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plus -- >> i'm rob reynolds in scottsda scottsdale, arizona with a look at baseball's new rules aimedreventing collisions at home plate. ♪ >>> you are watching the al jazeera news hour. a reminder of our top stories. nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss a build up of russian troops along the ukrainian border. john kerry will meet with the palestinian prime minister. >>> chinese's president has completed a tour of europe. becoming the first to visit eu headquarters in brussels. he says bay -- beijing is committed to not holding up progress in the relations. >>> the diplomatic tension could impact the land locked country of moldova, as david explains. >> reporter: after crimea will moldova be next? russian peace-keeping troops already man the border posts here. the kremlin supports the region after a bloody civil war in the early '90s. now trapped on the western fringes of ukraine. moldova's prime minister appealed to western leaders and russia to prevent his country from falling apart. >> it's not in the interest here in the west nor with russia, but especially not

rob reynolds reports now from california. >> reporter: another solar panel goes up on a rooftop in losngeles. l.a. is the number one city for solar energy producing 132 mega watts. officials want 20% of the city's electricity to come from the sun by 2000, and coup is committed to have a million solar rooftops by 2016. as california goes so goes the world. solar power is finally taking off said the leading solar energy institute. >> costs have come down so much that it is competitive and it is much below household electricity rates. >> reporter: the sun has been the principle source of energy for life on earth for three and a half billion years but it was only 60 years ago that people figured out how to turn sunlight into electricity. >> reporter: in the pore ten p s sounds. >> here is battery in protective plastic. >> reporter: solar power's 60s birthday party a. >> this is commemorating one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of human technology, and it is the cornerstone of what is going to help us move forward to a safer, cleaner, more security world. >> reporter: 90-year-ol

rob reynolds, al jazeer al jazes verdes, california. >> tonight another race wrapped up in the city ofston. there they are. month long coast to coast race. more than 2,000 runners ran across 14 states from santa monica to. nearly half a million is raided. bubba watson is the masters champion. he beat out jordan spiegh spiet. border land starts now. >> we made border security a top priority. >> it's not really immigration. it's an invasion. >> they're a constructive part of our society.

as al jazeera rob reynolds reports, the citizens of this community are tired of being in a militarized border zone. >> it is early morning in arivaca arizona. formulate kilometers from the line separating u.s. from mexico. agents with sniffer dogs check each vehicle but at this border checkpoint there is something unusual. >> this is a newer model sedan. >> a group of citizens monitoring the monitors. checkpoint and the heavy handed presence of the border patrol in the area. >> possibly one male one female, white. >> lisa jacobson helped organized the checkpoint monitoring. >> many people in the inthis community believe that our community has been treated as if we live in a war zone. >> the customs and border patrol agency tell al jazeera checkpoints remain a highly effective tool in our efforts to secure our nation's borders, unquote. >> i have to go through two border patrol checks every day of my life which you know gets old after a day or two. >> stacy hatton is a nurse that lives in aravaca but works 50 kilometers away. >> they can ask me anything i want and irhave no rights. i do

they are nearly all gone. >> rob reynolds is in an area where they are workers hard to come up with an answer. >> in this rocky wave-washed order, researchers are gathering evidence, searching rock by rock, crevice by crevice for star fish. normally many species of star fish thrive in the tide pools, and they are an important part of a complex ecological system. today the researchers find hardly any of them. >> we only saw two sea stars. in the past we saw 145 at the same election. to go from 145 down to two, it's drastic. >> star fish lived in the ocean for 450 million years, but now they seem to be in trouble. all up and down the post. star fish have been dying off in huge numbers. scientists have no idea what is killing this. differs noticed large numbers of dead and diseased sea as far as in alaska and british columbia. >> it's a widespread phenomenon. massive. >> scientists say it kills within a matter of hours. >> it's like a white legion, they are deflated and their arm come off and creep away. at the worst state you'll see four or five arms that have spread away from the center

rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> fantastic program. thanks for watching "america tonight." fp >> hole and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm libby casey. all clear siren sounding now at fort hood as the lock down was lifted after today's shooting. officials tell al jazeera, four people are dead. along with the shooter. president obama is following the situation coastally and the government will get to the bottom of what happened. we're waiting for an update from officials and will have that as soon as it happens. in other news, the supreme court has rejected campaign contributions by a 5-4 vote. now donors can give to as many parties as they would like. wwill affect the upcoming mid term elections. >> it is tragic there have been lives lost because of this event. >> some parts are accusing gm of covering up an ignition defect nows tied to 13 deaths. a mudslide that's now been declared a national disaster. federal help will go to victims as the search area expands. flood water phenylly receded in washington state, allowing rescuers to better look through debris. 13 still mis

rob reynolds has more. >> reporter: another solar panel goes up on a roof ton in los angeles. l.a.ber one u.s. city for solar energy. officials want 20% of the city's electricity to come from the sun by 2020, and california is committed to having a million solar roof tops by 2016. as california goes, so goes the world. solar power is at least really taking off says the head of europe's leading solar energy research institute. >> translator: it's in a very good state today because costs have come down so much. >> reporter: the sun has been the principal source of energy for 3.5 billion years, but it was only 60 years ago that people figured out how to turn sunlight into electricity. in a 1950s news reel, bell lab announced the first photovoltaic cell. >> men have at least harnessed the power of the sun. >> reporter: the reflewables 100 policy institute through itself 60 birthday party last week. >> this is one of the biggest break throughs in the history of human energy technology, and it is the cornerstone of what is going to help us move forward to a safer cleaner more secure worl

rob reynolds, al jazeera, world preto, brazil >> there are plenty more news goodies on our website. just click on aljazeera.com. >... i mean, is this doable in the modern age for the average american. i have to believe it is. you're asking the wrong guy. i have a room full of half-finished or lamely finished maker projects of my own. >> better than me. >> the cigar box guitar looks nasty. i had to fix my daughter's nintendo dx. people are realising, like sherry and mark says, the tools are accessible, it's possible to do amazing things if you have the patients and time, and there's a graving to do something meaningful with your hands. you go to wal-mart and you can get anything you want, really cheaply. in some ways it's wonderful that the mass produced product are available anywhere. there's an emptiness to that, that people feel like, you know, my parents or my grandparents built stuff in their garage, or i made stuff in the kitchen. >> sherry, that makes me think when we were kids, you had home ec, shop, pottery. what has it done to us, taking all those things out that get our ha

rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> fantastic program. thanks >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> a soldier opened fire in fort hood texas, he killed three people and injured 16 others, the victims conditions range from stable to critical. so far no clear answers on the motive. >> we do not know a motive, we know ta the soldier had behaviour and mental health issues and was being tre

. >> i'm rob reynold's in california - with a maritime mystery - what is killing the pacific sea stars. >> suns the early 19th century mariners relied on large clunky charts to navigate the seas. now has the national oceanic and atmospheric association made them available online. it makes them quicklier to update and safer travels. >> tonne ya moseley joins us if the center for wooden boats. this is a big change for sailors. >> it is. i am on the rem licka of a boat -- republica of a boat used by george vancouver to chart the smaller waterways in the pacific north-west. that information was printed on lithograph k paper. these charts came out a few times a year, until recently. thanks to technology, it's different. when captain tyson trudell was two, one of his first words was boat. by six he chaired he would be a captain, charting voyages around the world. >> you're a kid, you pull the map out and think about all the laces you can go. it's the same thing. >> the nautical chart - mariners rely on them to navigate through oceans, seas and rivers, avoiding shallow areas and other hazards

rob reynold's, al jazeera - on the road to vegas. in a mustang. >> lucky rob. that's it for the newshour on al jazeera. stay with us. >> clashes leave three pro russian militants dead in ukraine, the violence likely to mar diplomatic talks underway. >> families aboard those on a capsized ferry holding out pope. they are looking for high school students still missing. >> big changes to the s.a.t. test, how the college entrance exam will now look a

rob reynolds, al jazeera palo-alto, california. >> that is it and we have a full half hour bulletin ofou are watching in america, we will see you again later. >> a war of words over ukraine, the countries acting prime minister suggesting russia now trying to start world war three as moscow and washington exchange even more tougher talk. >> the second part of president obama'sation pivot takes him to south korea, addressing north korea nukes. >> we can make this country safe and protect the guns. >> a plan aim

rob reynolds reports from los angeles. >> coming april 17th, the unexpected new ford mustang. a brilliant new kind of car. >> the 1964 ford mustang cost $2,300. americans couldn't get enough of them. the fast and stylish rowedster crewed into 1960s pop culture and inspired car lust. >> must tang. >> perhaps no man alive knows and loves the mustang more than 82-year-old jim hanley who has been selling and restoring the cars at his shop. >> what has the mustang meant to you? >> 45 years of pleasure. i've been retired for 45 years, working on mustangs. we pointed out a design flaw. >> the back seat is a little too small to make out in. >> well, depends how bad you want to make out. >> over the years of the mustang has been good to ford. the company sold more than 9 million. >> i think the enduring appeal of mustang goes back to when we launched it in 1964 and 1965. it was a sense of optimism in america at that time. a sense of freedom, and it captured, for that generation, that feeling - not only in the u.s., but around the world. proving that the mustang mystique is alive and we

discharge or warming ocean due to man-made climate change and scientists are not ruling anything out, rob reynolds in california. >> and reminder you can keep up to date with the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. >> a world without extreme poverty by 2030. i'm talking to the man. and christine la guard tells me what will happen if the u.s. doesn't system up, act like a leader and help are reforms. this a "real money", and i'm ali velshi. >> this is "real money," and you are part of the show. join the show. i just got back from washington, the time of the year where the world bank and the international monetary fund hold the spring meeting. it's packed with thousands of government officials, civil society organization, academics, and private individuals. i'll tell what you i saw. ment international monetary fund has its plateful, dealing with ukraine, the slow down in asia, turmoil in venezuela, and europe, and all these issues to make good on the international monetary fund to make good on the mandate of making economic stability around the globe. all the financial crisis stuff is behind

discharge or warming ocean due to man-made climate change and scientists are not ruling anything out, rob reynoldsrnia. >> and reminder you can keep up to date with the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. >> a world without extreme poverty by 2030. i'm talking to the man. and christine la guard tells me what will happen if the u.s. doesn't system up, act like a leader and help are reforms. this a "real money", and i'm ali velshi.

rob reynold's, al jazeera, on the road to vegas, in a mustang. >> you can find out more about mustan mustangs, if you like, or anything else on the website at aljazeera.com. business with china, you will want a piece of the action. i will tell you why. here in the united states, factories are making more, builders are building more and people like are you spending more. i have a brand-new snapshot of america's economy. little guys who do what the bankers don't, small community banks and their important place on the main streets of america. i am ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show. tell me what is on your mind by tweeting or using facebook.com/alivelshi. china's economy is slowing down from the torrid pace. if you listen to some people, falling. it's not. china remains extremely attractive destination for businesses and invest whorz take a long view and want a piece of the action. ors who take a long view and want a piece of the action. we learned chinaas gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic acti

. >> rob reynolds, al jazeera rio de janeiro. >> after the win of the houston rockets and set a new franchiserecord for their 14th win at home. joe johnson, one of the six players to reach double figures for the nets and lead the team with 22 points. >> many thanks, indeed. all the day's top stories straight ahead. that will do it for this news hour. thanks for watching. we'll see you again. bbye for now. the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. >> all these folks are making a whole lot of money. >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> i think you've offended everyone with that kathy. >> hold on, there's some room to offend people, i'm here. >> we have a right to know what's in our food and monsanto do not have the right to hide it from us. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> watch the stream. >> and join the conversation online @ajamstream. primetime news. >> i'm john seigenthaler in new york. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> it's like a brawl here in the waters aroun

rob reynolds explains >> reporter: anyone that has seen dancers in el salvador moving to rhythm or strolling amid the splendor will realise that brazil is a county with a deep and vibrant heritage. >> people are wanting culture. there are things you can't see anywhere. we want to go beyond it. we want to show ourselves. >> under a government program, low income brazilian workers can get recharge uble cards like this. employers provide most of the funding and get a tax break in return. the cards can buy anything cultural. books, plays and more. >> giselle used her card to buy a set of opera c.d.s. >> i love it. i appreciate it a lot. it's a nice opportunity to have more access or stuff like that. >> some brazilians think the government's plan is poorly conceived and wonder what kind of culture people will buy with the culture cards. according to surveys, the average brazilian reads four books a year. 85% say the favourite leisure activity is watching tv. critics fear people will spend the culture credit on trashy romance, sexy videos or worse. >> they would say, "how come they would be able t

as rob reynolds reports, scientists have no idea why. >> in this rocky wave-washed corner of the california coast researchers are gathering evidence in a marine mystery. they are searching rock by rock and crevice by crevice for star fish. normally many species thrive in these tide pools. they are an important part of the complex ecological system. today, however, researchers can find hardly any of them. >> so far we only saw two sea stars and in the past we saw 145. a year ago at the same location, to go from 14 # 5 down to two is pretty drastic. >> star fish lived in the oceans for 450 million years. now they seem to be in trouble. all up and down the pacific coast star fish have been dying off in huge numbers. scientists have no idea what is killing them. >> divers notices large unless of dead and diseased sea stars in alaska, and british columbia. >> it's a massive mortality event. >> divers say they have seep the disease kill in a few hours. >> starts off as a white legion, they get deflated and their arms come off and creep away. at the worst state you see four or five arms spreading

rob reynolds, rio de janeiro. >> on wall street the winning streak continues for a fourth day. the dow up 40 points and s&p 500 as a consecutive second high helping to lift stocks. >>> amazon is getting involved in the streaming market called fire tv to fire with apple tv and roku. they'll have their own original content and they'll have a feature that predicts what you want. it's $100 and available online. >>> well, the battle to grab more of "the streaming" market i.currently so many ways to wath streaming t.v.'s, will the cable box almost a dinosaur? >> i think they will disappear. the cable companies will provide new offerings. the satellites and cable devices are a way to route the content to the box. but the box themselves are no longer necessary. >> is this a direct threat to the providers or just direct competition. >> it creates a brand new space where essentially you have this new set of actors that are software based and could be the new bundlers that are providing all of your tv channels, or al jazeera could, for example, go and create their own software and talk to

rob reynolds, aljazeera on the road to vegas in a mustang. >> we'll have the latest in geneva where talks are underway to try to find a solution to the crisis in ukraine. do stay with us. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >>> al-qaeda fighters brazenly showing strength and threatening america in a new videotape. is the terror group getting stronger? also, how former new york mayor mike bloomberg is going to spend a fortune to try to beat the nra at its own game. plus is the u.s. run by dead people? and why an old bridge in new jersey that's costing us billions is a major sign that stifled american advancement. >>> why is hank aaron facing death threats? i am antonio morrow. welcome to "consider this." here is more on what's

marine scientists don't know why rob reynold's reports from a town where they are working hard to solve the mystery. >> in the rocky waive-washed corner of the california close researchers are gathering evidence in a marine mystery, searching rock by rock, crevice by crevice for star fish. normally many species thrive in the pools. they are an important part of a complex ecological system. today the researchers can find hartley any of them. -- hardly any of them. >> so far we saw two, and in the past we saw 145. a year ago at the location, to go from 145 down to two is drastic. star fish lived in the oceans for 450 million years. but now they seem to be in trouble. all up and down the pacific coast, star fish, known as sea stars, have been dying off in huge numbers. scientists have no idea what is killing them. >> divers noticed large unless of dead and disease sea stars in british column whicha and alaska last june. >> it's a widespread phenomenon. massive mortality. >> divers have seen the disease kill in a matter of horse. >> it's like a white leagues, usually, and basically they get

. >> rob reynolds, al jazerra, arizona. >>> the driver's see seat of a taxicab is a life in constantosen by those who have uprooted themselves to navigate a new country. the number of foreign-born drivers is skyrocketing in the united states. "america tonight" takes a ride with a cabby from iraq who is now mapping out the streets of chicago. >> my name, my culture, my religion, my language. >> reporter: chicago cab driving likes to entertain passengers with his own homespun version of cash cab the tv show that pays taxi riders for correct answers to trivia questions. >> they ask me, where are you from? >> and i tell them, this is my cash cab in chicago. >> reporter: his customers don't win any money, but he does offer them a freeride if they can guess his native country on their first try. the winning answer, iraq. est fan grew up in the southern most city. his journey from the middle east to the american midwest is a classic tale of an ambitious immigrant seeking freedom and fortunate. but hbut he fought fought harden most, literally. >> i was a champion. i was beating every champio

rob reynolds, aljazeera on the road to vegas in a mustang. first was introduced in 1964 in new york. >> the college board behind the s.a.t. is overhauling the college entrance exam. changes include a math section focusing on analytical problem solving. each section will be worth 800 points, going back to the 1600. scale that we remember. a timed essay portion is now optional. critics long argued the s.a.t. favors students from higher economic background and has lost ground to the a.c.t. a professor from new york university joins us in studio. why are they making these changes? >> the main reason has to do with widespread knowledge that scores on the tests are very strongly associated with the students' social and economic backgrounds. it just seems unfair that poor students do much worse on the test than more affluent students. some of it has to do with the preparation that students get, families can afford more preparation object others less. some has to do with the nature of the tests, the questions, the differences that the families and ex

al jazeera's rob reynolds shows us how the game is bringing attention to the problem of child homelessness. >> football is under way in rio, argentina battles tanzania, two teams competing in the street child world cup. teams from 19 countries are taking part, organised by a british charity. these children are growing up in poverty, and have spent time living on the streets. now they have been reunited with parents, and are attending school. earlier the boys and girls visited rio's famous stadium, where the other world cup final will be held. >> ali - he is from pakistan. >> now i playing a role as an ambassador for children like me. >> he was eager for the pakistani boys first match against india. this is a striker, south african girls team. >> i was nervous. now i'm okay. >> pretty is pretty sure her team will do well. >> i want to [ bleep ] >> the competition is intense. but so are the friendships. but the kids - for the kids the tournament is an adventure. behind the fun and games there's a serious purpose to draw attention to an often-neglected problem. >> the children will go back an

rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> measles is a respiratory disease caused by a virus that normally grows inhe cells lining the back of the throat and the lungs. symptoms include fever, run ny knows, could have and even a rash all over the body. each year, measles kills an estimated 165,000 people all across the world. >> the push until las vegas to make art the next big business. we will show you the garage that's driving up the price to park. >>> good morning to you. welcome back to sarsz. i am morgan radford the city known for slot machines and elvis weddings is known for art. first, a check on we think with ebony dion. >> we are off to a quiet start. things will change as we go through the day. a lot of moisture out there. all of that moisture continues to increase. we are going to see an increase across areas in the deep south. eventually, it will increase along the lower mississippi valley as well. the area of concern here across the upper midwest and down into the midwest as well, that is an area of concern for strong to severetorms later today. what we are dealing with mainly as we h

rob reynolds al jazeera, in california. >> that is it for me and the news hour team and i'll be backr from now and thanks for watching. ♪ >> ukraine prepares to launch a full-scale anti terrorist operation after pro russian accept are a activities refuse to leave buildings across the eastern part of the country. >> we thought it was weather at first. >> people were yelling to get inside. >> target be jews on the eave of passover, gun fair injured christians instead and senior citizen shooter who may have been a ticking time bomb. >> this came to a shock to both she and i. >> a box of babies found in a garage. a utah mother expected to face the judge this morning. >> we are not going to back down no more, you are not telling children in this community they are going to hell. you will not tell our citizens. >> they call it faith, critics call it a cult. the group wearing out its welcome in the lone star state. >> we need an honest and coherent reaction from the west and without shifting blame to moscow. >> a message for the west as ukraine sets the stage for military action in its own

scarlett johansson revealing what ruined her marriage to ryan reynolds and why she's insulted by her nickname scar-jo. then why rob lowe says being too pretty backfired on his career. and why he turned down the role of mcdreamy on "grey's anatomy." new star sightings.

reynolds, charleston, missouri. >> i think the man should get a pardon under these circumstances. >> that's right. >> a, he was convicted but the man who was robbedthink he should go to prison. >> the fact that the victim says that says volumes. they need to figure something else out. >> >>> plenty of clouds around the bay area and looks like they will be hanging around a little bit longer especially along the coastline. you will see a lot of cloud cover there today. we have seen some drizzle early on this morning. out toward ocean beach, you have some cloudy skies there and a lot of clouds even mid- to high level moving overhead. temperatures are going to be cooler with some partly cloudy skies today, about 69 in fremont. 73 degrees and pleasant into san jose this afternoon and a cool 63 and breezy in san francisco. cooler temperatures through saturday. >>> stephen colbert says he t be hosting the "late show" as stephen colbert, but les moonves is happy to have him under any name. our president and ceo talks about the big decision replacing david letterman. that was a big one. that's ahead on "cbs this that was a big one. that's ahead on "cbs th

rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> fantastic program.thanks >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> >> struggling to cope. >> the u.n. says there are 1 million registered syrian refugees in lebanon. appear >> this is al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, a gunman goes on a shooting ram page in a u.s. military base. four people are dead. >> armed men kidnap two