. >> i'm rob reynolds in bangladesh. with a report on the tannery industry in this country. >> must learn from their mistakes, details later with folly. do stay with us. tÑ >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. >> evey sunday night, join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. this sunday, >> i spent my whole life thinking about themes and thinking about how to structure movies, so this is highly unusual. >> the director of the sixth sense, says there are five

rob reynolds, al jazeera doca. >> joining us from the bangladesh doca is phillip and director of the and human development and thank you for talking to us. terrible conditions outside the tannery and tell us about the health hazards for people who live around these areas are facing. >> the tannery is the most polluted in the industry and we have before that it's the most polluted industry in the world and i mean the people who work at the tannery are factory workers and people who live in the tannery areas are exports to syria and have conditions in that area. i mean in the tannery industry there are chemicals used in the factories and one of them, the main one is the chromium that is used and the people who work there up to 12000 at any given time in the peak season are exposed to the health and hazards and the people -- this was in 1997 and then we found that the diseases that are in the tannery industry is very high while the morbid rate is 150 people in the tanning industry is more than 800 out of 1,000 people and the kind of. >> incredible figures. what are some of the regulatio

. >> i'm rob reynolds with the second in a series of reports on this industry, and the impact on the environment and the people that live here. details coming up later in sports. ♪ in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. power of the people until we restore our freedotÑ >> from our headquarters in new york, here are the headlines this hour. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour. >> a deal in the senate may be at hand and just in the nick of time. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solidarity. >> we're following multiple developments on syria at this hour. >> every ho

. >> recently, america tonight's rob reynolds traveled to the mexico-texas border to hear about the members surviving the crossing. some of the images may be disturbing. >> a corner of the cemetery in texas is set aside for the lost and left behind. these are the graves of unknown migrants from mexico and trail america who died lonely deaths in the thick mesquite and bad lands of south texas. >> it's horrible. it's just a senseless death. i don't really understand it. >> vinnie martinez is chief deputy sheriff. last year, he recorded over 100 dead migrants. this number the years are on trend to exceed that. >> we're already at 92% increase from 2012. we had 129 in 2012. we see the influence, the volume high on pedestrians, walkers that come in through the brush a town 70 miles from the mexican border with a check point just south of town is the last barrier for migrants en route to houston, dallas and beyond. human smugglers have found a way to evade the check point. ten miles before, migrants rush out of vehicles and head into the bush. they knock down highway fences like this one and the

rob reynolds will show how toxic tanneries are also threatening the environment. that story tuesday right here on al-jazeera america. still ahead tonight, scientists plunge deem underground to explore one of ancient rome's longest lasting legacies that is still being used today. congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. >>> scientist are use can 21st century technology to map rome's ancients aqua ducts. some were carved by roman engineers over 2 years ago. claudio lavanga give

find out what a major sticking point is for ministers at an annual trade conference plus, i'm rob reynolds in dhaka with the second in a series of reports on the tannery industry, and the tef stating impact on the environment and the people who live here >> the top stories on al jazeera. thai place are allowing protesters to enter government buildings after clashing with them for days. the protesters wants to topple the government of yingluck shinawatra. >> a 24 hour curfew has been imposed in a nigerian city after fighters attacked the air force and base. dozens may be dead including 20 gunmen. >> ukraine's parliament is due to vote on a no confidence motion against the government in the coming hours. the country's prime minister warning that protests turned into a coup, demonstrations intensifying in kiev and crowds blockading the main buildings. >> the demonstrations in thailand are led by a former deputy prime minister. until three weeks ago suthep thaugsuban was a member of parliament. now he's wanted on charges of treason. we have more. >> he's a wanted man for his role in the anti-g

. >> rob reynolds reporting. >> to talk more about this is jack from the environmental watchdog groupblack smith institute and joining us tonight and we britis appreciate you, w. >> your organization identified five places in the world that are the most polluted is this a result of the industrial pollution. yes this is 200 some-odd tanneries and we put it on the 2007 list and very little has been done to clean up. is this tannery work going to be dangerous. >> even if the site is removed in a few years there is so much organic loading in the river it will take decades before it's pur. purged out. >> for us on the purchasing end of things. are we talking about products for one particular company or one retailer? or these products could be anywhere in our purchasing system? >> they are world wide. a very large amount do stay locally in southeast asia they go to china and large manufacturers that are purchases them but it's a worldwide market. and puts pressure on bangladesh through buying choices may help to speed up their changes chang. >> what do we do as responsible buyers? is there

. >> i'm rob reynolds in bangladesh of the appalling conditions in this country's cannerys. >> i'm withport including. >> they were some of the best young players they have ever seen and now they celebrate their success. ♪ the prime minister told the country she will do anything to stop the violence but cannot accept the demands of protesters and she was speaking after another day of violence in bangkok where people are trying to force her out of office and unhappy when she tried to introduce an amnesty law and brother and former brother return to the country. these are live pictures from bangkok where there has been violence between police and protesters already, people are on the streets but the rallies has not gained momentum in the past few days and there is an olive branch and she says she is open to talks. >> translator: i insist on opening every avenue to find the solution and i'm open for negotiations. police officers will not use violence but it's necessary for us to protect the government buildings because all the government buildings are used to serve 60 million ties. >> repo

rob rents -- reynolds has the story. >> reporter: more than 1400 square kilometers of wetlands in thee disappeared in the past four years, and the loss is accelerating a new study stays. marsh lands and swamps are crucial breeding grounds. and they provide a buffer against storm surges. but a combination of powerful storms, rising sea levels, and unchecked development of coastal regions are washing the wetlands away. the study carried out on behalf of several federal environmental agencies says the rate of wedland disappearance speeded up 25% from 2004 to 2009, compared with the previous four years. a rash of especially harsh storms including superstorm sandy and hurricanes in the gulf of mexico have taken a heavy toll. and also booming housing and commercial development, developers fill in marsh lands and growing communities create suage and runoff. billions of dollars will be required to stem and reverse the rapid loss of this irreplaceable national treasure. >>> scientists have discovered a new record-low temperature, freezing minus 93 degrees celsius in antarctica. studies in 2010

. >> that was rob reynolds reporting and we'll be back in a moment. >> at this time of year, a lot of us are traveling, not always do we have the same reasons. rather than catch up with family or friends, this december, some are catching up on miles. mileage runners as they're known are frequent flyers in limbo, only a few thousand miles from gaining or keeping their gold airline at that time at us. we went along for the ride. >> jarrod grew up afraid of flying. >> i did not want to fly. i skipped family vacations on occasion because i was so convinced i was going to die on a plane. there was no way it was happening, i was like enjoy the trip without me. my father was an aviation attorney and primarily death with plane crashes. >> the 2001 attacks on the world trade center all dinner conversations in the home. it wasn't until 2009 that jarrod gave air travel a second chance. >> i went on a long trip from here to asia, back through europe and back here, and i realized that there was a huge amount of places in the world i wanted to see, a flight to chicago i'm going to take this afterno