter: change is what many of ferguson's residents demanded. ever since a white police officers shot mike brown, an unarmed black teen. the white officer was killed of wrongdoing. a federal investigation found racial policing. it will fall to the next city council to make reforms demanded. adrian hopkins is a single mother of two. >> i saw the candidates and thought someone has to run and help us. i decided to be the change i wanted to see. >> reporter: two-thirds of ferguson's residents are black. the vast majority of elected officials are white. >> ferguson is not unusual. throughout st. louis country there are many communi

kristen saloomey reports. >>> this woman has a long commute to her job as a home health aid.nds $10 and as long as four hours getting too and from work where she makes just $10 an hour. she says she hasn't had a raise in a decade. >> we are really struggling. so we need the $15 an hour. the cost of living gone up. though transportation gone up. food went up. rent went up. so we need the $15. >> reporter: the fight for 15 started with fast-food workers, but has expanded to include other frustrated low-wage earnings like agnus. >> we need to put a demand on the table that is real and would enable us to take of our families? so a lot of groups started to coalesce around $15 an hour. >> mcdonald's announced on april 1st that it is increasing average pay by nearly a dollar to just under $10 an hour. but the workers are saying that is not nearly enough and the raise will only impact a small minority of mcdonald's employees. so they continue to do battle rallying across the country on wednesday outside of big-name businesses who say they can't afford the increase and will either hav

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >> much more on our website.he address to click on to is aljazeera.com. >>> hello, i'm dominique gisin, and you're at joleon lescott. here are some of the -- cameron lizotte, and here are (richard gizbert, and here are some of the stories we are at. media and politicians point the finger at one another.

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> more news on our website, aljazeera.com. >>> >>> turning the corner. as protests spread to cities nationwide. >>> rescued from the rubble a teenager is found alive in nepal. >>> and a hacker sentenced. ten men will spend decades in jail for the 2010 attack on malala malala yousafzai. >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. civil rights leaders are heading to baltimore for a summit about improving the relationship between the police and the community. last night was mostly peaceful in baltimore. the curfew held but there were protests in major cities around the country over the death of freddie gray. john what are we expecting from this morning this morning? >> reporter: i'm standing in war memorial square outside of city hall. this is the scene of last saturday's protests and there will be another one near next saturday. and you can see the line of police behind me. the summit is going to take place in west baltimore, inside the new shylo baptist church where freddie gray's funeral was heard. the idea is to try

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> thailand says it has made its biggest ever ivy bust.toms officers estimate the ivory to be worth $6 million. from bangkok, scott heidler reporters. >> reporter: it happened monday. it is a shipment they have been tracking for two months. it was seized here in bangkok, nearly 4 tons of ivory was seized worth about $6 million. there are buyers for this ivory in thailand vietnam, and china. officials are telling us that ivory will be destroyed. this comes during an ivory amnesty program here in thailand fronted by the government. this goes out to even sellers of ivory if they come in and register their ivory, they have an amnesty. but if they are caught with the ivory after the deadline tuesday, they could face up to a hundred thousand dollars fine. this is all part of a program to clamp down on the illegal ivory trade here in thailand. >>> a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the news all the time at aljazeera.com. >>> survivors under arrest hundreds dies when a ship filled with migrants went down in the mediterranean. now two o

kristen saloomey, al jazerra new york. >>> now, a sand storm swept through parts of northern china causingnd traffic problems including it the capital beijing where you can see visibility is less than 10 meters in some areas. very brave people braved these scenes. >> today on "talk to al jazeera" jazeera," norman lear , political activist and war veteran. >> who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is it

al jazerra's kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: this prince grew up playing video games but as an didn't always identify with the villains on screen. >> eve andevil and owe press i have dictator of the day. >> reporter: mean did depicted as middle eastern so he samardzijaed nam so people in his country could better relate to them. >> it comes down to want to go create new protagonists. the rhetoric of women and narrative about saudi well, they are women that i don't recognize. they are not saudi women are not weak. they are not passive. >> reporter: but most of them are veiled. and as will be in his next release, saudi girls revolution. which has been previewed at the games for change festival. the games for change festival here in new york is all about harnessing the power of video games for social good. the game is big business and game makers are realizing the biggest potential for growth in the developing world. game revenues from the middle east total one and a half billion dollars and are expected to double by 2017. cultural sensitivity is key. >> the to the western consumer

kristen saloomey has been there and taken a look. >> reporter: they may hold their breath for up to two hours, eat 10 times their weight or punch prey with the force of a speeding bullet. they are the amazing creatures on display in an exhibit called "life at the limit." >> we call them super creatures with super powers living in unhospitable uninhabitable locations. too hot, no neat no light. but they manage to survive. >> reporter: sometimes their scent allows them to survive. >> do you know what that smells like? smalls like... >> rotten eggs. >> the corpse flower its foul stench attracts the flies. >> we learn about science at school, but not this stuff. people make discoveries, it's cool. >> reporter: all living organisms find food and a meat. the creatures featured in this exhibit survive in the extreme. like the tardy-grade known to come back to life after it's been frozen or bailed. no wonder they can be found all over the earth. sometimes under our feet. >> they are everywhere arctic ant arctic and in the mosses in the streams, out in central pork or anywhere. >> reporter: we'd

kristen saloomey has more from the festival in new york >>> this prince grew up playing video games, as an arab he didn't identify with the villains on screen. >> evil and the dictator of day. >> more of them islamic. he made games making games that girls in saudi arabia could better relate to. >> i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagonists. i grow up with strong women. the rhetoric of women and saudi arabia women, they are women that i don't recognise. they are not weak they are not passive. >> most of them are veiled as in the next release. saudi girls revolution previewed at the games for change festival. >> here in new york it is about harnessing the power of games for social good. it's big business and game makers are beginning to realise the potential for growth is in the growing world. revenues total 1.5 billion and are expected to double by 2017. cultural sensitivity is key. >> for the western player this feels revolutionary. it's something new, interesting, something we have never seen before. >> dutch egyptian is helping to promote game makers from the middl

kristen saloomey reports. >> the idea of a self-driving car is not new. >> what is all this? >> the technology that seems so futuristic in the 1980's television knight rider.is closer to reality than ever before. this audi just finished coast-to-coast trip across the united states, a driver was always at the wheel but 99% of the driving was done by a the car. many car enthuseiasts say are not quite ready to give up control of the wheel. >> you don't like the idea of the car driving? >> no. >> why? >> i just trust myself with my life. >> the enjoyment of a car is really driving. >> only five states have laws on the books dealing with driverless cars. skeptics say that insurance and liability issues have to be worked out. >> they still have many things that they cannot do. they can't drive in heavy rain and snow. they have trouble if i hold my happened up and try to give directions if i'm a traffic cop stop i can't do it. >> the day of the self-driving car may be close but it's not here yet. you won't see any models ready for rush hour here, but what we are seeing are lots of d

because the computer-controlled car has managed to get from one side of america to the other and kristen saloomey saw it arrive in one piece. >> the idea of a self-driving car is not new. but the technology that seemed so futuristic in the television show "knight rider" is closer to reality than ever before. a driver with the ability to override the system was always at the wheel but 99% of the driving was done by computer. >> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link. 90% of accidents are caused by human error. >> they may be celebrating but many car enthusiasts are not quite ready to give up control of the wheel. >> you don't like the idea of the car-- >> no. >> why? >> i trust just myself with my life. >> the enjoyment of the car is really driving it. >> only five states have laws on the books dealing with driverless cars. and insurance and liability issues have to be worked out. >> they can't drive in heavy rain or snow. they have trouble--if i hold my hand up and try to give direction, stop, this find of thing, they can't do it. >> the days of self-driving cars may be clo

kristen saloomey got a preview. >> reporter: love it or hate it the art world is buzzing about the whitneys new building designed by architect renso pe ark rno. it will allow the museum to display more of its art from the united states. wide open galleries with unobstructed views. >> we wanted people to slow down not just go through the checklist. we wanted them to slow down and look at things. every culture is more complex an the media presents. we wanted to present a textured layered view of american art. >> gertrude a sculpture, founded the institution as a place to nurture american artists. then as now, what defines art is hard to say. >> there's a spirit of openness, and a spirit of understanding the reactions. this is a complex country, if there's one thing many of the artists zero in of it's that. like the united states the works are a melting pot of style and influence, from the political to the abstract. beautiful to the bizarre. >> the whitney boasts three out door galleries for exhibits like this one called sunset by mary highliman. the chairs positioned to take advantage of the

. >> reporter: kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> a storm has battered the east coast of australiag three people and cutting power to more than 200,000 homes. winds are up to 140 kilometers have crushed cars and uprooted trees. andrew potter has more. [ no audio ] >>> okay. our apologies we're having technical difficulty with that report there. we will fix it and bring it to you once again. >>> thailand says it has made the biggest ivory bust in its country's history, seizing 4 tons of elephant tusks. from bangkok, scott heidler reports. >> reporter: officials here on monday announced the largest seizure of illegal ivory in thailand's history. it happened monday at a bangkok port. it is a shipment they have been tracking for two months. it passed through malaysia and was seized here in bangkok. nearly 4 tons of ivory was seized. officials say it was bound for laos. now this comes during an ivory amnesty program here in thailand fronted by the government. this goes out to private individuals, even sellers of ivory if they come in and register their iefry they have an amnesty. but if

kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: agnus has a long commute to her job as a home health aid.wo buses and a subway spending $10 and as long as four hours getting to and from work where she makes just $10 an hour. >> we are really struggling. i mean struggling real bad in the city. so we need the $15 an hour because the cost of living has gone up. the transportation gone up. food went up. rent went up. so we need the $15. >> reporter: the fight for 15 started with fast-food workerings but has expanded to other frustrated low-wage workers like agnus. >> we need to put a demand on the table that is real and would enable us to take care of our families. a lot of groups started to coalesce around the idea of $15 an hour as a bare minimum. that today especially in a place like new york. >> reporter: mcdonald's announced on april 1st that it is increasing average pay to just under $10 an hour for workers at corporate-owned restaurants. but they say that is not nearly enough. >> reporter: so they continue to do battle rallying across the country on wednesday, outside of big name busin

as kristen saloomey explains there's more from the games change festival in new york. >>> this prince grew up playing video games, as an arab he didn't identify with the villains on screen. >> evil and the dictator of day. >> reporter: many depicted as middle eastern. he started to make games that many people, especially girls in his home country of saudi arabia could better relate to. >> i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagonists. i grew up with very strong women in my life. the rhetoric of women and saudi arabia women, they are women that i don't recognise. they are not weak, they are not passive. >> most of them are veiled as in the next release. saudi girls revolution, which is being previewed at the games for change festival. the festival here in new york it is about harnessing the power of games for social good. gaming is big business, and game makers believe the biggest area for growth is in the developing world. game revenues from the middle east total $1.5 billion and are expected to double by 2017. cultural sensitivity is key. >> for the western player this

kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >>> i used to love knightrider. >> serena williams snapped uplable spot for the miami open final. the world number 1 was against mona hyliff. you might recall williams was due with an injury there. the defending champion powering to a 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5 win. >> serena's opposing will be carla swaures who has enjoyed a run in miami. the spaniard swept the side and venus williams we see her dispatching of german petrovich. suarez -- will break into the women's top 10 when the new rankings are released on monday. >>> in the coming hours, men will continue their push for a master's final place andy murray gets action underway against burdick. djokovic takes on american. he sealed his last place against david ferjier. celebrating his 33rd birthday. recovering to win 7-5. the serb won the second 7-file as well. good to be the first man to within back to back titles. >> hopefully the conditions will be a bit slower and i can get some returns back in play and get into the rallies and, you know, just play the way i played. it's going to be a close one. >>

kristen sloop i, al saloomey, al jazerra. ♪ the u.s.pends tens of billions of your taxpayer dollars to route ot on the home front but what are you really getting for your money. whether terrorism protections work the way they are supposed to. i'm david schuster in for ali velshi and this is reel "real money". >> america's domestic war on terror is back in the spotlight and the debate on its successes and failure continues. last week, two women were arrest, for making a home styled bomb. a terrorist group that u.s. is being rrming obsessed with pressure cookers since the boston marathon bombing in 2013. investigation into home grown terrorist plot. a day later, police in philadelphia arrested kiana thomas on the charge that she tried to join i.s.i.l, the united states is targeting air strikes in syria. western looks and american passports make it easier for them to travel overseas. if convicted, thomas could get up to 15 years in prison. both investigations involve joint operation of the fbi and police. joint task forces have down under