but no money transfers at or around the time of lockerbie. it was like a cd that matured that they had in the account. but i'm not aware of any, and i certainly don't recall, because it would have been a big issue, any specific money trails going from any trail to the fabgc, and libya paid them as well. >> i want to ask you the flip question of what i asked to the investigator, george thompson. has any money surface ed in the 25 years since the bombing that makes you doubt that magrahi and libya are guilty? >> no, because in the united states, these meetings that took place, that is all speculation. i haven't seen any evidence that ties any of those people having some meeting in march of 1988, and later in october. i've never seen anything that tells me that any of those people were directly connected to putting the bomb on the plane. all of the evidence, as far as i'm concerned, magrah concerned megrahi using a false passport, with the bomb technician. all of those people with all of the intelligence, that's all speculation, and you can't ta

but no money transfers at or around the time of lockerbie. it was like a cd that matured that they had in the account. but i'm not aware of any, and i certainly don't recall, because it would have been a big issue, any specific money trails going from any trail to the fabgc, and libya paid them as well. >> i want to ask you the flip question of what i asked to the investigator, george thompson. has any money surface ed in the 25 years since the bombing that makes you doubt that magrahi and libya are guilty? >> no, because in the united states, these meetings that took place, that is all speculation. i haven't seen any evidence that ties any of those people having some meeting in march of 1988, and later in october. i've never seen anything that tells me that any of those people were directly connected to putting the bomb on the plane. all of the evidence, as far as i'm concerned, magrah concerned megrahi using a false passport, with the bomb technician. all of those people with all of the intelligence, that's all speculation, and you can't ta

lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt. lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> now, an al jazeera special investigation into the tragic story of pan am 103, over lockerbie, scotland. only one person was ever convicted of the attack, abu al mmegrahi. to find out who was responsible for the attack. >> december the 21st, 1988, the night of the winter solstice. the longest night of the year. pan am 103 takes off from heathrow, london. in a cargo hold is a bomb. 38 minutes after takeoff there is an explosion. then, 200,000 pounds of kerosene ignite as the boa boeing 747, clipper of the seas, crashes over lockerbie, scotland. the bomb had been hidden in a toshiba cassette player. within a

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thank you, lockerbie what really happened. thanks. after the break, we return to fukushima, the devastating toll of the disaster in this japanese village. >> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt. lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never befor

and was released on compassionate grounds because he had terminal cancer. >> 25 years after the lockerbie bombing which shocked the world, al jazeera uncovered new evidence casting doubt over the trial and evidence on what was the biggest mass murder. documents obtained and verified by legal experts point to the involvement of armed secret service, armed groups, pflpgs. according to al jazeera's investigation, a meeting took place between the four parties in malta nine months before the bopping of the pan am flight. the purpose - to discussion american and israeli targets, to attack and blow-up. >> let me tell you what was said at the meeting. in essence, they were recruiting support. "we are all going to help each other." some may do something, "but we'll all join together and have a campaign against israeli and american targets. we want to ipp flict maximum damage. we are not sure how. our targets could be gathering in public place, it could be buildings, trains, aeroplanes. >> but it was three months after the meeting when the u.s. navy shot down an iranian passenger plane killing 290

and when the lockerbie plane went down, they were pitching their services to the iranians. and that's how they came together. >> now, al magrahi, he was tied to the plot by clothes that he bought in the island of malta, in the suitcase better the bomb blew up. and the tore owner identified him, first with a police sketch. and if you look at it, it looks a lot like al magrahi. and he identified him in a police lineup. and your investigation showed that there may have been that identification. >> you have to remember that before he identified magrahi, he had already identified abu talb. and the evidence against abu talb was quite a bit. there was plenty of evidence to show that they were involved, but when it dame to the trial of magrahi, much of that evidence was dropped and buried away and never disclosed to the defense. >> and the identification evidence is quite scandalous. consistently, he described the man who came into the shop is tall, in his 50s, and dark skipped. and magrahi is not tall, light skinned and 37. he was -- there was an identity parade, just when the mai

. >> 25 years ago 259 passengers died when the plane exposed over the town of lockerbie.hree years after the attack two libyans were charged in scottish courts. and one of them, a former libyan intelligence agent was found guilty of the bombing. he always insisted he was innocent of the bombing and was released on compassionate grounds because of terminal cancer. >> reporter: three years in the making the al jazeera film claims to have provided the most detailed account today to the conviction of the libyan for the lockerbie bombing and to suggest an entirely different and more plausible different answer to the situation. the film was shown at the scottish parliament organized by politicians. they like some of the families members of the victims refuse to believe that the case is closed. >> he was set up as a scapegoat and it's sufficiently clear that that is the case. this film and the work that goes with it collaborate exactly what we thought we knew already. >> reporter: some of the narratists of th claim that it s shot down by the u.s. navy as a sell of the popular fr

. >>> pan am flight 103 exploded over lockerbie 20 years ago.nd now an al jazeera investigation has revealed that libya did not act alone. >> reporter: 25 years after the lockerbie bombing, al jazeera has accessed documents verified by security and legal experts which points to the involvement of iran's security service, hezbollah, and the armed group the popular front for the liberation of palestine or pflpgc. the documents reveal that the four parties met nine months before the bombing of the pan ma'am flight to discuss potential american and israeli targets >> in essence they were recruiting support. we're all going to help each other. some may be able to do something or others, but we're all going to join together and we're going to have a campaign against israel and american targets. we want to inflict maximum damage. >> reporter: three months after meeting the u.s. navy shot down an iranian passenger plane killing 290 civilians including 60 children. it was then that the plan for the lockerbie bombing was hatched. >> they decided to retali

. >>> it was 25 years ago that pan am flight exploded over lockerbie scotland.er rick bassny reports. >> reporter: 25 years after the lockerbie bombing, aljazz has accessed documents which points to the involvement of the iranian security service, hezbollah, and the pflpgc. the four parties met months before the bombing of the flight to discuss israeli and u.s. targets. >> in essence they were recruiting support. we're all going to help each other. some of us may be able to do something, some may be able to do others, but we're all going to join together and have a campaign against israel and american targets. >> reporter: three months after the meeting, the u.s. navy shot down a iranian passenger plane. it was then the plan was hatched. >> the decision was made by the whole system iran and then confirmed by ayatollahco -- khomeini. the target was to copy everything that happened to the israeli airbus. minimum 290 people dead. this was the target of the iranian decision makers. >> reporter: the theory that l palestine was involved isn't knew. what is new is now

. >>> new evidence in the lockerby plain bombing. >>> seeking further information in releases.etails about two iranians using stolen passport on the missing malaysian airliner. >>> and three years on, japan remembers the earthquake and tsunami that lead to the fukushima nuclear disaster. ♪ >>> a north korean flagged tanker that apparently loded crude oil in libya has escaped the ships that were escorting it. officials say it took advantage of poor weather to head out to the open sea. the fighters of the rebels are demanding a greater share of oil revenue. let's get more details about this. we're joined now live from tripoli. how on earth did this tanker manage to avoid the libyan navy? >> reporter: well, i think that's the main point of the urgent session today. we heard from sources inside the general national congress that they are holding now an urgent session to discuss the details. i think the government will be condemned because this ads more troubles to the government situation here, because many sources in the congress the army staff and defense ministry blame the gover

who may have been behind the lockerbie bombing a century ago. >> and marijuana - generating multi-million tax revenue for colorado. >> this is a look at the chamber where two democrats are taking part in a 15-hour talk-a-thon to draw attention to climate change. that is senator booker. it's set to wrap up at 9:00 pm. >> welcome back. the taliban is threatening to disrupt afghanistan's presidential elections next month of the the united states is manipulating the vote. two campaign workers have been killed in one presidential candidate was assaulted during the lead-up to the april 5th elections. if the elections take place successfully it will be the first transition of power in afghanistan's history. the u.s. is watching the vote closely. the next president will decide whether to sign a security agreement, allowing american troops to stay after this year. >> the grow violence at anti-government rallies is deepening divisions amongst opposition groups. moderates fear the violence could get out of role. paul beban is in caracas, and he spoke to a leader of venezuela's opposition most. >> yo

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lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> >> this movement is consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. >> the prime minister of malaysia confirms what many have been speculating, the communication system in the missing malaysia airlines flight was disabled on purpose. >> military moves ahead of a referendum vote in

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> venezuelan authorities who are mired in a brutal struggle with opposition protesters ramped up, claiming it's responsible for the unrest. in a televised speech venezuelan foreign minister, saying, secretary of state john kerry, we denounce you as a spoiler of the venezuelan people. marco rubio and conwom con congress wom ss woman ileana waitman. peter it is good to have you with us. before he was accused of being a murderer, secretary kerry encouraged dialogue, calling on the maduro government to treat them respectively and end this terror campaign against his own people. we are hearing, calling the u.s. the empire, blaming the lobby including the senator and the congresswoman and the ex isles i exiles invenezuela. >> i think that's where the initiative has to come from really. my own sense is this is likely to deteriorate in the short run in part because there's two crises going on. one is the deep seated political crisis you're talking about, the other is a

the boeing 737 crashes on the town of lockerbie. 259 passengers and crew are killed, and 11 people on the ground. the bomb has been hidden in a toshiba radio cassette player, packed into a brown samsonite bag with new clothes, made in malta. most of the dead had been americans heading whom for christma christmas. >> we remember them. >> each year on the date of the tragedy, families gather in arl iping tonne cemetery -- arlington cemetery to remember their dead. 2013 was the 25th anniversary of their loss. . >> everybody who lost a close member of their family will be affected by it. part of the way you are affected is you want to know about who did it, why they did it, why weren't their loved ones protected. >> no amount of time can put an end to your loss or pain. those that committed this evil act do not have the last word. i will tell you that i remain confident to this day that abdel baset al-megrahi was one of those responsible for the terrorist attack. >> to this day the only man found guilty of the lockerbie bomber was a libyan official named abdel baset al-megrahi. >> the cas

has ever taken position publicly that iran had nothing to do with lockerbie.estion that the whole story hasn't been brought out, that the fact that the whole story has not been brought out, to me, does not cast dispersians on the proof that underlie the conviction. >> the documentaries presented evidence that the conviction was deeply flawed. in a written statement, frank dugan, president of the group victims of pan am 103 dismissed the latest findings linking iran to the bombing. there is not a shred of evidence to support this view, he wrote, you are trying to pointed the finger away from libya once more and it is guess graceful. the u.s. state democratic provided this written reply: >> families gathered outside washington, d.c. to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the bombing. the debate as to who was behind the attack is unsettled. >> you can watch the complete program lockerbie, what really happened. it begins tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific right here on aljazeera america. >> west virginia could pass a bill banning abortions after 20 we

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. >> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie.nly one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt. lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to "techknow." kosta, when it comes to tracking, we will see it in a spy film but you are finding it in a different context? >> companies are using your cell phones to market to you now. we went to toronto and visited a number of companies who are using your bluetooth, wifi signal, cellular that's sold bying a greg gat to explore where you are going and what you are looking at so they can market to you more effectively. let's check it out. toronto, canada. it's arguably the hippest and probably most closely monitored shopping center in all of canada. how? by something everybody carries. smart

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> events are being held all across the world to mark international women's day. some are highlighting the need for increasing rights, reducing poverty and increasing health. >> in the philippines more than 10,000 people turned up to support equality for women. participation of men was crucial to the stunt. it helped highlight the fact that philippines are ranked the fifth more gender-equal country. the u.n. said men's help is important in changing global attitudes. >> one thing that we're doing where we're going out to recruit men to participate actively in promoting the emancipation of women, women's rights, and women's empowerment. >> reporter: afghanistan is one place with women's rights have increased over the past 12 yea years. >> i think women's issue is national. and we need to look at it from a national need. >> reporter: giving women more rights such as to education is important in and of itself. but it can also change everyone's lives. educated women l

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> my message to mr putin, tear down the walls. let's talk. let's calm down. >> welcome back to "inside story", i'm ray suarez. ukrainian prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk wrapped up a meeting with president obama at the white house. you saw him there. as the united states pledges support for the new government in ukraine, it is pushing a diplomatic solution to the russian military action in crimea. on this edition of our program we discuss the american strategy, and the leverage the united states holds as we move board. joining us now from new york thomas graham, special assistant to george w. bush for russia from 2004 to 2007. >> lien fine stephen, u.s. ambassador poland to 2009 to 2012, and from london, a senior policy fellow for the european council on foreign relations. thomas graham, let me start with you. what american vital interests are at take, and how par is the united states willing to go to defend them. >> the vital stakes is one of world order. the q

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> if you are anybody in the tech industry, cans are you are in austin, texas, for south by southwest, where a major part of the lineup is also the chance to connect with big thinkers and sessions with titles like biohacker meet-up. at the intersection of tech and talent you will find a rock star of the digital age. a guy who started out with a cat and a cheese burger but wants to change the way we see news content. >> there's nothing wrong with wrecking your car. that's what insurance is for. >> to understand ben huh, you got to take a leap. >> whoa! >> you got to jump. >> i don't want to let life pass me by and tbret i regret it lat. >> as something that makes no sense whatsoever. >> your brain's screaming at you, don't do this, you're going to die. >> or at the very least? >> it's about not traveling the same road twice. >> you got to be willing to go with him or the the ride and hang on. >> it's a fun part of the curve. good it's bound to be a fast one. becau

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lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "techknow." i'm here with kosta grammatis, phil torres. genius. >> yes. this is him, freaking out at the intel science fair when he took first place. he's 16, invented a cancer screening test. now pancreatic cancer and other cancers are hard to test for, not accurate and take time to do. he invented a cancer screening test that is changing everything. he's incredible. i got to spend a day with him, got go kayaking and see what life was like. let's check it out. >> jack, stand up. that's pretty spectacular. >> recognised by president obama, 16-year-old jack andraka may be the thomas edison of hour time. he's been making headlines since winning the 2012 intel science fair for his revolutionary cancer test. >> what motivated me to find a new way to detect performance rer -- panser was -- pancreatic cancer was the death of a friend of ours. >> our kids have been taught to be curious and creative. >> i understand you are a competitive kayaker. >> i'm on the u.s. junior team and got competitive in sixt

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to "techknow."osta, when it comes to tracking, we will see it in a spy film but you are finding it in a different context? >> companies are using your cell phones to market to you now. we went to toronto and visited a number of companies who are using your bluetooth, wifi signal, cellular that's sold bying a greg gat to explore where you are going and what you are looking at so they can market to you more effectively. let's check it out. tore o toronto, canada. it's arguably the hippest and probably most closely monitored shopping center in all of canada. how? by something everybody carries. smart phones over a dozen businesses on this mile long strip are monitoring phones and most people don't know about it. one is happy child bar and restaurant. a sinceor sniffs out your wi-fi. >> why did you name it happy child? the data from trucking customers' phones? >> there is no way to get a feel for that, those kind of numbers unless you hire a marketing firm and spend thousands of dollars. >> people go by

. >> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt. lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris. the disappearance of the malaysia airlines plane. >>> and two more days for the secession vote to russia. and 303 people may have died in gm's recalled cars.

lockerbie: what really happened?n al jazeera america ♪ >>> hello, my name is john jacobs, and i'm james jacobs, and we're here at south by southwest. >> and we're in "the stream." >> joining us now is a man who uses drones to make food production more efficient, and a 3-d maker for pastries. farming? >> here in japan, 40% of the ice crop has been dusted with drones. and that's going to happen fairly soon in the u.s. drones will give farmers eyes why they don't have eyes now. and down the road they will provide more automation and more distinct access to individual parts of the field and individual plants even in the future, so you can do more with less and apply pesticides and fertilizers exactly where they are needed in exactly the right amount, so farming can become smarter in the sense that an industrial operation turns into a more help as needed operation. >> our community tweeted in . . . it takes a gallon of gasoline to produce one pound of gas, lisa, did not make this stuff up. . >> and kyle what innovations a

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lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >>> a bill has been approved by lawmakers in israel that would allow the israeli army to draft ultra orthodox jews who has been excepted until now. kimberly has our story. >> reporter: prayers by students in jerusalem who hope they won't have to serve in the military. but now enlistment is mandatory. >> the nation has said we're not prepared to put up with this situation any longer whereby our son's serve in the army and this community doesn't play its part. >> the view among a majority of politicians is it's time for them to share in the burden. they voted overwhelmingly to pass the law. >> translator: it is too much to expect from people who live here and who's lives are protected by the israeli army day after day, and university's are subsidized by israel, is it too much to ask them to contribute their part like every israeli citizen? this means sharing the burden. >> reporter: the students who were subsidized by the government for their full-time story of the

lockerbie: what really happened?n al jazeera america >>> we're getting a firsthand look at violent unrest continues to rage in the streets of venezuela. [ shouting ] gunn -- [ gunfire ] >> it is hard to see, but forces moved in firing tear gas and dismantling barricades built by protesters. our david has witnessed some of the violence. he joins bus via skype from san cristobal. david i was texting with you when this was going on when you were saying the tear gas canisters were being deployed. tell us what you saw. >> we were woken up in our beds about 11:30 at night. and you would always hear these canisters going off at night, but this was a little bit different, the intensity of -- of the clashes, drew us out on to the streets, and what we saw was at least three tanks rolling essentially right past our hotel classes with protesters who were hurling rocks and sticks, and this has been the tactic in which they fire this tear gas to try to disburse the crowd, but now they are starting to fire these plastic pellet spra

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> an increasing drum beat. over the increasingly wide use of heroin. "america tonight"'s in-depth series over one of the states that is suffering the worst, addicted in vermont. on this series we look to a new generation, born addicted. "america tonight"'s adam may brings us their story. rg. >> that is quite the cry on him. >> it is. and it's constant. >> jessica says the guilt is overwhelming. every time she watches this video of her baby boy. >> hard to watch, it really is. >> jacks was built physically dependent on the heroin replacement drug, seboxin. >> he cried, he had all the symptoms. there's no subtlety to him. >> crying? >> oh yeah, crying. >> fidgeting. >> fidgeting, starting. the -- startling. the only time he seemed okay was when we were skin to skin, if he was lying right on my chest, that would settle him. >> jessica has lived her entire life in the picturesque town in vermont, the most drug addicted women in the entire country. by age 20 jessica was addicted to heroin and she stayed looked for t

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera." i'm john siegenthaler and my guest today is art spiegelman the author of "maus." you have had an incredible career but part of that career is work being for the new yorker. had you ever done a magazine cover before? >> i think i did. new yorker covers are not usually connected to stories statements. in the heyday of the new yorker, in the postwar new yorker especially, the idea was to give respite, a moment of calm on the honking blaring tawdry passing parade. so they would be images of cebt scenes or of the city -- connecticut scenes or the city drawing. that was the-cartoon drawing. i seemed to her like a likely terrorist so

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> this week, venezuela marked the one year anniversary of the death of hugo chavez with a mix of solemn commemorations and street protests, it is a vast divide over his death. nicholas maduro drawing a who's who of leftist leaders, all paying respect to maduro's predecessor. credit demonstrators demanded that maduro are qui quit over hs handling of the economy. short of even the basic necessities like milk and toilet paper. america's thirst for imported oil plays a part in the power struggle going on there now. david arioso helps us understand. he has been reporting from porto gabao, venezuela. >> this is venezuela's largest port city, refineries behind us. and it is areas like these that are critical to venezuela's future. the influence in its future is wielded through its petroleum. when you talk about protest you talk about high stakes in a region where there's much natural gas and much crude oil. this in many ways is why what happens in venezuela is so impor

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera" here with superagent leigh steinberg. one of the biggest stories coming into the super bowl was the post game interview that richard sherman gave to fox sports. if he was your client, the moment after you saw that, what would have been your advice? >> first of all he wouldn't have been my client, because we work with role models. he twerked his way into the national consciousness. he took a page out of miley cyrus's book and did something so dramatic that all the country is talking about it. first of all, since i think he preplanned that and was ready to do it to grab his moment of fame, i would say, "you succeeded, you did a great job", you take an obscure defence back making him the top topic of conversation. super bowl week he has a chance to take that any direction he wants. he can soften it, he can be outrageous. the super bowl is a premier marketing event in the country. it is the ability to escape narrow genre and be

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. >> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt. lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. general motors is recalling more than 1 million cars for ignition switch problems. the national traffic safety administration is deciding whether or not gm acted quickly enough. today gm said it has hired an attorney to head the investigation. david, two-thirds of the recall have been precipitated by the automaker themselves, and a third by the automaker watchdog. is this a relationship that is working? >> i think it does work over time. i've covered a lot of recalls, and i find this to be an agency to be pretty effective, and certainly does not- not to kowto

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lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> my name's elliot ackerman. author of green on blue and i'm in "the stream." >> i promised to look at employment for military husbands and wives, 30%. that's how many of our military unemployed. huge amount way below the national average. what impact does that have on the family's instability? >> it is a definitely. i think the biggest problem that we face specifically is childcare. i know that's a exon concern. you know i -- a common concern. i have about six years of retail experience, after that management and i've never made more than $8.25 an hour. if i was to take that full time i would actually pay more out of pocket to work 40 hours a week including childcare than i would to stay home. it's hard to continue post-secondary education because you never know if you're going to move.

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. >> the search for the missing airplane is expanding and now 25 countries are helping with the search. flight 370 deliberately steered off course with 239 people on board. >> inside this gated community is the home of the airline captain and the police searched the home and interviewed the family and examining the flight simulator that the pilot kept in the home. the friends were quick to defend him. this is a tribute posted on youtube. they don't believe he's involved in the disappearance. >> he cares for people and responsible in his job and if anything happened to the plane he would make sure everyone is taken care of. >> in a nearby suburb is the co-pilot's home. the captain and co-pilot didn't skt to fly together. he was alleged to have invited female passengers into the cockpit on a flight in 2011 and smoking on board. a neighbor describes him as courteous. >> i didn't know much about his family. i can say that i hope all the news -- i think this is not becaus

lockerbie: what really happened?n al jazeera america >> the house of representatives to the first women speaker. the lady from pelosi. >> in 2007, nancy pelosi became the first elected speaker of the house, and since then, we have seen in the upper chamber, a record 20 female senators. simone, it's so important that women are rising in these visible positions of leadership. and how important is it for those women to be actively them? >> it's very important. and whether we know we're mentoring or not, girls are watching and we need to show girls that we care more about pleasing others and fitting in and all of us having the opportunity to role model for girls, whether we're in the positions of leadership, or external leadership or not >> so ronda, i consider myself one of the fortunate ones. great parents, and a great male role model in my life, my father at a young age taught me that i could take on my challenge, and it was like taking that out of my brain. i wasn't focused on what i couldn't do, but what i could do,

lockerbie: what really happened?n al jazeera america ♪ >> oftentimes with the stigma of living with hiv there's the guilt that i did something wrong. i'm a very bad person, or the shame that i have something that no one else has. >> welcome back, we're discussing the impact hiv has on xhup tease of color and looking at factors that place black women at higher risk than almost every other group. we were talking about fear of shame and disgrace really plays a huge role in people getting help they need. >> yeah, and mikey says . . . and we got a great video comment from pat tick. >> still ma is also a huge come known when you look at hiv. and when we reduce stigma, we do that by education, and that allows normalization of hiv testing and people to feel more comfortable with talking about their hiv status and being more open about it. people living with hiv in stigmatized communities hide, and we shouldn't be that way. >> stigma still persists lisa. >> oh, it does. and linda you have been living with hiv since 1990. wher

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lockerbie: what really happened?n al jazeera america >> an ameica tonight special series >> this baby is in withdrawal... how addiction affects the most innocent. >> he just went quiet and his lips turned blue... >> is there hope? addicted in vermont on al jazeera america >>> all right. we have been talking about china and how a clowedown there rattles global markets. turkey is another country unsettling markets of late. turkey has transformed itself into an emerging market powerhouse. it achieves spectacular growth under the leadership of prime minister rejeb tayep erdowan, but his government is now rocked by an on again off again series of treat protests. it's fuelling an exodus of investors out of turkey and emerging markets in general. patricia sabga explains. >> reporter: violent clashes wednesday between protestors and turkish police sparked by the death of a teenage boy walkeded in anti-government demonstrations last year. turkey was perceived by foreigners as a nation on the way up. but the planned destructio

lockerbie: what really happened? on al jazeera america >> the u.s. job market showed signs of warming up in february after two months of very cold growth. let me break it down for you. the economy created 175,000 net new jobs. that's more than economists expected and up from the 129,000 in january and 184,000 in december. i said warming, not hot. 175,000 net new jobs in february is lower than the 12-month average that we've seen of 189,000. it's unclear to what extent cold weather continues to hurt job creation. now as for the unemployment rate that so many in the media talk about but fail to explain it edged up a bit to 6.7%, down from--up from 6.6% in january. now let me explain to you why the unemployment rate rising in this case is a good thing. the rate went up because 264,000 people joined the labor force, which we take as a sign that they're optimistic about finding a job. but of course joining the labor force means looking for a job. not all of them found a job so the unemployment went up a bit. that's the context that you need to understand