. >> "america tonight's" lori jane gliha on whether they could have been saved. thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. back to school marks back on the alert at colleges across the nation. the number of reported sex crimes peaks during the fall and this fall just as the safe campus act is discussed on capitol hill. bringing law enforcement into the picture more quickly after a sex crime allegation is reported, whether that could make a difference and whether it could save the lives of two young virginia students from "america tonight's" lori jane gliha. >> this is morgan brown. >> everything in morgan harrington's room her drawings photographs even the posters on her bedroom wall are still right where she left them in 2009. >> she was a lot of fun. she really was. >> that was morgan's junior year at virginia tech and the last time her mother jill saw her daughter alive. >> it's still comforting for me to have her stuff around me. i know that will change. >> the 20-year-old, an artist who wanted to be a teacher disappeared after attending a metallica concert at the

. >> "america tonight" merritt merritt's lori jane gliha. >> and the pope's words offer comfort. is he asking too much? >> the pope's message is one of giving assistance but pushing a political agenda saying, take the doors off and let everybody in. >> the holy father and the fate of the faithful. >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. meet the pope. on the streets here in washington, d.c, this was a day for the people, as pope francis greeted the thousands who throng pennsylvania avenue for even a glimpse of the holy father. next, in front of the politicians as pope francis becomes the first pope to address a joint session of congress. the expectation is that he will speak as firmly as in front of european leaders, on climate change, racial justice and the plight of immigrants. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> at home with her guitar she sings of gratitude and the unwavering faith that got her through her darkest days. >> for el salvador, guatemala,. >> she joined the country side to rejoin her family in philadelphia. but she was arrested at the u.s. mexico border and sent to stay with her parents te

"america tonight"s lori jane gliha here to talk about lessons learnt.his is not solely focused on the equipment, school so much attention was paid to it. >> not at all, it was comprehensive. it was not aimed at putting blame on a person. the police chief asked for an assessment. he said what can we do different, to make sure it doesn't happen again, it is approveded in future. and that the police were dealing with something different, having people learning to deal and handle that. they looked at the first 17 days after michael brown was killed, and specifically at the four main police agencies that responded to this, looked at what could they do, what worked well, what didn't. >> so what could go better in the next round. the main key things, the relationship between the police and the community. it was non-existent. >> and it's simple. during the crisis situations. it's not the time you want to have your first meeting with leaders. that is an important thing that can prevent some things that happened. also long-term plan versus short-term plan. some o

"america tonight's" lori jane gliha has that story. >> everything in morgan harrington's room, everything this her room is still right where she left them in 2009. >> she was a lot of fine, she really was. >> reporter: that was morgan's junior year at virginia tech and the last time her mother jill saw her alive. >> it's still comforting to me to have her stuff around me. i know that will change. >> reporter: the 20-year-old an artist who wanted to be a teacher disappeared after attending a metallica concert at john paul o jones arena. >> having our daughter missing felt worse than having her death. there are rituals, you know how to eulogize, missing, you're on a pendulum trying to keep hope alive and yet logic is filling you with despair. walking that knife edge is debilitating, difficult. >> 101 days will pass before morgan's schedule tannized body was found buy farmer at a field ten miles away. her mother feels she was kidnapped raped and murdered. >> it was likely we would find the criminal predator who killed morgan from forensics on the body. something in me came up. >> a separate

as "america tonight's" lori jane gliha found in her look at the risks. >> reporter: in many ways, tara robson is your typical 20-something. she leads aan active life in fact training for a half marathon. she gets out and about with her fiancee matt, walks her dog, but not that long ago the 20-year-old from roots town iowa, found herself in the emergency room, unable to move and about to learn diagnosis. >> i got tired picking up like ten toys. this was exhausting. it got worse. >> after a pain filled sleepless night tara saw a doctor at a local medical center. >> he said you're a little bit guested. he asked if i wanted muscle relaxers, i said i'll get over it. i was still miserable, i remember calling my fiancee, i was balling my eyes out but it hurt to cry, i couldn't sniff my nose without it hurting. >> reporter: tara was convinced this was more tha more than that. the cat scan. >> he saw 21 blood clots in my lungs. there was 11 on one side and ten on the other side. >> tara learned she had a hereditary blood clotting disorder. the national institutes of health says, most will die w

. >>> lori jane gliha on whether they could have been saved >>> also ahead - a cold war thaw and how it froze out cubans seeking a new life in the u.s. >> the problem procedure. there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason especially not there, what will happen for people left behind. >> a community of medical professionals, and a bitter prescription for their future >>> thank you for joining us, i'm joie chen, a new wave of migration headed to the united states. it might seem counterintuitive that after the thaw in cold war relations, in havana and washington, a flood of cuba migrants could set out for refuge here, fears that it will change policy, making it harder to get citizenship triggered the outflow. already a community of cubans found itself stranded neither in the united states nor cuba, but in bogota, columbia. "america tonight"s sheila macvicar met them there. >> in this cramped apartment, a cuban doctor nurse and pharmacist await word from the u.s. embassy. they are among more than 700 cuban medical personnel who fled to the columbian capital, seeking special visas to com

. >>> "america tonight's" lori jane gliha has this story. >> reporter: everything in morgan harrington's room, her drawings, photographs, even the posters on her bedroom wall are still right where she left them in 2009. >> she was a lot of fun. she really was. >> the 20-year-old, artist who wanted to be a teacher, disappeared after attending a metallica concert at the john paul jones arena. 101 days would pass before morgan's bones were found in a farmer's field. her mother believed she was raped and murdered. >> when i was told, we could find something forensics from another body something reared up and i wanted to do everything in my power to stop that. >> reporter: she turned her grief into activism. with her husband she started the save the next girl foundation, pushing with new legislation to deal with sexual assault. but it would take another five years and another tragedy before virginia law americas would focus their attention on college campuses. the death of hannah graham allowed her death to slowly unravel in 20 14. jesse matthew, a person never convicted, the fact that he was

but i will say, i mean, definitely a lot of hope and energy moving that direction. >> lori jane glihato you thank you for joining us. that does it for this week's show but the conversation continues on our website at aljazerra.com slash third do the rail and on facebook and 30 @aj third rail. you can catch my show on target weeknights 10:30 p.m. i am ali velshi. good night. >>> this is al jazeera. >> hello. i am lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up: a warm welcome for refugees arriving in germany as europe politicians search for solutions to the crisis. >>> on the continent's frontiers, more make the desperate search of safety. >> don't get involved, the u.s. warns russia to stay out of syria's war. guatemala's presidential election is

but i will say, i mean, definitely a lot of hope and energy moving that direction. >> lori jane glihato you thank you for joining us. that does it for this week's show but the conversation continues on our website at aljazerra.com slash third do the rail and on facebook and 30 @aj third rail. you can catch my show on target weeknights 10:30 p.m. i am ali velshi. good night.

. >>> and lori jane gliha on the technology that reaches behind bars, and why it could lead to a disturbing disconnect. that's wednesday on "america from a remote corner at the top of the world, a look at technology, and what it can do in our lives. we think of video games as being a distraction. from a native community, a different approach, as found in barrow, alaska. time. >> must in our minds. girl. >> this 7-year-old is deadly serious about her video games. >> good job. >> during the countless hours on her ex box. she is not shooting anyone. >> that's what you call it. >> that's awesome. she's battling a vision. communicating with spirits, trying to protect her people. >> we have to save them were a village. shani is play a game called never alone. based on a group of native alas cans who live upon the arctic circle. in the game an orphan girl must overcome a series of op tackles. fighting a never ending snow storm. she is accompanied by fox. the game is a collaboration between several native alaskan groups using technology to center a younger generation in their own culture. >> one da

. >> "america tonight" merritt merritt's lori jane gliha. >> and the pope's words offer comfort. is he asking too much? >> the pope's message is one of

lori jane has the story. >> her drawings photographs even the posters on her bedroom wall. are still right where she left them, in 2009. >> she was a lot of fun, she was. >> the 20-year-old an artist who wanted to be a teacher, disappeared after attending a metallica concert at the university of virginia jon paul jones arena. 101 days would pass before morgan's skeleton body was found by a farmer at a remote virginia farm. ten miles away. herrington believes her daughter was ab ducted raped and murders. >> when i was told by law enforcement, that it was likely we could find the criminal the predator, who killed morgan, from forensics from another body. something in me reared up and i looked at everything within my power, to stop that. >> she turns her grief into activism. >> i'd love to see her face up here. >> with her husband she started the save the next girl. victim outreach and pushing for new legislation to deal with sexual assault. but it would take another five years and another tragedy before lawmakers would sharpen their focus on college campuses. it was the murde

lori jane gliha investigated why that may have happened. >> honestly, the law enforcement rape. >> it would be a decade after megan was raped before she would be fan seriously. >> i was -- before she was taken seriously. >> i was interrogated. they say you can go to gaol for making this up. >> in 2003 a stranger attacked her in a tennessee home. she was 16 years old. >> so you are sitting there. you are 16, and they are telling you are you sure you were raped? how frustrating was it. >> it was confusing. despite the skepticism that handled the case and the threat by the attacker that turned and killed her, they decided to undergo an examine. it is an important tool in prosecuting sex crimes. the body of a rape victim is app crime scene. fluid can be tested for d.n.a., leading to the identification. >> he came from behind and knocked me down. the only chance i had was the d.n.a. they could collect from my body. >> she assumed her kit would beanalysed quickly. instead it sat on a shelf in a police evidence room for nine years. officials can't explain why. the kit in 2012 was tested. thi

. >> "america tonight" merritt merritt's lori jane gliha. >> and the pope's words offer comfort. is he asking too much? >> the pope's message is one of giving assistance but pushing a political agenda saying, take the doors off and let everybody in. >> the holy father and the fate of the faithful.

. >>> lori jane gliha on whether they could have been saved >>> also ahead - a cold war thaw

. >>> lori jane gliha on whether they could have been saved >>> also ahead - a cold war thaw and howt froze out cubans

. >> "america tonight" merrit mers lori jane gliha. >> and the pope's words offer comfort. is he askin