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melissa chan, new al jazeera, las vegas. >> thanks for watching must must. i'm morgan radford. and "inside story" is coming up next. >> the obama administration said that it would drop illegal immigrants with no criminalists to the bottom and criminals to the top. did they? that's the inside story. >> million >> hello, i'm ray suarez. hundreds of thousands of people locked long term in detention and deportation proceedings, living in a kind of limbo. some still living with their families. some in repurposed prisons in barracks. the obama administration made a furious reaction from republicans in washington when it said it would stop deporting undocumented immigrants with no criminal records and give greater priorities to those accused or convicted of more serious offenses. for those waiting for deportation with clean records that word came too late. they were sent home any way. and turns out the standard for what constituted a criminal record was precise as well. what the country is doing now is kind of a mess. >> if you want to know what the debate over immigration reform stan

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al jazeera america, take a new look at news. ea >>> in america fat is a four-letter word, and obesity an epidemic. nearly 35% of americans are clinically obese. obesity has been implicated in major diseases. earlier i spoke to a cardiologist at the heart and vascular institute in new orleans who claims overweight and even moderately overweight people live longer healthier lyes. he also says too much exercise can be bad for you. he lays it all out in his book. good to have you with us. we have heard all sorts of conflicting information on what is good for us and what is not good for us, but we have pretty much always understanding that being fat was bad. so how can it be okay? >> our research over the last 10 to 15 years clearly makes the point that we can no longer say what many doctors and many people have thought for a long healthier. >> you point out that some overweight or moderately obese people who suffer from kidney failure, some cancers, actually end up doing better than thin patients. how does that work? >> our data show

the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now we'd travelled from haiti to new york to get answers for the families who'd waited more than a year for the un to respond to their lawsuit over the cholera outbreak. but before we even arrived at un headquarters, we got word from mario's legal partners in the us that a decision had already been made. >> they sent me an email shortly before they made the public announcement, they sent me an email with the letter. >> what did it say? >> the letter was one paragraph about how the un was sorry about the cholera and the harm it caused. several paragraphs about all the things they were doing to combat cholera, and then a paragraph at the end saying they were not going to respond justly to cholera victims. >> human rights lawyer brian concannon says he'd been expecting the un would try to avoid paying compensation, but that the lack of any explanation caught him completely off guard. >> it was also a slap in the face to the 660,000 haitians who have contracted cholera, and the

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watching at al jazeera america, i'm dell walters in new york, talk to al jazeera is next, and a reminder for updates throughout the day, you and go to aljazeera.com, with the news continues 24 hour as day. seven days a week. >> ithis is the declaration of independence 2.0. >> the gettysburg address, the america's most important speech, the words of abraham lincoln is the latest of burns work. >> the flawed hypocrisy of thompson jefferson's original declarations. >> one doubling down to one of the families, the rooz veez roo roosevelts. >> ken, why have you decided to deal with a very important part of that era? >> people ask me how do i choose my projects and this one chose me. i live in a tiny town in rural new hampshire, putney, vermont, greenwood school, they asked me to be a judge at this gettysburg recitation event. i literally wept. i thought, somebody should make a film on this but that would be cinema verite. finally, with the 150th approaching, i just said, we got to do this, i got to put my money where my mouth is. we had to make a film about this heroic struggle of these boys.

viewers beyond the debate. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america also available on demand >> now inroducing, the newzeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >>> in america fat is a four-letter word, and obesity an epidemic. nearly 35% of americans are clinically obese. obesity has been implicated in major diseases. earlier i spoke to a cardiologist at the heart and vascular institute in new orleans who claims overweight and even moderately overweight people live longer healthier lyes. he also says too much exercise can be bad for you. he lays it all out in his book. good to have you with us. we have heard all sorts of conflicting information on what is good for us and what is not good for us

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story next only on al jazeera america >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now joining us for "talk toays" actor, sean penn >> you are a staunch defender of human rights and some people have questioned about your friendship with the late venzuelan president hugo chavez and why you would be so interested in a country like venzuela which is considered one of the most corrupt in the world. talk to me about your relationship with venzuela and particularly hugo chavez and his successor, nicholas madduro. what is it that you see in them that you admire that you admire? >> i have never bee capitalism? >> neither? >>

the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> 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. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> it is one of the worst things a parent could possibly imagine, learning that your child is seriously ill but imagine the doctors suspect it is the parents causing the illness. it is rare, but it does lap. in massachusetts, parents say they have been wrongly accused but their daughter has been year. lisa stark has the story on this complicateissue. >> like many five-year-olds, g

al jazeera america. >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me >> president obama won a second term with 70 percent of the latino vote. while he was campaigning, he promised to reform the nation's immigration laws. that goal has proved elusive, and a powerful new voting block is losing patience with the process. >> we're trying to get our congress people, our representatives, and our senators, to pass the comprehensive immigra

talk to al jazeera >> award winning documentary director ken burns, talks about his craft, and his latest project on the gettysburg address talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america take a new look at news. >> finally from us this hour, afghanistan's fledgling justice system is a work in progress. its dogged by a system that doesn't have enough justices. particularly the rights of afghan women, jennifer glasse has her story from kabul. >> when defense toirn ki attorney arrived in 2008, she didn't expect to be staining long. >> they were training and mentoring me a lot more. >> motley is outspoken and uncovered and defending afghanistan's most uncovered. hoping for justice. motley stops at this woman's jail every chance she gets to check in on the inmates and see if anyone needs a lawyer. >> does your iranian embassy do they know you are here? okay, how long have you all been here? >> four months. >> four months. >> irene from uganda has been here for more than four years, convicted of drug trafficking. she should be free by now, because the president has reduced sentences like hers. motley is trying to help. >> with this decree they forgive, president karzai, forgives sente

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al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines this hour. investigators are saying that new signals are been detected in that search for a missing plane. they say the ping could be from the missing plane's black box but search leaders are saying that they are cautiously optimistic. >>> three al jazeera journalists will go back to court this thursday. everyone and the world is calling for their release. >>> mickey rooney has died. he started as a child actor in violensilent movies and went ono perform in 200 movies. >>> many who live in orphanages find it hard as adults. >> she is 20 years old and raising a son. this single mom is still in a california foster care system. >> a year ago california lawmakers voted to opt in and take advantage of a federal law that matches funds to states willing to extend foster care to young adults. >> you guys are in high risk for stress. >> the goal is to counsel and assist them until they're 21 to avoid a life of poverty, homelessness addiction and jail. martina is her social worker and coach. they teach her what no one has until now, how t

al jazeera, new york. >>> coming up next on al jazeera america, flash floods that killed almost 200 people in afghanistan leaving thousands looking for help. >> as america strives for energy independence... >> we can't do it on just solar panels or some wind turbines... >> we look to alternatives >> you are sitting on top of a time bomb >> and the familiar... >> it's amazing what oil can do for ya...black gold >> and what are the human costs of the new energy boom? >> lots of men, and lots of money, your going to find prostitution >> people are just dropping like flies... >> we're paid with our lives... >> dirty power an america tonight special series only on al jazeera america >>> five nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. the british chopper went down in kandahar province. nato officials say they think it was a technical failure, but they're still investigating. there's no word yet on the nationalities of those on board. >>> more than 180 people have been killed in flash floods in afghanistan. 5,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, but se

al jazeera america. for international viewers, we'll be with you in just a moment with more news. >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >>> ukrainian security forces say pro-russian separatists placed explosives in a building they seized in the eastern city of luhansk. they're holding 60 hostages. the building has been occupied since sunday. >>> secretary of state john kerry is accusing russia of trying to destabilize eastern ukraine. secretary kerry made the remarks at the senate foreign relations committee today. he also briefed senators on middle east peace talks and iran. >>> today is equal payday, a day to highlight the income gap between men and women. president obama signed two

. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america also available on demand al jazeera america gives you the total newsxperience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> the future of television could lie with a crafty little tech startup that has found a way to beam broadcast tv live to your computer without buying an expensive cable package. it is called aereo, and is ruffling a lot of have feathers with the big tv companies. they are doing everything they can to stop the little company that has hundreds of thousands of subscribers. it has been taken all the way to the supreme court. before we get into the implications of what this could mean, patricia sabga shows us what it really is. >> it's broadcast tv's worth nightmare. aereo. it's a subscription service, that basically leases out a high-tech version of the rabbit ears t

melissa chan, new al jazeera, las vegas. >> thanks for watching must must. i'm morgan radford. and "inside story" is coming up next. >> the obama administration said that it would drop illegal immigrants with no criminalists to the bottom and criminals to the top. did they? that's the inside story. >> million

borderland only on al jazeera america >> this is the real deal man... >> now inroducing the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> in the wake of the scandal, local officials have tried to intimidate families to stay quiet. in an interview in hunan, zhou yinghe's mother said officials only want to cover up what happened. >> "every time i went to the department and asked for my granddaughter, they said they didn't know where she was. journalists came to my house to investigate this matter. after the journalists left (officials) threatened us that if the journalists exposed them and affected their interests, they would take revenge on us and we would be in great trouble

al jazeera. ♪ >> and this is the al jazeera news hour. i'm david fosters, good to have you with us.ere are some of the stories we're keeping an eye on. troops wait for instructions in ukraine. >>> neither male nor female, india says transgender people deserve a category of thaw own. >>> and how asias air pollution would be to blame for wild weather thousands [ technical difficulties ] >> -- government buildings for days while they set up roadblocks, to stop ukrainian special forces from entering. ukrainian soldiers and military vehicles have gathered now near the town. our correspondent is there, and joins us live. kim, what can you see? >> reporter: you can see here behind me there are about seven armored personnel carriers, to the right of me there are about seven bus loads of ukrainian soldiers waiting in the winds. and there are the tracking vehicles for the apc's that are behind me. i'm about 30 kill meters north, in the northern donetsk region. this is the start of the anti-terrorism operation as the interim president calls it they are not saying anything to anyone at this sta

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>> all next week on the new expanded real money with ali velshi helping you balance your finances and your life. now an hour, starting at 7 eastern / 4 pacific only on al jazeeramerica >> the death toll could be much higher than anyone known. >> posing as a buyer... >> ...people ready then... >> mr. president >> who should answer for those people >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> this relationship between cigarette smoking and health is in the field of lung cancer. there is a very strong relationship, sounds like a causal relationship between heart disease and cigarette smoke. >> this bombshell report 50 years ago by u.s. surgeon general dr. lew the luther terry. >> in this area of general practitioners, surgeo

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meanwhile a fourth al jazeera journalist, this producer is on hunger strike jailed with no charges since last august. john terrett, al jazeera, new >>> al jazeera's andrew thomas spoke to peter greste's parents who hope their son will be released soon. >> when you first heard peter has been arrested did you imagine he would still be detained 100 days later? >> absolutely not. i didn't know how long it would take, but i didn't expect it to be -- probably just a couple of days at the most. >> well, clearly our initial response was, well, mistakes do happen. this is clearly a mistake. it's all going to be over in a few days. never ever did we imagine that we would be marking the 100th day. >> how are you coping? >> i would like to think that i'm coping well, but there have been many occasions when i think that i have just about reached the end of my tether. i don't know what happens to people once they get over that edge, but i feel that i'm not very far from whatever it means cracking. but, you know, we're not far from that point. >> we're getting exhausted, and tired, and we feel as if we're running on empty all the time now. >> a

al jazeera. hello, welcome to the news hour at al jazeera's news headquarters at doha. you soutsouth sudan hundreds ofe have been massacred by rebels. >>> the syrian government announces a date for the presidential election. >> i'm mary ann namazi with all the news from europe. including. vice president joe biden touches down in ukraine. >>> hammering home some safety message. skin cancer rates soar in the united kingdom. >> i'm andrew gallagher at the tribeca film festival in new york. we'll follow one aspiring film maker as he tries to make it in show business. >> rebels in south sudan have been accused of massacring hundreds of people. the u.n. says it happened last week in the oil town of bentu. some of them back the former vice president riek machar. the pictures you may find disturbing. the first pictures from the scene to be broadcast show dozens of dead bodies and we aren't even airing all of the pictures simply because they're too graphic. after capturing bentu from government control. 200 were killed and more deaths in a church in a hospital. al jazeera's anni

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al jazeera america will premiere it's new series on immigration, the lives in this country and their legal status. it's called "borderland." our guides to the issue are not reporters or politicians, but six every day americans with different opinions of how the country should handle the millions here illegally. in episode two, participates, a retired marine from illinois and an artist in new york city mitre transport dropping off deportees in central america. >> there was clapping, and i'm like, what is that about . they're treated humanely and provide any form of medical services that they might need. we immediately give them food and something to drink. there is a mixture of feelings coming back to this country, but you can tell there is not just a somberness, but of what they left behind. >> in the last two years an estimated 200,000 families in the united states have been torn apart by deportation. like myra, many of those being processed are desperate to return to their loved ones as soon as possible. >> how does it feel to leave your family? >> i feel bad, you know . i was 14 y

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the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >>> welcome back to "techknow." cara, you just told us dogs can cancer. >> true. >> pretty incredible. >> uh-huh. >> what doctors are doing with incredible. >> it's true. dogs can smell cancer reliably but we don't know what it is in cancer that they are smelling. once we can figure that out, scientists should be able to create an electronic nose that will have wide-spread applications. check it out. they make up almost half a dog's face for a reason. the nose is a dog's most valuable tool. researchers at the university of pennsylv

the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me welcome back to inside story. diplomates in geneva emerged from a six hour meeting thursday with word of a deal to ease tensions in ukraine. in eastern ukraine profess tors must leave government building and disarm in return they will be granted amnesty. the deal comes hours after russian president vladimir putin referred to eastern ukraine as the new russia is. and admitted for the first time, that it was russian p toos that moved into crimea earlier this year. was that an important admission, and there is a lot of space, between what sergei was saying in geneva, and what putin was saying in this wide ranging news conference. it is important to mention that the geneva discussion did not talk about crimea. and putin and his prez conference, said that crimea was a case

america, take a new look at news. >>> welcome to al jazeeradel walters in new york with a look at today's top stories. the ceo of general motors will answer questions about deadly ignition switches in millions of cars, and announcing the recall of another 1.5 million vehicles because of a power steering problem. >>> the deadline to sign up for the affordable care act has come and gone. the associated press now reporting the program is on track to surpass the original target of 7 million people enrolled. >>> 24 bodies now pulled from the mud slide in washington state, 22 people are still missing. crews sayy

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the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device.nload it now . >> i'm david shuster, and you are watching "talk to al jazeera", with sir ken robinson, a leading thinker on innovation and creativity. >> so many people would agree that the education system doesn't foster creativity, are you optimistic that at some point american society will realise this and turn things around? >> america is a resilient culture, there's always reason to be optimistic. it would be wrong to underestimate the challenges. it has major economic purposes, but they are social, cultural and personal. and it's important that we pay attention. at the moment on average across the country it's estimated that one in three students who start the ninth grade don't graduate in the 12th grade. i hesitate to use the word dropout. to call someone a dropout implies they fail. most probably the school fails them. there are lots of programs designed to re-engage children. they are more purposeful, offering support to teachers and students. these are called alternative prog

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the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device.o >> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me ♪ >>> hello once again , david foster with you at al jazeera's headquarters in doha, the top stories this hour. the united nations says it is standing by its allegations that rebels were behind the massacre of hundreds of civilance in south sudan. the rebels have denied any involvement. >>> joe biden has warned russia that it is time to stop talking and start acting to reduce tensions in eastern ukraine. >>> the u.s. is investigating allegations that an industrial chemical was used to target civilians in syria earlier this month. rebels and the government have blamed one another for the alleged attack. >>> the parents of the girls abducted by gunmen in nigeria say the number of children missing is much higher than the authorities are admitting. the army says the number is 129, but i

the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> al jazeera is the first media organization to gain access to afghanistan's most elite security arm the crisis response unit, afghan special forces. these are the forces that afghanistan must depend upon as afghanistan prepares to go it alone. >> major hoshel sadat carries with him enormous responsibility every day. he is the commander of the special forces known as the crisis response units. >> i don't see myself being a guy who goes to work at 8:00 and comes back at 4:00. i'm sort of motivated by this team of people that they just want to fight not only for the country but also for each other. >> reporter: al jazeera got exclusive access with the special forces and were invited to witness that fight. [ shooting ] >> the knowledge special forces stormed this house in parwan province. within seconds they arrest a man, looking for a bomb maker. just tell me what's going on he pleads. they find a bag of fertilizer used here for both farming and making explosives. child

the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? consider this on al jazeera america >>> here, an "america tonight" exclusive. we follow up on florida's treatment of the most vernable children. the kids are suing the state. >> even where it's also clear there are better, less expensive options. our ongoing investigation from correspondent sheila mcviccer. >> andrew martinez had a cardiac arizona. it left him with brain damage. he wound up here at kid's corner, a nursing home for children. >> it's one of three remaining florida. marcelo martinez is andrew's father. >> has anybody

speaking following a symposium in new york organised by the al jazeera network demanding the release of al jazeera's journalists in egypt. thousands of miles away in london colleagues at bbc tv news expressed their solidarity outside the news room wearing black tape and carrying "journalism is not terrorism" banners, and this is what brings reporters of rival networks together. al jazeera's correspondent greste , and produce mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr, on trial in egypt, accused of spreading false news and having links to a banned organization, the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera says the charges against the three are absurd and they were just doing their jobs as journalists. >> the assistant managing editor of the "new york times" says the egyptian government is seeking to brand al jazeera apart from other journalists. >> there should be no distinction. if you are working for an accredited news organization, you are a journalist deserving the protection of a free forest. >> owen watt news, from al jazeera english, described the deplorable con