rlg lori jane glihloirnlings >> rick: stand. lori jane gliha has the story. >> firing bullets through a closed bathroom door. ask $. >> that wasn't me laughing but that was my voice saying those words. i think in hindsight my lady make me be upset to hear me say something like that. but to compare a zombie which is a fictional a animated character, comparing to a human or shooting at a human. >> you said, it's softer than blaze, who else got brains. >> despite pistorius's protests, prosecutor known as a pit bull, comparison to an exploded watermelon, to reeva stein camp'steenkamp'shead. >> i'm going to show you mr. pistorius, the exact same effect as the bullet went into her head. >> on the big screen, the prosecutor suddenly displayed a n image of her head. we've blurred the image. pistorius who does not credit appear on why camera, because of courtroom directives. >> i don't have to look at a picture. i was there. >> reporter: pistorius's tearful testimony continued. even the prosecutor called the olympian's actions into question. can as he f

why lori jane gliha, al jazeera. >> who failed alicia rudd? inappropriate behavior between staff and dcs shelter families. "america tonight"'s correspondent lori jane gliha reveals these documents and talks to rol everythingshaolesh. >> i couldn't think. >> why didn't you call the police? >> if my mind went black and i -- blank and went into shock, i wasn't the only one in the family that was around when the notification got to us that rolesha was missing. anybody could have picked up the phone and dialed 911 for me because i wasn't at that time able to do it. >> did anybody else call police? >> i don't know. >> "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha with the missing girl's grand that. what she has to say. >>> up next is it a rare childhood disease or evidence of abuse. the evidence facing doctors and parents, a disturbing syndrome, next. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> t

"america tonight"'s lori jane gliha reporting on the pluses and minuses of legalizing pot.onight there is more to it. joining us is denver mayor michael hancock, fresh from his own trip to amsterdam. we note, mr mayor, that not only did we see you in lori jane gliha's report, but you are not a fan of recreational marijuana in your statement. now you are in it, now you have seen the experience of amsterdam, what did you learn? >> there's a lot to learn. there's a lot of differences between the united states. they have legalized marijuana. and amsterdam, which, as you point out in the report, legalized marijuana for 40 years. we learnt a lot. i'm glad to learn denver is on the right track of medical and retail marijuana. >> one of the elements that your state learnt is that it can be a tax revenue generator for you already, right. >> it is generating taxes. we knew it would, but we recognise we had a role, a big responsibility to make sure that we regulated it, protected the communities and children from the drug. and made sure that we had implementation. >> right, and you do

"america tonight" lori jane gliha is following this trial and brings us the traffic moments. photos shown during the third day on the stand. . >> using a tv clip to demonstrate oscar pistorius's ability to use a gun, they showed target practice and compared to the night oscar pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, shooting bull fits through a closed -- bullets through a closed door. >> no, you did. >> despite kevin pietersen's protest, the prosecutor, known as a pitbull for his tough cross-examinations, pressed forward to reeva steenkamp's head. >> on the courtroom big screen the prosecutor displayed a bloody picture of her head. we blurred the image. it's time that you look at it. take responsibility for what you've done, mr oscar pistorius. >> oscar pistorius, who does not appear on camera refused to look. >> oscar pistorius's tearful testimony continued. his emotions were called into question as oscar pistorius described how he fired the shots that killed his girlfriend, out of fear. >> the prosecutor told oscar pistorius he and his tough questions are not going away, t

lori jane gliha has been following the case. this is a twist. we thought police were looking for her body. >> and the washington press chief doesn't make identifications like this. usually the police go through the medical examiner or the coroner's office, but she says it looks like the body of the tatum. they have been searching the park. they determined he spent time there on march 2nd, the day after r erkts -- relisha went missing. >> these are the last-known video of relisha rudd, surveillance video from a holiday inn express. the man by her side is a jan or at b.c. homeless center. according to the police report, the girl's family allowed tatum to take relisha away with him in february, but the little girl didn't come home. >> it's heartbreaking. >> danielle knows relisha well managing an educational play area where relisha participated. for more than a year, she says, the 8-year-old thrived on art projects and dreamed of being a model or cheerleader. this is a place relisha felt safe. >> she was trusting, loving. she was the first kid - sh

on monday officials in san diego andity and tijuana report, are lori jane gliha, reports, tijuana is in the midst of a renaissance. >> you're looking at the art scene south of the border. ity jua tijuana, mexico. as sculpt or thes show off the twisted he met am they formed. and abandon ed warehouses into art galleries. even el morto. >> even this place would be unimaginable, swept up in a brutal drug war. many residents fled tijuana. now tijuana is experiencing what is called a rebirth. led by a vanguard. >> what was the atmosphere like? >> it was a place where a lot of hood lumhoodlums would hang out. some of the shop owners abandoned the place and they left a lot of goods. >> how would you characteristic the ar transformation of tijuana? >> we didn't even think about it. every ten, 12 years it reinvents itself. >> this latest reinvention is an unlikely one. when the tourists and party goers left, a home grown renaissance took place. >> tijuana used to be supported by people coming from other places, especially tourism. at one point with the violence that erupted here in the city, i

lori jane gliha, thank you very much. >>> yes. >> borders installations under the u.s. mexican border, allocates $362 million for border fences and towers much of them in the harsh desert terrain in arizona. but not everyone agrees with his emphasis on security. as al jazeera rob reynolds reports, the citizens of this community are tired of being in a militarized border zone. >> it is early morning in arivaca arizona. formulate kilometers from the line separating u.s. from mexico. agents with sniffer dogs check each vehicle but at this border checkpoint there is something unusual. >> this is a newer model sedan. >> a group of citizens monitoring the monitors. checkpoint and the heavy handed presence of the border patrol in the area. >> possibly one male one female, white. >> lisa jacobson helped organized the checkpoint monitoring. >> many people in the inthis community believe that our community has been treated as if we live in a war zone. >> the customs and border patrol agency tell al jazeera checkpoints remain a highly effective tool in our efforts to secure our na

lori jane gliha has been following the trial and explains what oscar pistorius said happened after he pulled the trigger. >> in his waivering voice, filled with emotion, oscar pistorius could do little to fight the tears as he explained to a judge, the moment he knew he killed his own girlfriend, model and law graduate reeva steenkamp. >> we'll take an adjournment. >> judge thokozile masipa, known for her tough rulings in cases of violent against women adjourned court early for the second day in a row after oscar pistorius's emotions got the best of him. she was a former crime reporter and only the second black woman on the bench. where no jury, oscar pistorius must convince her. in court he told the judge he thought reeva steenkamp was a burglar. >> the gold medal paralympian known as blade runner for the hardware he wears on his legs during sprints told the court he retrieved his gun from under the bed and approached the bathrooms without his prosthetics. oscar pistorius says he bashed in a door panel to gain access to the bathroom. >> with his family looking on and crying with him,

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"america tonight"'s lori jane gliha reports. >> on march 10, 2010, brooke was driving her 2005 quli chevy cob, as she was driving on the highway, her car suddenly lost power. ken and beth melton, her parents rushed to the hospital she was dead when they arrived. >> families lost loved ones in similar accidents, clumped clutd pictures and cried. the cause of brooke's death was an ignition switch that disabled the power steering, disabled the power brake leading to a deadly crash. gm knew about the faulty ignition switch years earlier but failed to act. a claim gm ceo mary barra admit. >> i can't tell you why it it ik years but i will tell you we will find out. >> barra who took over in january, leaned on however barra has worked for gm 33 years and california senator barbara boxer had little understanding. >> i am very disappointed. the culture you are representing here today is a culture of status quo. >> gm's troubles they suggested are just beginning. in i think it's likely appropriate that gm will face prosecution based on this evidence. >> i don't see this as anything but criminal. >>