people are stepping into mercury. i'm philtorres i'm an entomologist i've conducted extensive research in this rain forest so this story is personal. it really pains me to see this. marita davidison is a biologist specilaizing in ecologyand evolution now she shows us the high tech tools that are exposing what even the eye can't see. >> so where it's blood red that's where the mercury polution is most intense. >> we'll share our findings with lindsay moran she's an ex -cia anaylist. that's our team, everything we've been seeing... it's for this... now let's do some science. hey guys welcome to techknow i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran and marita davidson. this upcoming episode is an important one to me it takes place in peru where i've done alot of my research and it is a tale of contrast we will see a rainforest full of new species and then we will see the devastation that humans have done to extract gold. >> and as we know with devastating stories like this, where there is a lot of damage science can play a ro

lignight sources with respect to the mercury standard. but otherwise, epa's position is once listed it triggers an obligation to issue emission standards under the -- >> an obligation as to some standard. but again, the minimum standard can vary dramatically depending upon how the categories and subcategories are set up. and because the minimum standard can vary dramatically so too will costs vary dramatically. so you're having the epa consider costs before the epa can know what the costs are. >> your honor if i can respond to that before the other question at the other end of the bench, epa does know what the costs are through the rulemaking process in which it undertakes notice and comment with respect to both the m-1a determination and the emission standard. section 7607 d-1c of the clean air act lists subsection n as one of the provisions that requires notice and comment rulemaking und your the special clean air act procedures. and this is why the agency explained that there's no final m-1a until the end of the process, until notice a

mercury is the closest planet to the sun. messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit it.- ground control managed to raise its orbit, giving it a longer life, but now the end is not. during its more than 4000 laps, messenger used a laser to analyze and photograph mercury's surface. it sent around 250,000 pictures back to earth, a veritable treasure trove for scientists. the data and images have revealed volcanic deposits polar ice caps, and an abundance of elements such as potassium or sulfur. some of the planet's history. these pictures show how a day looks at mercury's north pole. messenger will continue sending pictures until about 10 minutes before it hits the surface. it will leave a crater on the planet it has circled for so long, but it is expected to hit on the side away from earth, so observatories here will miss it. >> a big thank you to messenger for all that information over the last decade. and thank you for joining us here on dw. >> goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is re

for the past four years messenger has been orbiting mercury. send it back to hundred 70,000 snaps from the planet closest to the sun. thanks to those stunning images, messenger revealed volcanic deposits and polar caps for frozen water. the next mercury mission blasts off in 2017 when a pair of european and japanese spacecrafts will and for the planet. the satellites are not expected to enter orbit until 2024. >> all right. 1:14 in the french capital. a reminder of the top stories. the latest miracle survivor, a teenage bully pulled from the rubble five days after a -- a teenage boy pulled from the rubble five days after the earthquake. the french ministry hit by accusations of sexual abuse in the central african republic. authorities are looking into allegations against several french soldiers for rape and sexual assault on children. and indignation spreading beyond baltimore. protests in several u.s. cities, including washington and new york. this after a 25-year-old black man died after sustaining injuries while in police custody. time for a

but much bigger proportionately bigger and there is a liquid also there surrounding this core in mercuryoducing the magneting iic field of the earth. >> reporter: messenger revealed the moon-like surface in unprecedented detail scarred by as astroids and temperatures and mapped ancient lava and ice at the polls covered by a layer of dark mysterious matter. >> the hypothesis this dark material is, in fact, organic, material delivered to mercury by what brought the water probably from the outer solar system and not only of water rights but of what on our planet were once some of the building blocks of organic chemistry and life. >> reporter: now the fuel has run out and nasa says it is powerless to stop gravity from dragging messenger to the planet and the impact at more than 14,000 kilometers an hour adds another small crater to its already pitted surface. expirations of the planets are giving us a year of how it was formed and how our planet came to be and placing us in time and space within the universe and within the confinement of the solar system very important to know these things.

mercury in particular is an end member of the solar system. a very violent history and that's one thing we can see in the imimagines. one of the most remarkable things is that before we have seen less than half of the surface, and now that's been completely filled in so we have seen the whole of mercury, been able to happen it and look at the field and so on. so we have more information. look at a list of things we have learned about and say that's okay that's okay, what was your wow moment. >> for me the happening. where vessel seen less than half of the surface now with have seen all of it. the interim structure is one of the things, but perhaps the stand out is water. >> by the way that's not mercury. >> right. >> but we are sending spacecraft which will go close to the sun. the craters in mercury. >> other than learning for the sake of learning, and being interest to know what was on the other side, what sort of human kind was the benefit. in context with the others so mercury is an end member, the next manage et out which is sort of simil

which is producing a magnetic field. >> messenger reveals mercury's moon like service in unprecedentedail. scarred by the collision of asteroids and meet rides. the effortrecorded surface. and it happened ancient lava flows and discovered ice at the polls. covered by a layer of dark mysterious matter. delivered to mercury bring the same objects that brought the water probably from the outer solar system, not only of water rights but of what on our planet were once some of the building blocks or organic chemistry and life. >> now the craft's fuel has run out. and nasa says it is powerless to stop gravity from dragging messenger towards the planet. it's impact, more than 14,000-kilometers an hour, adds another small crater to the already pitted surface. >> all of these exploration are giving us an idea of how the solar system must form, how our planet came to be so it is placing us in time and space within the universes and the confinement of the solar system. very important to know these things. >> this published hours before the demise, says it is one of many it will release in the wee

to mercury gets worse, will finally come to an end as it crashes into the surface of the planet. our science editor reports it is transformed the knowledge. and the smallest planet. >> it is only slightly bigger than the moon. but until the space craft arrived little was known about the planet, since then, messengers seven scientific instruments have been feeting back volumes of data. >> and it is now all assured that there is a liquid surrounding this mercury which is producing a magnetic field. the moon like surface in unprecedented detail. between minus 170 and plus 420 degrees celsius. and it happened ancient lava flows and discovered ice at the planets poles covered by a layer of dark mysterious matter. >> the material delivered to mercury by the same objects that brought the water. probably from the outer solar system. of what on our planet were some of the building blocks or organic chemistry and life. >> now the fuel has run out and nasa says it is power less. it's impact meant more than 14,000 an hour, adds another small crater to it's already pitted surface. how the sol

the mercury rolled deals with hazardous air pollutants. the question is whether the agency considered costs at the right moment. we know that the agency considered costs and did a full cost-benefit analysis of the role and the benefits outweigh the cost, but the question is whether they should have considered costs in the earlier period of time during this rulemaking. my sense is that the court will come out and uphold that agency's rules. the reason it would have been impossible for the agency to actually consider cost at the point in the rulemaking process that is being proposed by the folks at challenging the role. the agency needed to make an initial decision about whether mercury was the kind of polluted that should be subject to regulation, and it made that initial decision. they do, when you the regulation and designed the program, it conducted a cost-benefit analysis. with that threshold decision would be very difficult to consider the cost of making that threshold comes as -- decision because the regulation had not been designed i

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> this is al jazeera america life from new york city i'm tony harris. another day, another presidential candidate. marco rubio makes it official. >>> captured on camera a white deputy sheriff, guns down a black man in tulsa. he says he meant to fire his taser instead. >>> and one year later marking the abduction of hundreds of nigerian girls. br are they -- where are they and what has been done to save them? ♪

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the mercury news reports that mayor sam lacardo is considering a permanent memorial to honor police officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty. the recent death of michael johnson rekindled that idea. back in 2008, council members did green light a similar plan, but it was later shelve ed back because of budget cutbacks. >>> state supreme court justices will hear a legal challenge to san jose's ordinance called the inclusionary housing law. legal appeals have kept it on hold so far. that rule calls for developers to include small numbers of below market units with any new development project. other cities across the state have similar policies in place, but the housing industry calls the rule strong arm act ticks that do nothing to slow down soaring housing costs. >>> starting next year, bart riders will have to dig even deeper to catch a train. late yesterday, bart quietly announced a 3.4% hike across the board effective january 1st. that increase is part of a

non-mercury metals that go out in the form of particles.id gases which when they get out in the atmosphere turn into particles because they become aerosolized, they go into your lungs as tiny droplets. so all of those are in fact being taken care of in the controls of particulate. it is true that in controlling those haps you use the same technology and you end up controlling a lot of other kinds of particulate primarily sulfur dioxide which causes premature deaths. when they did the calculation they said they put these particulate controls in to control haps. it also happens to save a lot of lives because of the sulfor dioxide that's not being controlled. >> was this the basis for the epa's decision? i thought the epa's position was doesn't matter how much the benefit -- how much the costs exceed the benefits we just will not take costs into account at the listing stage. >> that's correct, your honor. they did not consider the cost/benefit analysis tatat the listing stage. that's based on their reasonable interpretation of a statute which

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet inside these walls teenage thieves and arsonists, gang-bangers, drug abusers even kids who kill. >> my anger was pretty bad. >> but, this once notorious juvenile lock-up is trying something new. >> what does playing the piano do for you? >> it's therapy, a hobby an interest.

the mercury rolled deals with hazardous air pollutants.estion is whether the agency considered costs at the right moment. we know that the agency considered costs and did a full cost-benefit analysis of the role and the benefits outweigh the cost, but the question is whether they should have considered costs in the earlier period of time during this rulemaking. my sense is that the court will come out and uphold that agency's rules. the reason it would have been impossible for the agency to actually consider cost at the point in the rulemaking process that is being proposed by the folks at challenging the role. the agency needed to make an initial decision about whether mercury was the kind of polluted that should be subject to regulation, and it made that initial decision. they do, when you the regulation and designed the program, it conducted a cost-benefit analysis. with that threshold decision would be very difficult to consider the cost of making that threshold comes as -- decision because the regulation had not been designed it. ther

there's a regulation for mercury. there's a regulation for non-mercury metals. and there's a regulation for acid gases. most of the costs 450er the majority about 5 billion annually, are associated with the acid gas regulation which the agency has concluded presents no public health risk, no public health concern. the agency said that our modeling has consistently showed that power plant-related ex- exposures are at least an order of magnitude below the conservatively safe level. the title 4 program congress addressed pollution with acidification potential and required reductions of 9 million tons a year at about a cost of 1 to 1.4 billion. the acid gas program is projected to result in reductions of acid gases about 40,000 to 50,000 tons per year at a cost of $50 billion. what that background shows your honor, is that when congress treated power plants differently it asked whether it is appropriate to impose further regulation of a specific type. whether it's appropriate to impose regulation under this section on the most aggressively regulated industry under t

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> >>> yemen's houthis hit out at the u.n. as the security council imposes an arms embargo on rebel leaders. >>> hello. i'm here with the world news from al jazeera. also coming up hundreds of migrants feared drowned. 7,000 have been rescued in the past four days. moving closer. the u.s. president wants cuba off a terrorism blacklist. and the teachers gaoled in the u.s. for cheating to

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> this is aljazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris. al qaeda in yemen. group seizes several major facilities escalating the chaos there. >>> dozens more drown while trying to flee to safety. and aviation in safety. how a manned gyrocopter went under detected over one of the most secure landmarks. homeland security said it came in under the radar.

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> the florida man facing federal charges after lapping landing his gyrocopter on the lawn says it was worth it. hughes than been ordered to wear monitoring bracelet in his home in tampa until a hearing next month. >>> signs of change in cuba. two independent candidates openly ran for office. campaign something not allowed in cuban elections. but instead they were placed on the ballot after a show of hands by neighbors. both lost. >>> new york governor cuomo the first sitting governor to visit cuba in 50 years. they're hopeful that a decades-old trade embargo can be lifted. >> the americans are coming. but not in the way the cuban government had for so long anticipate: these visitors are here from a washington organization to talk about mutual understanding and political cooperation. >> obama came to the real

some of it is not mercury metals . it is the acid gases which turn into particles because they become aerosolized, go into your lungs as tiny droplets. all of those are being taken care of in the controls of the particulate. it is true that in controlling those, you use the same technology and you end up controlling a lot of other kinds of particulate. primarily sulfur dioxide which causes premature deaths. so when they did the calculation they said we put these particulate controls and to control them. it happens to save a lot of lives. justice alito: was this the basis for the decision? i thought the epa position was, does it matter how much the benefit or costs exceed the benefits. we will just not take cost into account at the listing stage. mr. smith that is correct. : they did not consider the cost benefit analysis at the listing stage. the statute, it's conceding you don't do the cost benefit analysis of front. -- upfront. the statue came out of the time of regulatory paralysis of 20 years. the epa was not regul

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet ♪ italy calls for international help as more people arrive on its coast, some of them heavily bandaged after a dangerous voyage across the mediterranean. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm july in doha also coming up, on this program stop destroying the country, yemen's vice president calls on houthi rebels to lay

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> other media stories on the radar, freedom of the press took a pounding. on april 11th, a court ordered four to five imprisonment. they were from a news website, and a presenter from tv and an egyptian american. they were aum accused of spreading chaos and information about the ousting of mohamed mursi from the muslim brotherhood. sultan, a duel national has been on a hunger strike for a year. his sister han e said. -- hannah said: their sentencing was part of a wider trial in which dozens were gaoled for support of the now banned brotherhood. according to the latest research egypt became the world is's sixth gaoler. two al jazeera journalists are still awaiting their retrial scheduled for april 22nd. unable to win their ca

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> we're talking extreme weather here, and i think we all know that it goes beyond that five-day forecast that we're used to. it's very complex trying to get a grasp of how the weather works. >> it seems the more research we do, the more complex it seems to be. >> we've made a lot of progress in understanding how weather patterns work, but we're really scratching the surface in terms of understanding mechanisms and climate attorneys, and they're taking a look at how the ocean is driving weather. let's check it out. >> we have at more feeser rose in the bay area of california. >> december 11 2014, watching in realtime as a storm hits california. >> there is an extreme event focus and we can see how different sources of part

there's a regulation for mercury. there's a regulation for non-mercury metals.d there's a regulation for acid gases. most of the costs 450er, the majority about 5 billion annually, are associated with the acid gas regulation which the agency has concluded presents no public health risk, #é it asked whether it is appropriate to impose further regulation of a specific type. whether it's appropriate to impose regulation under this section on the most aggressively regulated industry under the clean air act. now, what the statutory -- >> can i take you back to justice breyer's first question? and the first question was about the way these categories work and how the categories enable the epa to mitigate certain dramatic or onerous costs on certain segments of the industry. that's not an unknown provision of any kind. and indeed it seems to me that the provision very much cuts against your argument because epa in some ways can't even figure out the costs until it makes those categorization decision that the aggregate costs obviously depend on how epa categorizes and s

a mercury news informal survey found that three of them said they would vote yes. one is leaning yes. one is voting no. and the four others are undecided. so you can see it's very close call at this first stage of the game. live in berkley, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> should make for some spirited debate. thank you very much. >> you can see very clear there in the distance as the sun starts the lighten up the morning sky. >> and this morning, meteorologist christina loren tracking some flickers of green on her doppler radar. not all those deep colors we saw yesterday, christina. >> yeah, what a difference a day makes. good morning to you, chris and sam. everybody at home. and we are expecting a warming trend in your very near future. right now, temperatures at 49 degrees in the south bay. 51 degrees to kick off the new day in the peninsula. it's a little bit chilly in the north bay, but let me take you through your forecast and show you what to expect. at noon today, temperatures climbing into the upper 50s, rounding out the day in the mid 60s. low 60s

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isdumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> most smokers want to stop and none of us wants our kids to start. but the latest aid, the e-cigarette, may be causing a problem. the sharp increase in teenagers using it. the number who smoked tobacco cigarettes dropped significantly but now most kids use smokes. christof putzel on who is lighting up and why. >> reporter: in february 2013, the unthinkable happened. for the first time in nearly half a century, and ad for cigarettes appeared on tv. >> you know what the most amazing thing about this cigarette is? it isn't one. >> the officials in scotsville illinois found a loophole. entirely. of the 200 stations who screened the ad only ten agreed to air it during the super bowl but it was enough to driver up n-joy sales.

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> the world bank has a mandate to promote long-term economic development and reduce poverty. the bang did an eternal review to find out if it was doing enough to protect the rites of people in developing nations who are displaced and resettled by major infrastructure projects, projects that the bank funds. turns out the world bank is not doing enough, and that has implications for 3.4 million. i asked the world bank% if a global organization, whose mission assist might have been involved in making things worse for people it was craig to help. >> this was a world bank study, we wanted to know whether throughout the projects, we were abiding which resettlement policies. let me tell what what it is. it is not unique. when you b

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet ♪ on the front line in yemen we talked to the tribal fighters who are vowing to defeat the houthi rebels. ♪ hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, also ahead, not forgotten, nigeria marks one year since 200 school girls were kidnapped by boko haram and plus we talk to the man in charge of the global campaign against i.s.i.l. and how he aims to take on the group, the cat you really don't want to cuddle,

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> we're back with "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. pace is quick thing on american farms. which means trucks loaded with hives containing millions of bees are already setting out across the country to help pollenate crops. phil torres of al jazeera, "techknow" is still with us. as well as ray gurian. i'll bring back randy vercook to the conversation. if you have to keep upping your population of bees and trying to cope with these sizable losses year after year is that finally going to send a price signal? are you going to have to change the way you do business in ways that make an apricot cost more a plum cost more an almond cost more down the road? >> yes, absolutely. you know i've been doing this th

imaging system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet inside these walls teenage thieves and arsonists, gang-bangers, drug abusers even kids who kill. >> my anger was pretty bad. >> but, this once notorious juvenile lock-up is trying something new. >> what does playing the piano do for you? >> it's therapy, a hobby an interest. >> education, counseling offering a second chance. >> put gas on his car... >> lit it on fire. >> ...set it on fire. >> and it blew up. >> ya [laughs]. >> he used to be an incredibly aggressive young man. >> but, to succeed in the j.paul taylor center, they'll have to control their rage. >> honestly, i think this place has just made me a better criminal. >> inside new mexico's juvenile system where the fight for redemption begins. >> this is what i

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >>> in our fast-forward segment. what should have been the military's technological show piece, it's the most expansive weapons programme in u.s. history with a price tag of 1.4 trillion. the fighter jet experienced setback after setback. after "america tonight"s sheila macvicar found when she spoke with pentagon insider. >> reporter: so far the pentagon bought almost 150 f-35s, with more on the assembly line. seven though the plane is not cleared for combat. eventually the

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> as much change as we saw over the last ten or 15 years it will look small compared to what's going to happen in the next ten or 15 years. >> all right we're continuing our conversation about the good the bad and the future of connectivity in america and around the world. as i told you, a new world economic forum report ranks the u.s. seventh among 143 countries in network readiness. debra winn smith, heads up a d.c. based cooperative advocating for a more competitive america in the global marketplace through public policy changes. previously she was the assistant secretary of commerce for technology policy under president george w. bush and says the u.s. cities fosters the most creative environment despite lagging sligh

there is a serious risk that the acid and dissolved heavy metals like mercury would contaminate the water, fish and the wild rice on which the tribes depend. >> where does the wild rice grow? >> up in this area here. the reason we're in bad river is because of the wild rice. through a series of prophecies were told to move inland to the place where food grows on the water and the food that grows on water is wild rice. maybe somebody could say why don't you stop eating the fish or wild rice and first of all our community is very poor and depends on these foods to survive and most importantly these are foods that the spirit told us that we would have. >> the bad river and the kakagon sloughs represent about 40 percent of the wetlands for coastal lake superior. >> the chippewa tribes set up harvest camp at the edge of the mine site about a year ago as part of a strategy to stop the mine. they invited the public to come here and learn firsthand about the land. >> you get lead, arsenic mercury... >> over 5000 people have visited the camp, learning the dangers posed by the mine and cataloging t

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isand lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> i'm tony harris, and this is "talk to al jazeera", and i'm foster. >> look, i want to talk about the charity work. what is the stat here. in the past 27 years, the david foster foundation assisted close to 1,000 families with children in need of major organ transplants. how did you come to this work? >> it was a personal moment that came to me about 30 years ago. i was late to the charity world. 30 years ago, i was 35. my friends wayne gretsky and andre agassi, they were 25, i thought i better get on the train to give back. >> you were really blessed. at that point... >> absolutely. it's corny, but it's your responsibility. and i had a personal encounter with a young girl who needed a liver transplant and didn't make it. all she wanted was to

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. fighting overnight in ukraine in donetsk, six soldiers and one fighter were killed. just hours earlier russia and ukraine agreed to pull back more weapons from the front line. >>> new pictures of the cleanup of the germanwings crash site in the french alps. the flight crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board. >>> and at least five people were killed when gunmen stormed the education ministry in somalia's capitol. it is unclear how many have been injured. al-shabab says it was responsible. >>> sentencing resumed for ten former atlanta educators, and they may be spared serious prison time. they were convicted in a test cheating scandal. sentencing was supposed to be month, but

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. the ice and snow is melting somewhere in northern quebec. feeding fast-running rivers, spinning turbines and sending electricity, a major export into the north american grid. flip a light switch in upstate new york, and power that began with moving water in canada lights up the room. almost every minute of almost every day energy zips back and forth across north america fed into the system when supply exceeds in one place, taken out when a heatwave has people resetting thermostats in california, colorado or carolinas. as the equipment supporting this daily miracle is not modernized, starved as investment and as bad guys try to figure out how to disru

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile >>> welcome back. let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera. eu foreign ministers are due to hold urgent talks on monday to discuss the deluge of illegal my grant trying to get to europe after 700 people are feared drown after their boat capsized in waters between libya and italy. more fighting in yemen between howe howe fighters and forces supporting president hadi. a yemeni commander and 15,000 of his troops have desserted the howe howe camp. the u.n. says more than 90,000 people have fled fighting in the iraqi prove incident of anbar. the military is trying to drive out is ill from the provincial capital. many of those fleeing are trying to get in to baghdad. the government imposed restrictions on who can enter the ca

system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury isand lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> monday. >> a lot of these mining sites are restricted. >> a silent killer. >> got a lot of arsenic in it. >> you know your water's bad and you know you're sick. >> unheard victims. >> 90 percent of the people will get some type of illness from the water. >> where could it happen next? >> i mean, they took away my life. >> "faultlines". 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. water for coal. monday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special m

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