lori jane gliha, al jazeera, pasco, washington. >> after a break, "america tonight's" lori jane gliha continues her investigates at hanford. after whistle blowers sounded the alarm, some say they faced retaliation. why there's now fear to speak out at the most contaminated nuclear waste site in american america. >> i wanted to be in on the big >> many of these involved >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> what do we want? justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off we're not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's emmy winning, investigative, documentary, series... >> before the break, "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha introduced us to the thousands of former workers at washington state, who told her of the terrible injuries they suffered after risking their lives on the job. hanford is the most contaminated nuc

lori jane gliha, al jazeera, pasco, washington. >> after a break, "america tonight's" lori jane gliha continues her investigates at hanford. after whistle blowers sounded the alarm, some say they faced retaliation. why there's now fear to speak out at the most contaminated nuclear waste site in american america. >> pain killer addiction on the rise >> i loved the feeling of not being in pain >> deadly consequences >> the person i married was gone >> are we prescribing an epidemic? >> the last thing drug companies wanted anybody to think was that, this was a prescribing problem >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... award winning investigative documentary series... opioid wars only on al jazeera america >> before the break, "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha introduced us to the thousands of former workers at washington state, who told her of the terrible injuries they suffered after risking their lives on the job. hanford is the most contaminated nuclear site. in the second

lori jane gliha, al jazeera, pasco, washington. >> after a break, "america tonight's" lori jane gliha continues her investigates at hanford. after whistle blowers sounded the alarm, some say they faced retaliation. why there's now fear to speak out at the most contaminated nuclear waste site in american . >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> before the break, "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha introduced us to the thousands of former workers at washington state, who told her of the terrible injuries they suffered after risking their lives on the job. hanford is the most contaminated nuclear site. in the second part of her story. lori jane gliha tells us about whistle blowers who did speak up and say they paid the price. >> reporter: heading up this part of the columbia river is like a journey into the past. miles of open space, m

. >> "america tonight's" lori jane gliha investigates hanford nuclear reservation, time is running out. >>> this hour tornado watches and warnings for millions of people. also watching tonight the sixth name hurricane of the season. the latest on the storm's path ahead. >> good evening thanks for joining us, i'ming joie chen. insisting the ebola crisis can and will be kept under control. but now there's word that american health care worker then contracted the virus herself. she was on the team for thomas eric duncan, and authorities are identifying others who might be at risk. seven people are part of that team and need ton monitored. meantime the cdc is reviewing safety protocols and helping health care workers with a new sense of urgency. this is a scene health care workers hadn't accounted on. a well trained professional who helped care for eric duncan after he was placed in the isolation unit of a top flight dallas hospital. the grim reality that despite all the cautions applied here for the first time the ebola virus jumped from one infected person to another on u.s. soil. >> if

in part two of our investigation, "america tonight"s lori jane gliha has a story of two whistleblowers who did speak up - and paid the price. >> reporter: heading up this part of the columbia river is like a journey into the past. miles of open space, mysterious structures, remnants from the early days of cold war. what is that? >> that's one of the original reactors built in the 1940s. >> at hamford washington where 200 million is superintendent in the ever-expanding empire. >> known as hamford, here workers produce plutonium for the first atomic bomb and many of the nation's weapons. >> for mike it's where he spent most of his working life. >> 27 years we worked here. we took the fuel rods, extracted the plutonium. >> reporter: now decommissions the site is part of a clean-up programme. he was part of that, working in the tank farm, a series of underground storage tanks holding millions of gallons of contaminated nuclear waste. first built in the 1940s, many. ageing single-shell tanks leaked and contaminated the groundwater. several of the contractors built tanks supposed to hold the

lori jane gliha, al jazeera. >> female submariners. >> what was your first reaction when you heard about women serving on submarines? >> first reaction was whoa they are probably going to be in trouble. they are in enclosed space for a really long time with a lot of men. women in those situations can be at high risk for sexual assault. >> plus later on the show, america votes 2014. allegations millions of people may have voted in more than one state but who's behind them? our special investigation into double voters, just ahead. >> a brutal drug war >> this here were the remains of 31 people that were found... >> thousands disappearing >> the cost of kidnapping and killing a human being is almost zero >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >> the u.s. navy makes a big announcement regarding women female sailtor sailors can servn submarines, with males. some female veterans are raisi

as "america tonight"s lori jane gliha reports, the judge has explained her sentence. >> it would be a sad day for this country if an impression were to be created that there was one law for the poor and disadvantaged, and another for the rich and famous. >> reporter: the judge called her sentence fair, before handing down the penalty for oscar pistorius. >> count one, culpable homicide. the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. [ cheering ] >> reporter: outside the courtroom oscar pistorius's family addressed the cloud. >> we accept the judgment. oscar will embrace this opportunity to pay back to voty. >> reeva's parents acknowledged the sentence - knowing oscar pistorius may only serve 10 months behind bars, with a chance to come out and be placed op house arrest. >> do you think justice has been served. >> yes. >> are you happy, satisfied? >> we are satisfied. >> police whisked oscar pistorius away to begin his sentence, as many reflect on his past. >> he was once a revered sports hero. a sprinting star, an inspiration to the world. as the first double amputee