, find out who is coming to philadelphia later in sports. >>> new at 6:00 a legal showdown native american tribeays new jersey officials are unfairly targeting them. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has more on why the garden state no longer recognizes the tribe. >> they cannot take our heart out but they can take our economic is a way. >> reporter: lenape indians are in a fight for survival and today they took another blow. after years of access to federal benefits reserved for native americans some revoked and others are in jeopardy because state of new jersey say they don't officially recognize any american-indian tribes. >> the state did recognize the tribe. state is acting like it didn't recognize the tribe. >> reporter: tribe says in 1992 they received official state recognition through a joint resolution by the legislature. last july we met with the chief mark gould when the lenape tribal nation filed suit against the state for allegedly revoking their official recognition. he showed us expensive craft that are worthless since they can in longer be labeled native made and members

and in our signature segment, a native american tribe, the cherokee nation, aims to eradicate hepatitis c from its population. >> we have this powerful intervention now in our hands and this excellent opportunity of wiping out this disease. >> thompson: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> thompson

a native american tribe won a long, builter custody battle based on a law that few people know about. danielle nottingham reports from santa clarita. >> a painful scene outside the paige family home, as faulser daughter, 6-year-old lexy was taken by state authorities. earlier a devastated rusty paige acknowledged he and his wife lost a nearly four year legal all. up awith very heavy hearts and comply with the order. >> reporter: lexy came to live with paige and his wife when she was 2 and they have been trying to adopt her since. but lexy is part native american. the indian child welfare act works to keep native american children with their tribal relatives. today the family learned lexi will live with her extended family in utah. >> like getting the phone call that your kid was hit by a car. how you cope. >> neighbors have the been camped out near his home friday in support of the family. court record show lexi's biological father has extensive criminal record and mother had a substance abuse problem. the choctaw tribe agreed to let lexi stay with the pages until she could be reunite

a native american tribe won a long and bitter custody battle based on a law that few people know about. danielle nottingham reports from >> reporter: a tearful scene outside the paige family home in santa clarita as their foster daughter, six-year-old lexi, was taken away by authorities. earlier a devastateed family announced they lost a nearly four-year legal battle to adopt the little girl. >> with very heavy hearts we comply with the order. >> reporter: lexi came to live with paige and his wife since she was two. they have tried to adopt her ever since. lexi is part native american. and the indian child welfare act works to keep native american children with their tribal relatives. today the paiges learned lexi will be going to live with her extended family in utah. >> it's like getting a fen call that your kid was hit by a car and how do you cope with that phone call? >> reporter: paige's neighbors have been camped out near his home since friday in support of the family. court records show election yes's biological father has an extensive criminal record and her mother had a substa

from her foster family who cared for her for most of her life because she's 1.5% choctaw, a native american tribe. she'll be sent to live with extended family out of state. her foster family, who had hoped to adopt her, is devastated. >> they were not looking at the best interest for lexi. they were not. because if they would have paused for just one minute, they would have seen what they were doing is harming this child, not just for now, but for future. >> she said don't let them take me. i'm scared. don't let me go. >> the foster family is appealing to the california supreme court. >>> new tonight, parents of a kindergarten student with autism city public school district, claiming an aide abused their son then covered it up, never told the parents. the incident nearly a year ago. the boy with autism thrown to the ground for licking his hand. here's eyewitness news reporter carolina leid. >> reporter: 5-year-old brendon has autism. easily. his mother said because he's so vulnerable, she and her husband put every ounce of trust in his teachers. >> we cried y -- he cried a lot when we'd pick him

a native american tribe won a long and bitter custody battle based on a law that few people know about. danielle nottingham reports from santa clarita. >> a dean outside, as their daughter lexie was taken away by state authorities. rusty and his wife acknowledged they had lost a four year legal battle to keep the little girl. they have been trying to adopt her ever since but lexi is part native american and the indian child welfare act works to keep native american children with their tribal relatives. the pages just found out lexi will be going with her native american family. >> it's like getting hit by a car, how do you cope with that call? >> court rors show lexi's biological father has an extensive criminal record and her mother had a abuse problem. the choctaw nation desires the best for this choctaw child. attorney steve meister. >> the same end goal, to reunite a child with his or her biological receipt advertises. so they can be raised by the family they were born into. >> reporter: the pages say they are the only family lexi knows. scott they tell me they plan to take this ca

. >> that is when washington state native american tribe stepped in to help. lindsey cohen from our seattle station has the rest of the details. >> reporter: they mushed for miles in the cold alaskan snow. but it was all the way south of seattle that 53 elite athletes hit a speed bump, stuck on the side of the road. >> iditarod is a long trip but very nice trip. >> reporter: they raced in the iditarod and were headed home from anchor raj to norway when they say they ran into an issue at the airport. told the cargo planes couldn't fly the dogs from alaska to seattle. u-haul, put crates inside, make some air for dogs and drive 2,500 miles. >> reporter: that last-minute drive involved camping stops. wherever they could find a place big enough. heidi thomas spotted them. >> what i knew was a stressful situation for them, i just -- i don't know. my heart said to stop and see what was going on. >> reporter: that stop turned into a stroke of sympathy. thomas is a member of the nisqually tribe and invited the four teams and those 53 dogs to stay on their land. >> we'r

and in our signature segment, a native american tribe, the cherokee nation, aims to eradicate hepatitis from its population. >> we have this powerful intervention now in our hands and this excellent opportunity of wiping out this disease. >> thompson: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation.

the couple kept trying to adopt her but lexie is part native american and the choctaw tribe got a courter to place her with blood relatives in utah. >> whether it's a native american child or not, have the same end goal, which is to reunite a child with his or her biological relatives. >> the tribe invoked the law designed to place native american children with tribal relatives. >>> the 49ers are crying foul against the city of santa clara. the niners are fighting with the city over the rent at levi's stadium citing a rent reset in their agreement, the team saying the rent should be lowered to just a little more than $20 million a year. but santa clara is asking for it to stay at $24.5 million while they negotiate. the city council is expected to take up the issue tonight. >>> tennis tournament executive has resigned amid controversy over his comments about women players. raymond moore here was the scene of the indian wells tournament in southern california. he told reporters that female players are riding on the coattails of men. he said lady players should go down on their knees and t

native americans is outrageously high levels of unemployment, of poverty, of alcoholism, of suicide, of kids dropping out of high school. it is time for the united states government to treat the native american tribes with respect. [applause] and that is what i will do as president of the united takes. -- united states. i am a member of the u.s. senate committee on the environment. [applause] whatet me tell you virtually no republican will tell you. over.s the debate is climate change israel -- climate change is real. change is caused by human activity. alreadyate change is causing devastating problems in this country and around the world. you what thell scientists are also saying. act is if we do not get our together, if we do not transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy, a bad situation today will become a lot, lot worse. [applause] what the scientists tell us, if we do not act boldly by the end of this century, this planet will be between five degrees to 10 degrees fahrenheit warmer. that is catastrophic. drought, means is more more floods, more extreme weather disturbances, more rising sea levels, more acidification of the oceans, and more i

. >> did your research on the native americans involve any of he way that the native americans' tribes treated each other in their type of warfare? was that looked at or considered? >> yes. i can talk a little bit about that. you know, it's not as though native americans were, you know, just nice people who were just sort of blameless, misunderstood kids. ou know, their warfare against ne another could be pretty unpleasant. one of the things, for example, that the western indians did was they practiced mutilation as a matter of course. and within native americans' culture, this kind of mutilation, it wasn't like -- this kind of mutilation had a cultural significance and white nding that soldiers did not pick up on or appreciate and i don't think they needed to appreciate it but when native americans used the same kind of practices, mutilations they did against one another on white soldiers this was the kind of thing that just drove white soldiers into a fury. so does that address your question? okay. all right. yes. there e civil war, was -- >> what you're talking about is a code named

native american housing assistance and self-determination act. we expect this 8% funding increase to support block grants to 567 tribes in 34 states. hud also requests $5.5 million for the indian housing loan guarantee program to assist native americans across the income spectrum in buying a home and building wealth. we want to help local leaders surround this housing with the assets that every community needs to thrive, such as jobs, roads, and infrastructure. so we're seeking $80 million for the indian community development block grant program, an increase of $20 million, to spark economic development in tribal lands. i saw the impact of this funding during a recent visit with a tribe in arizona. the tribe leveraged ihbg and icdbg funds to finance and build 122 new affordable housing units, including elderly housing and a community park in the town to have guadalupe. we want opportunity to reach every segment of society, whether they are young or elderly, a family, or a veteran returning from service overseas. that's why our request honors the president's commitment to native american youth by dedicating $20 million to further gen

there are native american tribes in that territory that have not freed their enslaved laborers and do it as a consequence of a free treaty with the united states. the one time treaties worked for somebody other than the government. yeah, it's an issue what is going on during the war is in kentucky, there are people getting freedom as i indicated because they are joining the army and so those men are freed and wives and children and mothers are freed, as well. slavery is being destroyed throughout the south before the 13th amendment is ratified but the -- what the 13th amendment does is not just -- it doesn't just end slavery in the other areas, it forbids slavery to be reestablished and that was very important because with the emancipation proclamation, there was no guarantee that after the war the south wouldn't try to reestablish the institution so the 13th amendment was critical, as well. >> thank you. >> good morning. i wonder how you handle the dilemma of the statute, the one called lincoln emancipation, lincoln stands over a shackled young black man. kneels at his feet. and the

. >>> a family in southern california torn apart, the native american tribe is now claiming custody of the child. >>> donald trump speaks in front of the pro-israeli lobbying group. up next, how one of his main opponents is firing back. >>> looking at a commute, and the traffic looks pretty good. as we head to the toll plaza, we should be fine. no fog in the clear commute.>>> most of the rain is done, and the almost full moon will be full tomorrow morning and it is cool this morning and an update on your temperatures. >>> to the race for the white house, three more states holding primaries or caucuses today, and the gop front-runner donald trump is apparently extending an olive branch to some members of the republican party. he went to dc on monday and met with the big pocket donors and republican leaders, and he also spoke to the powerful pro- israel lobbying group at the annual policy conference. >> the united nations is not a friend of democracy, not a friend to freedom, not a friend even to the united states of america. where as you know, it has its home here, and surely it is not

a native american tribe's determination to make sure that its unique culture survives. plus a digital detox. in sport, the second most successful team in history. n history. >>> welcome back. you're watching the news hour. the e.u.'s migration commissioner says greece could receive up to 100,000 refugees by the end of the month. u.s. presidential hopeful donald trump and hillary clinton remain the front runners. victories for ted cruz and bernie sanders show they could still be in the race. one of the political figures in sudan's history has been buried. 84-year-old reportedly suffered a heart attack. we want to bring you some live pictures from the border crossing on the greece macedonia border as you can see thousands of people still stranded on that border living in tents and in really difficult conditions waiting to cross the border into macedonia and head north to other european countries. in greece despite the problems that the country is facing now, many people have been doing what they can to help the refugees. a soup kitchen which once served the unemployed has

who other than say some early native american tribes and spaniards?ians figured heavily in the early development of south florida, which began in earnest with the construction of railroads in the late 19th and 20th centuries by this guy. henry morrison flagger, the tycoon largely credited with big the father of modern florida. his dream was the florida east coast railway, which would run from jacksonville to key west connecting the ports of miami to the rail system of the rest of the united states, creating along its route new towns, new cities, new edens where america's rising middle class could frolic and play. he also agreed to lay a foundation for the city on both sides of the river. as more and more whites moved in, segregation took hold and much of the bahamian community was forced into the black neighborhoods like overtown. if you're looking for old miami, original miami, you're looking to a great extent for black miami. ♪ these days liberty city is mostly ignored by developers, but back in the day it was the epicenter of the black community. a

. >> fighting back with language, native american tribe's determination to make sure its unique culture survives. >>> in sport, one of the biggest stars in mixed martial artals forced to a surprise defeat in las vegas. details coming up in around 20 minutes. >> that harmony, that politeness and that equilibrium that japanese people call "wa". at the other side of history, fukushima's heroes were not enough. people have lost their trust, especially in the authorities. the myth of nuclear energy, of it being economic, safe and clean has been swept away. >> "fukushima: a nuclear story," narrated by willem dafoe. >>> hello again, good to have you with us. our top stories, an isil suicide bomber has killed at least 60 people in iraq. police say that a truck packed with explosives was driven into a security checkpoint south of baghdad. >>> sufficient presidential hopefuls donald trump and hillary clinton remain the front runners after the latest primaries. victories for bernie sanders and ted cruz show there still could be life in the race. >>> alexis tsipras says he'll press for fairer burde

this is the end of a bitter custody battle between the family and a native american tribe. were there and watched it unfold. >>reporter:tearfully carried out six-year-old busty -- lexi, foster child he and his wife have been trying to adopt but now have to comply with a court order. he says he shared a few thoughts with her after members of the department of children and family services came to pick her up. >> what every father says to their daughter, i love you back is a dark-colored sedan drove off, neighbors wept, some fell to the ground knowing their battle was over. >> i don't know how to put it into words. i wanted to take her out of the car, but we were being respectful [ crying ] i can't imagine what she is feeling right now. >>reporter:a court recently upheld the indian child welfare act which was created to keep native american children with native american families. lexi, who is part talk talk, is expected to go to a relative's home, and utah, where she will be reunited with her siblings. california indian legal services did not handle lexi's case, but they say t

. >> reporter: casinos associated with native american tribes are making billions. in california, the report says the total revenue in 2014 was $7.3 billion. not quite the record which was $7.8 billion in 2007. the numbers have grown every year over four years. the graton considers is owned by the confederated indians of rancheria. other smaller casinos of tribes are not doing so well. river rock is struggling financially. as for the impact on the communities nearby, graton pays more than $5 million back to sonoma county and eight million dollars to the city of rohnert park to offset any public safety costs. >> i think people thought it was the carmageddon all day long and we weren't going to be able to get around town but it hasn't brought the doom and gloom that everybody thought it was going to bring. >> many. things that people were saying did not come about. essentially, so many of the people including the politicians who are against the casino would now have you believe they discovered it. >> the new hotel will have 200 rooms, pool, spa, convention center, a p

fight began four years ago after relatives of the girl's biological father, who is native american, petitioned his indian tribe and the l.a. department of children and family for custody, challenging the paiges' law meant to protect the rights of indian families. >> the intent behind the icwa is to make sure that native american children are kept not only within the family but within the tribe a american children are kept not only within the family but within the tribe a >> reporter: lexie is just 1/64 choctaw indian but is enough to meet the legal definition of an indian child. but this law is not without controversy. in 2013 the supreme court heard the complex custody case of little veronica. that confusing legal battle beginning when veronica's birth mother put her baby up for adoption. >> we were praying for a child to love and raise when christie came into our lives. and selected us to be the parents to her daughter. >> reporter: matthew and melanie raised veronica for first two years of her life, but when the child's father, dustin brown, a member of the cherokee nation, sued for custody. south carolina

native americans is outrageously high levels of unemployment, of poverty, of alcoholism, of suicide, of kids dropping out of high school. it is time for the united states government to treat the native american tribes with respect. [applause] mr. sanders: and that is what i will do as president of the united states. i am a member of the u.s. senate committee on the environment. [applause] mr. sanders: and let me tell you what virtually no republican will tell you. that is the debate is over. climate change is real. climate change is caused by human activity. and climate change is already causing devastating problems in this country and around the world. and let me tell you what the scientists are also saying. that is if we do not get our act together, if we do not transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy, a bad situation today will become a lot, lot worse. [applause] mr. sanders: what the scientists tell us, if we do not act boldly by the end of this century, this planet will be between five degrees to 10 degrees fahrenheit warmer. that is catastrophic. what that means is more drought, more floods, more extreme weather disturbances, more rising

native american. >> was scared and did not want to let me go. >> they started taking care of the six-year-old at the age of 17 months, but 1.5% native american which allows the tribe to gain custody of her through the federal indian child welfare act, and going to a family in utah that is not native american but related by marriage to her birth dad. >> this outrageous abuse of power must stop now. let me speak directly to the people that took our daughter and that have for now. please search deep in your heart and soul and do what is best for lexi. >> the tribe says they are only doing what is best for lexi, and they said that they took the child from the birth parents because the mother was battling substance abuse and the father had a long criminal record. >>> a decision in an effort to boost the bling staffing levels, and the department has 900 officers, down from 1400 1408 years ago. veterans can substitute up to four years of service for the current recruiting requirements of 40 semester credits. >>> the oakland police department has tried to unsuccessfully fire two officers accused of misconduct. they are reviewing the disciplinary procedures and says that t

the couple kept trying to adopt her but lexi is part native american and the choctaw tribe got a court order to place her with nonblood relatives in utah. >> when it's a native american child or not, have the same end goal, which is to reunite a child with his or her biological relatives. >> since friday, neighbors have camped out near the house hoping authorities would change their minds. the tribe invoked a law designed to place native american children with tribal relatives. >>> it is 4:57. we continue to follow breaking news in europe. multiple explosions in brussels with all the signs leading to terrorism. what we know at this hour coming your way. >> reporter: and in the wake of those attacks, we're live at sfo international airport at the international terminal, no heightened security here. ♪ how far will you go? ♪ how much will you see? ♪ electrify the world. now with a class-leading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. griego. and i'm frank mallicoat breaking news in brussels... where deadly exp >>> good morning. it's tuesday, mar