story and the tragic stories of those yemenis thank you so much our to correspondent liz wahl running officials are in geneva this week to meet with members from the united states russia china france britain and germany to discuss a deal to curb sanctions in exchange tehran would suspend parts of its nuclear enrichment program iran has been slammed with one round of sanctions after another from the u.s. and other countries in response to its uranium enrichment program though it vehemently denies any attempts to build nuclear weapons diplomats are looking for new prospects of compromise now that hassan rouhani has been in power for just over one hundred days since he took over for mahmoud ahmadinejad artie's on associate charkha fills us in on the details of the talks while making out like you just said this is the permanent five of the security council plus one being germany plus iran of course meeting for a third round of negotiations we have to see that the first two rounds took place within a month of october november of this year just recently although they did not produce any spe

three alleged al qaeda operatives were killed in an attack in southern yemen are to correspondent liz wahl joins me now with more liz what do we know about these most recent attacks well unfortunately we don't know too much because of the nature of the secrecy of the drone campaign the drone strikes the administration rarely acknowledges or never really acknowledges that they happen we do know that one happened yesterday and that the respected al qaeda militants were killed it happened in the drama region in eastern yemen the same region that that gentleman the yemeni part of the yemeni delegation that is here trying to spread the world and the word and tell his story about the death of his family members the same region where his family members are killed and that's about the extent of what we know about what happened yesterday and we just watched part of your report from that congressional curie can you describe what the atmosphere was like in the room how did the congress members react out of the public react yeah there were through it was hosted by three members of congress and they we

livelihood remain uncertain in washington liz ball r t well i was joined earlier my artie's own liz wahl who filled us in on the latest with the lawsuit taxi drivers have come up with to ease competition yeah it is getting a nasty typically taxi drivers very they operate independently so it's been very difficult for them or for their voices to be heard because they're kind of all over the place now they're trying to change that by unionizing hundreds of them have united and joined up with teams start to form the d.c. taxi operators association and on their behalf a lawsuit has been filed in the superior court that's now in the federal court and what it does is ask for d.c. to. stop to extend the deadline so that they can have more time in order to comply with these regulations and even if they want to they're having a hard time doing so and for the city to stop giving them find slapping them with fines and telling their cars so there is a restraining order right now or trying to see where that goes that's up in the air definitely things are heating up. absolutely know you had mentioned a

reporters that three alleged al qaeda operatives were killed in the attack are to correspondent liz wahl brought us the latest on the strikes. well unfortunately we don't know too much because of the nature of the secrecy of this drone campaigns and the drone strikes the administration rarely acknowledges or never really acknowledges that they happen we do know that one happened yesterday and that the respected al qaeda militants were killed it happened in the hundred in that region in eastern yemen the same region that that the gentleman the yemeni part of the yemeni delegation that is here trying to spread the world in the word and tell his story about the death of his family members the same region where his family members are killed and that's about the extent of what we know about what happened yesterday and we just watched part of your report from that congressional hearing can you describe what the fear was like in the room how did the congress members react how did the public react yeah there were through it was hosted by three members of congress and they were they were concerne

so to discuss this topic a little bit more i'm joined by our two correspondent liz wahl in a flashback from chicago thank you so much for coming on was first small talk about what the minimum sentence the sentencing law is right now as it stands sure as it stands right now for going to fences you can face a mandatory minimum of one year behind bars this law would expand that time to three years so any going to fence you would be facing three years that is the mandatory minimum now this is being pushed by the chicago mayor. around the manual the police commissioner and several victims of gun violence in chicago as we saw gun violence is a huge problem there it's known as the murder capital of the united states five hundred murders in just one year people are sick of it politicians want lawmakers they want to act like they are getting tough on crime doing something to address this gun issue but we're seeing a lot of resistance over there in chicago i'm told that this is one of the most contentious issues that they have ever seen because as we saw in that story that the chicago jails are

those when human tragedy was narrowly avoided but only off the timely measures were implemented liz wahl reports on one such story dimitris stewart was five years old when he and his brother were adopted from an orphanage in a small town near moscow it would be a rocky road living with his adoptive american parents didn't really feel like. i was there when he was a young teenager after years of strained relations and after his parents had biological children of their own the stewarts decided it was time to find him a new home and that's when they turned to the internet is that i go underground groups where people want. their i destructive adoptions and eventual leave the internet search led the stewarts to meghan axon axon moderated a website that helped find new homes for children that's how dimitris parents found nicole isa in eastern advertiser self as an aspiring mother that ran a home school to meet you found out that this was far from the truth this is little tiny basic. at. him it was clear that his new home was no home school there was an even desk there had to deal more here he

expected to grow as they can so much for reporting on these taxi tour for is our chief correspondent liz wahl joining me in the studio thanks maggie. tonight's resident looks at a stanford university study that people against each other in two separate groups one group was called wall street game and the other was called community game take a look and find out what happened once they conducted the study. scientific studies are just like people they can be really smart while actually being really stupid to life is a study from folks at stanford university in the air force where researchers gave participants a game to play taps the participants were told the game was called wall street k.b. and the other half were told it was called community gave the ones they were told it was called wall street games acted much greedier and screwed over other players more often than the ones who were told the game was called community gave the smart researchers then declare this to be proof that just about and hearing the words wall street people get greedy here and lose their moral compass and that is stupid

cabs but at what cost to drivers buckle your seat belts as artsy as liz wahl explains the road rage. is related to no among them home nor nothing elias or rageh has been driving taxicabs in washington d.c. for twenty years but it's been a rough road doing business the last few weeks after the d.c. taxicab commission implemented a number of new rules. now all taxis must have the same dome light carry an approved credit card system and eventually be painted the same color cab drivers have had to take on the cost themselves upwards of a thousand dollars because of new this new revolution you know a lot of people lot of abuse he says the cost for these don't lights keeps going up and many drivers can't even get one due to a long waiting list now some drivers have been ticketed their cars towed and their business at a standstill even if i don't get the money how come i but food for my kids how could i pay my bills just like anybody. drivers that say they're tired of being ignored have banded together and joined the teamsters union they're now suing the district demanding they get an exten

manufacturer general atomics all to make one message very clear stop the proliferation of drones artie's liz wahl was at the rally where she heard the heartfelt stories of the families whose loved ones have fallen victim to u.s. drone strikes in yemen take a look. we heard today for the first time from a delegation of drone strike victims from yemen and human rights activists that want to bring attention to the plight of victims on the ground in yemen we've heard today from a young man that says his brother in law and nephew were killed by u.s. drone strikes he says there is a brother in law was a very outspoken critic of al qaeda and thought if you were to be killed that it would actually be by a terrorist a member of al qaeda but as we hear it turned out very differently. we got there and we saw those loved ones who. last night what dancing with us and joy of the wedding being cut to pieces by dismissals my brother in law my wife's brother my wife's brother saddam. and who was a. speaker and he was expecting to be killed he expected that he might be targeted and he would be targeted by al qaida

cabs but at what cost to drivers buckle your seat belts as archie is liz wahl explains the road rage. it's really hard to know and i was in a home i didn't get nor nothing elias or rageh has been driving taxicabs in washington d.c. for twenty years but it's been a rough road doing business the last few weeks after the d.c. taxicab commission implemented a number of new rules. now all taxis must have the same dome light carry an approved credit card system and eventually be painted the same color cab drivers have had to take on the cost themselves upwards of a thousand dollars because of new this new revolution you know a lot of people are abused he says the cost for these going lights keeps going up and many drivers can't even get one due to a long waiting list now some drivers have been ticketed their cars towed and their business at a standstill even if i don't get the money how come i budget food for my kids how could i pay my bills just like anybody. drivers that say they're tired of being ignored have banded together and joined the teamsters union they're now suing the district d

cabs but at what cost to drivers buckle your seat belt as artie's liz wahl explains the road rage. i don't get no pain nothing elias our rageh has been driving taxi cabs in washington d.c. for twenty years but it's been a rough road doing business the last few weeks after the d.c. taxicab commission implemented a number of new rules. now all taxis must have the same dome light carry an approved credit card system and eventually be painted the same color cab drivers have had to take on the cost themselves upwards of a thousand dollars because of new this new regulation you know a lot of people are abused he says the cost for these don't lights keeps going up and many drivers can't even get one due to a long waiting list now some drivers have been ticketed their cars towed and their business at a standstill even if i don't get the money how can i buy food for my kids. pay my bills just like anybody. drivers that say they're tired of being ignored have banded together and joined the teamsters union they're now suing the district demanding they get an extension on the rules and for the

cabs but at what cost to drivers buckle your seat belts as archie is liz wahl explains the road rage. i didn't get nor nothing elias or rageh has been driving taxicabs in washington d.c. for twenty years but it's been a rough road doing business the last few weeks after the d.c. taxicab commission implemented a number of new rules. now all taxis must have the same dome light carry an approved credit card system and eventually be painted the same color cab drivers have had to take on the cost themselves upwards of a thousand dollars because of new this new revolution you know a lot of people lot of abuse he says the cost for these don't lights keeps going up and many drivers can't even get one due to a long waiting list now some drivers have been ticketed their cars towed and their business at a standstill even if i don't get the money how come i but food for my kids. pay my bills just like anybody. drivers that say they're tired of being ignored have banded together and joined the teamsters union they're now suing the district demanding they get an extension on the rules and for the c

or to correspondent liz wahl gives us the skinny on trans fats. the food and drug administration hopes to ban a type of fat now considered toxic it includes moving trans fats from a state where they're generally recognized to safe or grass into a category where they would become food contaminants the f.d.a. proposal would eliminate trans fats from the american food supply the cheap and tasty artificial fat was once seen as a harmless way to preserve food but it's proven to be a health hazard trans fats are strongly it linked to very high risk for heart disease and cardiovascular deaths so there is no safe threshold for trans fats any amount is considered too much by the world health organization getting rid of trans fats is expected to prevent thousands of people from going to the hospital according to the food and drug administration the restrictions would prevent twenty thousand heart attacks and seven thousand deaths each year trans fats have been on the decline major fast food chains have replace them with other found sources in two thousand a

liz wahl was at the rally and she heard the help heart of his loved ones have fallen victim to u.s. drone strikes in yemen take a look. well you heard today for the first time from a delegation of drone strike victims from yemen and human rights activists that want to bring attention to the plight of victims on the ground in yemen we've heard today from a young man that says he has a brother in law and now if you were killed by u.s. drone strikes he says there is a brother in law was a very outspoken critic of al qaeda and thought if you were to be killed that it would actually be by a terrorist a member of al qaeda but as we hear it turned out very differently. we got there and we saw those loved ones who. last night dancing with us in joy of their wedding being cut to pieces by these missiles my brother in law my wife's brother my wife's brother. and who was a. speaker and he was expecting to be killed he expected that he might be targeted and he would be targeted. instead he was killed by an american drone we are here in front of the white house where dozens of protesters plan on

president obama a second term to follow through on his vision for the country are to correspondent liz wahl takes a look at the successes and failures of president obama's second term. president obama has won reelection that was one year ago president obama reelected despite high unemployment and a weak economy. his campaign hammered home what he did manage to achieve some of that rog get it john boehner the lawn obama highlighted his ability to pass historic health care reform known as obamacare his supporters not as a promise failed if you like your plan you can keep your plan if you like your doctor you can keep your done but here we are one year later president obama's approval rating is. fawley according to the most recent gallup poll his approval rating is at thirty nine percent that's the lowest it's been since two thousand and eleven it's been a rocky year the launch of the health care reform website has been plagued with glitches it's opened up a firestorm of controversy over the laws implementation and whether or not it will really improve health care for most americans we are doi

or to correspondent liz wahl gives us the skinny on trans fats. the food and drug administration hopes to ban a type of fat now considered toxic it includes moving trans fat from a state where they're generally recognized the safe gras into a category where they would become food contaminants the f.d.a. proposal would eliminate trans fats from the american food supply the cheap and tasty artificial fat was once seen as a harmless way to preserve food but it's proven to be a health hazard trends that are strongly linked to very high risk for heart disease and cardiovascular deaths so there is no safe pressure hold for transfer that any amount this consider too much by the world health organization getting rid of trans fats is expected to prevent thousands of people from going to the hospital according to the food and drug administration the restrictions would prevent twenty thousand heart attacks and seven thousand deaths each year trans fats have been on the decline major fast food chains have replaced them with other fans sources in two thousand

tips there to make sure your efforts have the biggest and best possible impact here in washington liz wahl our state. early on on this day in two thousand and one president george w. bush signed an executive order giving him the power to detain suspected terrorists and to try them in military commissions this order pave the way for the prison facility at guantanamo bay which is now open nearly twelve years despite presidential promises high profile hunger strikes and growing discontent around the world the prison is still open and there are doubts if it will ever close or he's going to start a jerk and delivers her final report on what's really going on inside. her. when it comes to this prison the numbers speak for themselves since being set up after the attacks of nine eleven a total of seven hundred seventy nine hundred have been held at guantanamo today one hundred sixty four people remain over half of them have been long cleared for release but remain locked up a total of six people is currently under trial alleged prisoners of war brought here since two thousand and two removed from

rampant crime and drug use of crude in an uneasy situation at the nation's largest jail archies liz wahl brings you the story of cook county jail. chicago's cut county jail holds over ten thousand inmates making it the largest jail in the united states it's also the nation's largest mental health care provider it's exploding on any given day about twenty five to thirty percent of the inmates here at the county jail suffer from some sort of severe mental illness here in the minimum security section of the jail most inmates suffer from some kind of mental health issue most of the crimes they're accused of are nonviolent drug related almost all of these inmates are on psychiatric medication a lot of antidepressants and anxiety and antipsychotic as well one thing out here they take part in group counseling sessions for an hour therapy but resources are wearing thin and experts say many of these men diagnosed with mental health disorders simply don't belong behind bars they're under stress a court case and then again their house they began to kill is separated from friends and family in some

r t correspondent liz wahl gives us the skinny on trans fats. the food and drug administration hopes to ban a type of fat now considered toxic it includes moving trans fat from a state where they're generally recognized the safe grass into a category where they would become food contaminants the f.d.a. proposal would eliminate trans fats from the american food supply the cheap and tasty artificial thought was once seen as a harmless way to preserve food but it's proven to be a health hazard trends that are strongly linked to very high risk for heart disease and cardiovascular deaths so there is no safe pressure hold for transfer that it's any amount this considered too much by the world health organization getting rid of trans fats is expected to prevent thousands of people from going to the hospital according to the food and drug administration the restrictions would prevent twenty thousand heart attacks and seven thousand deaths each year trans fats have been on the decline major fast food chains have replaced them with other fans sources in t