paul beban joins us now from phoenix. has the situation remained peaceful up until this point? it has. it has been limited to an angry exchange of words for about the last. there has been a line of riot police separating the two sides. and the numbers really never materialized on the facebook page promoting the event. there were more than 1,000 people saying they'd sustained. attend. 300-400 turned up. many touting rifles pistols. nothing more than a sense of intimidation to go along with the instalments and taunts and vulgar and ugly chanting. on this side responses of peace and love support from the community, a large presence outnumbering the other side. defending the people defending their version of free speech shouting down in a peaceful manner what happened on the other side of the street. we spoke with the president of the cultural center. who was moving among the crowd talking to people. he said the message from here is one of tolerance that will be what people take away. >> this is a peaceful community. everybody is here to support peace, and to support love and their

paul beban going to a special church service called a rising from the ashes ceremony. >> reporter: at churches across baltimore prayers for peace and progress. >> god is using baltimore to lead the way. >> we all have to come to together. >> from a congressman who grew up on these very same streets a plea for understand ugh on these same streets. >> i see me. i see the little boy. in south baltimore. sitting in special ed. folks say you never amount to anything. i see me. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and at the new song church in the heart of sandtown the troubled neighborhood where freddy gray grew up, a sermon about what comes next. >> we need to see some long term solutions. because when the cameras are gone newspapers start reporting, the next event takes place in the next town, we'll still be here in sand town. >> louis wilson knows that soon, the national spotlight won'ting shining on his community. >> there will still be people struggling with addiction poverty, young african american men that feel hopeless, women trapped in poverty with too many kids or no being support for their kids.t

paul beban went to a special church service. paul it was billed as a rising from the ashes ceremony. what happened? there was, you could feel a collective sigh of relief. the curfew is lifted as the church services got under way. we got the first words as people filed in for sunday services for the rising for the ashes service. the theme was burned down, not out. a sense that it was time for people to catch their breath to take stock of the situation to look to the future and be aware that there was so much work to be done. >> reporter: on a sparkling sunday morning at churches across baltimore, prayers, and progress for peace. >> god is using baltimore to lead the way. >> we have to come together. it's a day of unity, reconciliation, a day of prayers for the city of baltimore >>> from a congressman that grew up on the same streets, a plea for understanding after a week of unrest. >> i see me. i see me. i see the little boy. inside baltimore. folks say you never amount to anything. i see me. >> and at the newsong church, where fr

paul beban attended a special church service. it's billed as a so-called rising from the ashes ceremony what happened there? >> i'm about a block from our friend john terrett, and you can hear the drums. you can't overstate the change in mood and tone in baltimore, when the curfew was lifted. it was before church services began. people were smiling. they were excited. of course the talk now is of the future of what comms next but again, there's a sense of optimism and understanding that there is so much work left to do. >> reporter: on a sparkling sunday morning at churches across baltimore, prayers, and progress. >> god is using baltimore to lead the way. >> we have to come together. it's a day of unity, reconciliation, a day of prayers for the city of baltimore >>> from a congressman that grew up on the same streets, a plea for understanding after a week of unrest. >> i see me. i see me. i see the little boy. inside baltimore. folks say you never amount to anything. i see me. >> and at the new church, where freddie gray grew up

paul beban is here. >> for you and me and many people here at al jazeera the amtrak train up to washington is a routine commute filled with business people students often entire families and at least seven families tonight are mourning a terrible loss. within minutes of pulling out of philadelphia tuesday night amtrak 188 went from a routine nighttime ride to a harrowing scene of chaos and confusion. >> the train was moving pretty fast on the curve and i just remember i got hit and i just remember that i flew all over the place. >> blackout, scream out luggage falling over, people falling over. >> stunning passengers emerged bloody and battered, 200 were injured, search killed. doctors in philadelphia said given the force of the crash it could have been far worse. >> i think we're fortunate there weren't more deaths. >> one of the victims 20-year-old justin zemzer was a sophomore on the way home to visit his family in rockaway new york. >> he was a community minded person. >> valedictorian of his high school class wanted to be a navy seal. a spokesman told al jazeera america, the exut wish

paul beban has our report. >> reporter: it is a typical day in downtown salt lake city. he is patrolling a dangerous part of the city. >> hey, you guys rantwant to fight, do it some place else. >> reporter: a new neighbourhood, businesses, construction moving into an area with a homeless problem. here? >> a lot of drugs, assault. >> reporter: the answer for many businesses is hire off-duty police officers for security work, complete with squad car, gun and uniform. >> most release there's only so much police officers in the city, if they want constant presence, they'll have to take themselves. >> they'll have to pay for it. >> whether it's an off duty officer or security. police. >> for $30 this business hires a police officer to stand quart, complete with squad car. >> you decided to have an off-duty police officer versus a security officer, why? >> they need to act. number one, if they see something happen they need to respond >>> private security and police work together in this area. but some agencies, including bedrock security's paul nelson takes issue with the fac

paul beban has their stories. >> reporter: for so many people the amtrak from washington to new yorknd up to boston is a routine commute. it is filled with business people students and often entire families. within minutes of pulling out of philadelphia tuesday night, amtrak 188 went from a routine nighttime ride to a harrowing scene of chaos and confusion. >> i just remember like -- like a hit, and -- and i just remember they flew all over the place. >> screaming, luggage falling over. people falling over. >> reporter: stunned passengers emerged bloodies and battered. more than 200 were injured and at least 7 were killed. doctors in philadelphia say given the force of the crash, it could have been far worse. one of the victims, this 20-year-old was a sophomore at the u.s. naval academy on his way home to visit his family in new york. >> he was a loving son, nephew and husband. >> reporter: he was a football player president and valedictorian of his high school class, and he wanted to be a navy seal. a spokesman for the naval academy told the "washington post" the campus is heart bro

. >> the seven people killed in the derailment, paul beban has more. paul. >> john many of us in al jazeera, you and i have ridden this train it is usually very quiet and for many it's a routine commute filled with business people, moms and dads and of course sons and daughters and tonight at least search families are mourning a terrible loss. within minutes of pulling out of the philadelphia tuesday night amtrak 188 went from a routine night ride to a scene of chaos and confusion. >> when i was on the side someone told me i was delirious and they carried off. >> some stumble ed from the wreckage bloody and battered. 200 and over were injured seven were killed. given the force of the crash it could have been far worse. >> i think we're fortunate there weren't more deaths. >> a sophomore at the u.s. naval academy on his way home to visit his family in rockaway new york. >> he was community minded. >> valedictorian of his class he wanted to be a navy seal. washington post, the campus was heartbroken, the family is stunned. >> this has hit us in the worst

paul beban was at the scene of the crash and is here to tell us more. >> you recall that accident happened when the train hit the s.u.v. it was stopped on the track between the two gates as they came down. that crossing had been upgraded not too long ago - it had brighter lights and a sign warning drives not to stop on the tracks. the having found all the safety devices were working. the train's horn was on, lights flashing facts analysts say more work needs to be done to make the crossings safer. >> reporter: like the horrific accident in new york half of all collisions involving train and vehicles occur at railroad crossings outfitted with warnings devices - flashing lights and gates. it's often the fault of the driver who is confused, distracted or tries to beat the train. that happened in this colleagues the driver tried to slip around the gate an amtrak train ploughed into the car killing all five inside. there are more man 200,000 crossings in the u.s., locations where vehicles and trains can come together. safety campaigns made a huge difference. in 1978 there were more than 13,000

the government is called on using wikipedia an attack on the back bone of democracy, paul beban has thestory. >> reporter: if you want to know about the government spying that prompted protests like this one in washington last year one place you mite look is on wikipedia, and the reason it is suing has a lot to do with how wikipedia works. it says it's a free encyclopedia edited by 69,000, most of them volunteers and the whole think is a non profit and it says the way the n.s.a. gathered information, called surveillance violated the freedom of speech of users and volunteers subjecting them to unreasonable search and seizure. >> we believe the upstream surveillance the mass surveillance of our readers and users is damaging to us. wikipedia depends on a culture of openness and courage. and in that context their privacy is important. the way the surveillance works is the n.s.a. taps into the cables and routers that moves the traffic across the u.s. and around the world. wikipedia says it has an affect on free change of information, saying articles written in europe during the arab spring m

paul beban explains. >> today i find myself in a position i never envisioned myself to be in. i'm testifying as a whistleblower. >> reporter: that is the deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and statistics at the department of veterans affairs, speaking to a his subcommittee on veterans' affairs. >> i will no longer be a party. >> reporter: he was on capitol hill to talk about a 35-page memo written to ronald mcdonald in march reported by "the washington post", the v.a. has been illegally spending 6 billion a year buying services and supplies from outside vendors without proper contracts, oversight. violating the agencies own rules and federal laws. in the memo he describes a culture of lawless innocence, chaos, gross mismanagement, a mockery that leads to harm or death. doors are wide open to waste, fraud and abuse, apt the sprawling health care system that tends to 9 million veterans. he faces the blame for the problems on the top brass, accusing senior v.a. officials of ignoring his concerns and deceiving congress. no persons were held accountable for the violations o

paul beban attended a special service billed as a rising from the ashes ceremony. >> on sunday morning at churches across baltimore prayers for peace and progress. >> god is using baltimore to lead the way. >> you know, we've all got to come together. it's a day of unity reconciliation prayer or the city of baltimore. >> for a song man who grew up on these streets a plea for understanding after a week of unrest. >> i see me. i see see me. i see the little boy inside baltimore sitting in special ed. folks say you'll never amount to anything. i see me. >> at the new psalm church, a sermon about what comes next. >> we need to see some long term solutions, because when the cameras are gone, newspapers stop reporting the next event takes place in the next town, we'll still be here. >> the pastor knows soon the national spotlight won't be shining on his community. >> we still have work to do here, you know, there will still be people struggling with addiction, still people in poverty. there will still be young african-american men that meal hopeless. there will still be women trapped in pove