melissa chan, al jazerra, kearn county, california. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: i am meet rolls dave warrenory out west is the drought that continues. rain here plus the clouds over nevada. but not much in the way of steffi rainfall that would alleviate the dry conditions there. that's about all the rain that we could squeeze out. farther north still a problem with fire weather now because now there are a few piers fires popping up and very little rain from the west coast. temperatures continuing to climb, close to 100 degrees in california. above average temperatures, very dry weather and the wind is starting to pick up is lead to go this, these fire weather watches issued and the red flag warnings for the dry conditions along with the fires developing. this is smoke in oregon right around big bend here that haze is the smoke from the fire. snow still in some of the mountains, good to see the snow still there. that will eventually melt and provide some moisture, but certainly not a lot. the snow and storms have been below average this year so the drought will continue. too much rain in the

melissa chan identified one of these in san francisco. >> sam sedowski expense her day in the tenderloin her parents had kicked her out of the house. >> there's a lot of congregation and just an monthsity towards you. and i didn't come to san francisco because of that. but i knew that it would be easier, or i knew that i would be more accepted. >> she's one of hundreds of homeless young people in the city. >> most of the kids we see come from really expensive histories of abuse and neglect and poverty. >> major american cities have seen their homeless populations rise sometimes by double digits and many of these are teens. while this group is very difficult to track, one thing experts say is they are especially susceptible to drug use. for cash she sells spare syringes, and drug addicts, whether it's heroin, crack or whatever they can get their hand on. she also admits to turning tricks, having sex for drugs. >> 75% of homeless teens turn to drugs or alcohol. they are also disproportionately lgbt. lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. as for their total population most organizations agr

at that time, at least they were welcome. >> melissa chan, thank you. joining us to talk about this is randy blasack, the professor of sociology. randy, welcome. >> hello. >> how big a problem are groups like the one that jarrod miller were connected to? >> well, there's a large number of these groups. there's about 1300 antigovernment groups and about 300 of those are patriot militia groups. but the wider problem is not the groups. there's a lot of people who believe in the ideology who aren't associated with any formal groups. it is kind of like a counterculture than a series of groups. in the old days when you had the can you cluck clan and the aryan nations, the general distrust in the government to what they believe in a second american revolution. >> groups like these that are found on the internet and unfortunately tolerated by some, when the people end up committing horrible crimes. how do you know which members of those groups have that potential? >> well, that's exactly the problem. the new philosophy, what thearl called leader -- what they're

while on the ranch miller explained his stance in an interview with al jazerra correspondence melissa chan the abuses of police have just grown out of control with no repercussions. >> reporter: and jared miller watts no stranger to police, particularly in indiana where he had a criminal record. he posted videos to youtube under the web name usa true patriot. in one of them, he recounts when police arrested hill in 2013. >> one of them came and stood right here in this hallway right where i am standing now with an assault rifle while another one illegally detained might wife there in the living room, would not let her leave the house. police officers then came up my stairs here, without a warrant by the way. >> reporter: miller apparent anger turned to tears as he posted a message for his wife just before heading to jail. >> i just want you to know i love you so much and i hope that you will come visit me in jail. >> reporter: miller never expressed remorse in this video even though he was convicted of a crime. a year later while on the bundy ranch he called out government as the real crim

melissa chan, reporting. >> chrissy field. in the last few hours two san francisco police officers were on the regular patrol when they recognized the vehicle that chamberlain was supposed to be in. they proiched the vehicle, realized chamberlain was inside and conducted an arrest. from a bystander it appears he was unarmed. there will be questions in the coming days however about how the fbi characterized chamberlain, the way that friends and neighbors characterized him. al jazeera had a chance to speak to one of his friends and this is way he characterized the entire situation. >> i was really hurt when it first coming out. are his friends going to be under investigation, what did dough? to find out a lt of the press reports were way overblown you know. he just gets sad. >> just to add to this chamberlain actually issued a suicide note of sorts this morning. it was automated, he had written it earlier, it was timed to be issued to friends and relatives. the ongoing depression, the fact he lost his job, a broken romance. not

melis melissa chan went to the camp where the novel was modelled on, california. >>> midway through theel "the grapes of wrath", there's a moment where the family saw the valley for the first type. the sun came um, and they saw a -- came up, and they saw the valley below - the vip yards, orchards -- vip yards, arch -- vip yards, orchards, and the green. california, the promise land. it seemed that way to this migrant too. >> we were in oklahoma, where we came from, we were starving to death. we were hungry, not starving. >> they showed up, poor and desperate, and lived in camps established by the government. and it was here in arbo, in that steinbach placed the jobe family, the camp preserved and placed on the register of historic places. wc stamps lived here for 16 years. >> so this is my brother and my dad and oldest brother. >> reporter: a well digger, his father was driven out of business by the dust storms. he joint the migration west and found work in the fields. >> after school was out we'd work in season. my mother was great with her hands, quick. she'd pack peach es, grapes, pl

melissa chan explains. >>> this is the heart of silicon valley, where tech millionaires live and home to ston ford university. in the middle of it all is a mobile home park, one of the last places left, providing affordable housing in a city rich from the tech boom. now a developer offered the lot's owner millions to build luxury apartment for the growing workforce, displacing residents. >> if this place close, i don't know where i'd go or 90% of the people would go. >> they work in tech, but not as engineers. they are siliconvilly's guard ners, house keepers, cooks and nannies. while they benefit from the growth, they are its earliest casualties. for years they spif by paying under -- survive by paying under $1,000. this has 400 low income workers. they want to stay here. it has one of the best school districts in the state. for this family, the school district as had been transformative. erica leads the community battle against the eviction and says, in many ways, it's about access to education than a real estate wrongle. my parents came from mexico. we grew up here. i was the first

melissa chan who was one of the most well respected reporters in china didn't get her visa renewed. kevin lao was stabbed and almost killed. china put the pressure on big banks not to advertise with apple daily which is a problem tear type of publication, which goes out very hard hitting. apple daily keeps on coming back because people want this type of coverage. so the communityist -- communist party is on the losing end of this. you look at the tools, they should win but it's society pushing back. >> apple daily have allowed for more freedom in hong kong. they went against apple daily and allegations that apple daily was hacked, to stop banks from advertising with them so there are many ways that the chinese government can press, can pressure the press to not be able -- to do what they want them to do. >> yes but at the end of the day though you have journalists are responding to people in society. so it really means that they will one way or another find one way to get these stories into front of people's eyes if not in publications that are formally authorized by the communist p

melissa chan, california. >> so if you're watching the nba finals tonight you'll get a strong reminderbout the controversy surrounding the nfl washington redskins names. ines is back with this one. >> reporter: the ad is paid for by a california tribe. it will be shown in some of the largest markets, in the commercial criticizes the red skin name. we have a short clip of it. take a look. >> strong. indomitable. native americans call themselves many things. the one thing they don't: >> people are already reacting to this commercial. britney saying i will say it a million times we don't want to change our name, and it is not meant to be offensive. let it die already. and nick, he's a red skin fan, he said its funny how the majority of people never had a problem with the red skin name until suddenly after others did. now now as part native american red skin never bothered me, but it does my fellow natives so change the name. carl writes we took their land. we killed their people. we destroyed parts of their cultural. the least we can do is respect them. >> whoa, that's strong. >> yes, it

. >> melissa chan in san francisco. >>> a hacking ring that stole $100 million worldwide.ho investigators believe is behind it. that's next. >>> and the rehabilitation in regard to bowe bergdahl, why some say he is a deserter that should be tried for treason. >> a shocking number of these eyewitnesses get it wrong >> how much would you remember? >> dark complected... medium height... you described most of the majority of the men in america >> sometimes witnesses get it right >> when you have an eyewitness to say i saw him do it, that is the best evidence. >> and sometimes sometimes they don't >> no one is listening to us... george is innocent... >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >> talk to aljazeera only on al jazeera america >>> russian smokers have to take their habit outside. 40% of the country smokes, and a law now prevents them lighting up in restaurants and bars. it could save 200,000 lives. violating the regulation will cost more than $90 per fine. the justice department says it disrupted a cyber gang that infected hundreds of thousands of