. 11 police officers are jailed for standing by as an afghan woman was lynched, plus -- >> i'm rob reynoldsn los angeles reporting on outlaw motorcycle gangs. ♪ >>> demonstrators who are insisting that burundi's president drop his bid for a third term in office have been confronted by police on the streets of the capitol bujumbura. [ gunfire ] >> tear gas fired to disperse the crowds. some protesters reportedly beaten. at least eight people have been arrested. those on the streets say pierre nkurunziza's ambitions to stay on as president violate the constitution. last week a group of renegade generals tried to overthrow him, but failed. here is our correspondent in bujumbura. >> reporter: there were more police on the streets on tuesday. the plans of the protesters were come where i am right now, but the police and soldiers were not having that, so they put up a barricade and blocked the protesters. they were angry, and kept telling people go home but people refused. the police then fired tear gas at the protesters. some were arrested and the police forced them to pick up rocks on the road

. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds on the navajo nation in arizona whereby deet i can is ram pant rampant the govern thinks a new tax on junk food might go the solution. >>> some breaking news out of pakistan, at least 43 people have been killed in a gun attack attack. the vehicle belong today a charity, a branch of shia islam. let's go trait to kamal hider who joins us from islambad the capital. what happened, kamal? >> reporter: the attack took place in the morning rush hour in the eastern part of the city. at least three motorcycles with six people on board were stopped the bus then they got on the bus shooting most of the passengers in that bus at point blank range. there were no bullet holes from the outside. that suggests that the killing was done inside the bus. in full view of eyewitnesses. many of them saying that they were dressed in police uniform. this was an indiscriminate attack. according to the reports that we are getting. 16 women are amongst the dead, some of the injured are in critical condition. >> extraordinary. we are hearing that the victims are mainly shia muslims.

. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds on the navajo nation in arizona. where obesity and diabetes are rampant and the local government thinks a new tax on junk food might go the solution. >>> in yemen there has been reports of fighting despite a ceasefire which came in to effect late on tuesday. the five-day truce was proposed by saudi arabia at that a how in humanitarian aid. the houthis continue bombing. at least 10 people killed in shells. taiz was one of the cities targeted in the latest wave of coalition air strikes. and others were also hit. the new u.n. on voir to yemen is in sanaa to hold talks in an effort to insure that the ceasefire holds in order to allow in food and medicine for people who urgently need help. shortly after the ceasefire began we spoke to one resident. >> there is a breach now as we speak. i can hear the gunfire missiles have been fired. as i am talking to you now someone has been shot. they are targeting two areas and now there is a martyr and he is in a very bad state. there is an attempt by the houthi to his take control o

rob reynolds has the story. >> on refugio beach. the cleanup continues. approximately 79,000 liters of crude oil smild oorn surf, the i don't like to put a time line on that because we want to make sure we do it right and it could take weeks could take months. >> reporter: the pipeline is owned by a text firm plains all american. >> we are told that pipelines are safe, they don't spim spill. is a lot of crude oil got out. >> a lot of headquarter information. >> none of us want to seen ion see an issue. >> in 2010, a pipeline oriented by the endbridge organization was the biggest pipeline assistant. >> there is a constant there little spill that little spill which we don't see. >> regulation has not kept pace with the exchanging oil and gas environment. posed by increased oil and gats appliance, may endanger the public. a giant spill here in 1969 angered the u.s. an gash the movement. >> i'm shocked very frankly 45, 46 years later right? here we are again deja vu we haven't learned anything we're still repeat being that makes. >> undergo tests to see why i

rob reynolds is reporting from santa barbara. >> on refugeo beach ships lay down protective booms to keep the oil from spreading further out to sea. approximately 79,000 liters of crude oil spilled. >> the harder part will be the shore line, the beaches the cliffs and the places on land. it could take weeks it could take months. >> reporter: the pipeline is oind by texas firm plains all american. the public are owed some answers. >> we are told appliance are safe they don't spill. in this case the pipeline should have stopped immediately, when it started but it didn't. in this case, a lot of oil got out. >> little hard information. >> no one in the industry wants an incident and neither do the residents. >> the safety of all the other oil appliance crisscrossing the country and about whether regulations are strong enough to prevent oil spills like this one from happening again. in 2010 a ruptured pipeline owned by the enbridge corporation poured more than 300,000 gallons of crude into the kalamazoo river. accidents in the u.s. between 2010 and 2013 alone. >> there is this constantly

rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: in the 1930s, the u.s.ernment began building huge dams on the columbia river. >> out of steel and concrete their weld their answer to the river's fury. >> reporter: the dams also drown dozens of villages where native people had lived and fished for thousands of years. today some desend danths of those displaced native americans live in settlements. >> the luxury of having plumbing in a house, i really don't know what that is. >> reporter: gabriel has lived on cook's landing for 45 years. there's one toilet and shower facility for about 45 people. >> try as much as you can, you can never keep it clean. but that's all it is. >> reporter: about 500 native people live on-sites designated for access to fishing as guaranteed by treaties but the places were never intended for permanent settlements. these deplorable housing conditions are another sign of the dam's enduring human impact. paul is head of the columbia intertribal fishing commission. >> all of this incredible wealth that everyone is getting but these p

rob reynolds visits the dolls dam in oregon to see how native americans have struggled. >> reporter:the 1930s, the u.s. government began building huge dams on the river. the dams generated electricity for industry and made the river navigatable for ships. but they also drowned dozens of villages where native people lived and fished for thousands of years. today some descendants live in squaller settlements. >> the luxuries of having a house with plumbing and stuff, i really don't know what that is. >> reporter: gabriel has lived on cooks landing for 45 years. there's one toilet and shower facility for about 45 people. >> you can never keep it clean. but that's all it is. got a shower over there that don't work. >> reporter: about 500 native people live on-sites designated for access to fishing as guaranteed by treaties. but the places were never intended for permanent settlements. these deplorable housing conditions for the native americans along the columbian river are another sign of the dam's enduring human impact. paul is head of the intertribal fishing commission. >> all of this

rob reynolds al jazeera. >>> just about does it for now but tell you there is lots more on our websiteeera.com and get the latest stories and good-bye to the u.s. on al jazeera america, your morning news is up next. >> a 7.3 earthquake hits they. a. hundreds hurt in its wake, with that number expected to rise. >> a five day ceasefire to begin in yemen. are both sides ready to follow it? >> greece making an early payment on its loan but raising questions whether the country will be left entirely broke.

they want some answers and they want assurances that something like this cannot happen again rob reynoldsjazeera, santa barbara, california. >>> dozens of residents of u.s. state of texas are being forced from their homes because of widespread flooding. heavy rain has inundated parts of wichita falls after a drought. forecasters are warning of more rainfall at the weekend. now police in chile fired tear gas and water canon during anti-government protests outside parliament in the port city of valparaiso and demanding free education tried to break past barriers and the president gave her annual state of the nation speech and latin american editor lucy reports. >> reporter: protesters and riot police played cat and mouse for hours after the state of the nation address. students and representatives of just about everyone is satisfied with the way the government is handling the country came out to protest. riot police in full gear far out number the demonstrators who nevertheless refuse to back down clearly in the mood for a fight. violent clashes during an annual presidential address have be

culture and rob reynolds has this report. >> reporter: motorcycle gangs have been part of american popularince marlin brando road with the wild ones in 1953 but romantic image and the reality of biker gangs. >> criminal enterprises and interested in dealing guns drugs and sex. they are very very high level in the methamphetamine manufacture and the methamphetamine trade. they do a lot of sex trafficking. a lot of prostitutions and they are high-level gun runners. >> reporter: mayhem in waco was the deadliest in years and out law gangs are known for culture of extreme violence and hostility to rival gangs that reputation is exaggerated by media, t.v. and the movies says anthropologist and gang expert georgia leap. >> violence is a part of their lives but it is not used on an everyday level. violence is used very strategically. what i would say is the threat of violence is more potent in their day-to-day existence and they intimidate and that is how they control. >> reporter: u.s. justice department says there are more than 300 out lawed biker gangs in the country and some out numbering them

. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds in los angeles, with a report on an enduring subculture within americanociety. outlaw motorcycle gangs ♪ ♪ >>> so the unites nations says close to 25,000 people have fled the iraqi city of ramadi after isil fighters took control of it on monday. authorities say some 500 people have been killed in the city of anbar province since friday. isil release third degree video of what appears to be ramadi after it was captured. thousands of slow a militia are at a nearby base preparing a counter a offensive. let's get the latest zeina khodr is in baghdad. what is the situation on the ground right now zeina? >> reporter: isil still very much defiant isil still on the defensive want to go take yet more ground. what we understand is that some of their fighters moved east from ramadi towards the town of this is a contested town they launched a number of attacks targeting police checkpoints according to police sources, up to eight local policemen were killed. so very defiant just 10-kilometers from the town is the base. that is where thousands of shia militia men belon

. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds on the navajo nation in arizona whereby deet i can is ram pant

rob reynolds reports from santa barbara. >> on the beach clean up conditions.kers in protective clotheing haul away bags of contaminateed sand and rocks. boons are sent out to see. 72,000 liters of oil spilled when the pipeline burst. >> the hard part will be the shoreline, beaches and cliffs. i don't want to put a timeline on that. we want to make sure that we do it right. it could take weeks. it could take months. >> the pipeline is owned by planes plains all american. >> we're told that pipelines are safe they don't spell. in this case the pipeline should have shut down immediately when it spilled, and it didn't. a lot of oil got out. >> the company offered plenty of apologies but little information information. >> no one in our industry wants to have an incident. >> now they're being asked about all the safety of the pipelines crisscrossing the country and whether the safety measures are strong enough to prevent oil spills like this one from happening again. in 2010 a pipeline spilled crude, the biggest spill in inland history. >> there is a constant this l

rob reynolds reports from the county of santa barbara. >> reporter: a sticky smelly mess as befouledormally pristine sands near santa barber are, workers are cleaning the oil off of rocks, slowly mopping up thousands of barrels of crude. the cleanup is being overseen by the u.s. coast guard. >> operations will continue throughout the evening in the excavation area up towards the pipeline and will continue every day until that area is excavated and contaminated soil is removed. >> it could be weeks and months however, we're going to take it day by day. >> reporter: the pipeline belongs to a texas company called plains all american. a study by "the los angeles times" newspaper shows the company has had 175 federal safety and maintenance infractions since 2006. that's three times the national average. the company says it doesn't know exactly what caused the breach. >> since we are one of the largest operators of pipelines across the industry in the united states, the number of reportable incidence by percentage is well within industry norms. >> reporter: no people have needed medical at

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> first kayaks, now the courts. why some activists are turning to the legal system to stop oil drilling in the arctic ocean. >> another step in the effort to stop a shell oil rig from leaving seattle for the arctic ocean, activists in kayaks already have lengthed to physically block the rig from elliot bay. now they're filing a lawsuit to stop the rig in court. alan has more. >> this is the seattle waterfront. this is the port of seattle property. there it is, the polar pioneer royal dutch shell's drilling rig is now tied up at the dock here. there's a 100-yard exclusion zone that's been put in place. no other vessels are supposed to go within 100 yards. walk with me and we'll show you how close we are to the other side of this water way. we're very close here. that limiting public access to public waters is part of what's president base of some legal action being taken against the port of seattle. another big part that have legal action is whether the port went through proper environmental review before approving t

as rob reynolds reports mr.e american families have been left in squaller. >> reporter: in the 1930s, the u.s. government began building huge dams on the columbia river. >> out of steel and concrete their welt their answer to the river's fury. >> reporter: the dams generated electricity for industry and made the river navigatable for ships. but they also drowned villages where native people had lived and fished for thousands of years. said some of those people live in squaller settlements. >> the luxuries of having a house with plumbing and stuff in it i really don't know what that is. >> reporter: gabriel has lived on cooks landing for 45 years. it has one toilet and shower facility for about 40 people. >> you try as much as you can and you can never keep it clean. but that's all it is. it got a shower over there that don't work. >> reporter: about 500 native people live on sites designated for access to fishing as part of treaties. these deplorable housing conditions for the native americans along the columbia

. >> i'm rob reynolds in oregon with a report on the deplorable housing conditions experienced by native american families decades after they were displaced by hollywood degree electric dams. >> still ahead in sport as we countdown to south america's biggest football tournament, we look at how fifa's latest corruption scandal is impacting the game there. >> may an mar's navy has seized a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast. it comes a week after it found a similar boat carrying iran 200 migrants. myanmars ministry of information described those onboard saying they are illegal migrants from bangladesh. myanmar said it will not tackle the root causes of the migrant crisis after previously saying it was being unfairly singled out. myanmar's being urged to take full responsibility for all its people. many persecuted rohingya in myanmar leave and die in the journey. we have a glimpse into the plight of myanmar's rohingya community. >> the rohingya people are a distinct muslim ethnic group living in predominantly the western state that borders bangladesh. myanmar does

they've created wealth for some but as rob reynolds reports, benefits aren't flowing to everyone. >> reporter: in the 1930s the u.s. government began building huge dams on the columbia river. >> out of steel and concrete they weld their answer to the river's furry. >> the dams generated electricity for industry and made the river navigatable for shooting but they also drawn dozens of villages where native people lived and fished for thousands of years. today in the shadows of the dams some decent ends live in squalor settlemented of battered trailers and plywood shacks. >> we don't have a house with plumbing and stuff in it. i don't know what that is. >> reporter: he's lived on cook's landing for 45 years. there's one toilet and shower facility for about 40 people. >> you try as much as as you can, but you can never keep it clean. that's all it is. got a shower over there that don't work. >> about 500 native people live on sites designated for access to fishing as guaranteed by treaties, but the places were never intended for permanent settlements. these deplorable housing conditions

rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: in january officials noticed something odd about the balls suicide during the new england patriot's victory this the semifinal game on the road to the super bowl. they were found to be under-inflated which may have made them equal to quarterback's tom brady to combat. last week a month-long investigation concluded that patriot staff members deliberately let the air out of the bowls, and that grady knew all about it. much of the evidence stems from methods, in which employees discussed altering the balls. on monday the national football league and announced that brady denied that his balls from tampered with would be suspended without pay. saying that he was guilty of kulent detrimental to the lead. brady's contract is worth $27 million. the patriots will be fined $1 million. the league noted patriots' coaches have been caught cheating in the past and brady was uncooperative refusing to hand over texts and emails to investigators. his ate called the punishment reidic use louse and said he would appeal. patriots won the super bowl and there's no plans

rob reynolds al jazeera, santa barbara, california. >> reporter: a grand jury in baltimore have confirmedes of six police officers over the death of freddy grey. he died while in police custody. his death lead to mass protests against police brutality across the country. lisa stark has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: a baltimore grand jury has returned charges against all six officers in the death of freddie gray, these charges are very similar to the ones that the state's attorney initially brought against the officers may 1st. reckless endangerment has been added. the most serious charges against the driver of the van that gray was transported in he is charged with second degree depraved heart murder essentially meaning that he took actions that he knew would cause harm but he didn't care. the attorneys for all of these officers say these charges are unwarranted, and the officers did nothing wrong. the officers will be in court july 2nd for a formal arraignment. >>> [ inaudible ] whether to amend the constitution to allow same-sex couples to get married. gay couples are already

rob reynolds, al jazerra fort defines, arizona. >>> quick reminder that you can always keep up to date with our news on our website at aljazerra.com. crime could have big consequences >>> america needs a smarter war on terror, and pakistan, a key ally on the front since 9/11 stands accused of playing a double game with al qaeda and the taliban. controversial allegations from investigative journalist seymour hurst are making some wonder whether much of what the obama administration told you about how osama bin laden was found and killed may be a live. seymour's allegations are so explosive that once again many are asking is pakistan friend or foe in america's war on terror. seymour hersch is a long-time journalist. he is associated with the new yorker and writes in a piece published in the london review of books that osama bin laden was not hiding, he was a intelligence. senior pakistani leaders knew of the u.s. raid in advance, according to hersch, and cleared pakistani air space for u.s. navy seal helicopters to fly in and conduct their mission unhindered. when the c.i.a. found out ab

rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: overweight, suffering from diabetes navaho member roslyn russo admitsnot always eat healthy food. >> i would pray for a chip or a drink or something like that. and i know it's unhealthy, but, you know we can't stay away from anything like that. >> reporter: in many parts of the navaho nation population 260,000, poverty and unemployment are high. remote areas have no fancy supermarkets selling fresh fruits and vegetables. most shops like this one are stocked with junk food and little else. doctors say the result of poor diet is rampant illness. >> there is definitely a crisis happening in navaho nation. we are seeing really escalatingeing rates of obesity among children and adults. according to the government's indian health servants native americans ares twice as likely to be diagnosed as white americans. attempting to stem the tide of disease among the young people the government imposed a 2% tax on junk food a law believed to be the first of its kind. the tax is expected to bring in several million a year, which will be used to pay for health educatio

rob reynolds reports from santa barbara. >> reporter: on the beech the clean up continues. workers in protective clothing hauls away sands and rocks. ships with boons keep the oil from spreading out to see. 79,000 litres spilled into the pacific on tuesday. the clean up is likely to take some time. >> the harder part will be the shore loop the beaches, the cliffs and the soil. i don't want to put a time line on that we want to make sure we do it right. it could take weeks, months. >> it is owned by a texas firm all american. environmentalists say the company owes the public answers. >> we are told that pipelines are safe. they don't spill. in this case it should have shut down immediately when the spill started, it didn't. a lot of oil got out. >> at this news conference the company executive offered plenty of apologies, little hard information of. >> none of us nobody in the industry wants to have an incident. the residents don't. questions are being asked about the safety of other pipe lines criss-crossing the country and about whether regulations are strong enough to pre

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rob reynolds, al jazerra, los angeles. >>> the ukrainian government set to prosecute two men it sayste russian soldiers, they were taken prisoner on sunday in an area controlled by pro-russia rebels. ukraine's foreign minister says their arrest is involved in the war but months on you denies this this in. >>> in macedonia thousands of protesters showed up for the em battle: they demanded his resignation. robin forester-walker reports from the capital. >> reporter: nationalist anthems made up the platelets of this pro-government rally. prime minister is fighting for his political future. but says this crisis is about macedonia, not about him. >> translator: macedonia is a european state and will have a place that it deserves, we have a team, we have a vision, we have people, smart people that can make right decisions that's why macedonia is strong, long live macedonia. >> reporter: the message from the prime minister is is a clear sign that despite i'll the scandal surrounding the corruption allegations despite the resignations of key figures in his government, despite the opposition

rob reynolds al jazeera. >>> just about does it for now but tell you there is lots more on our website as always, al jazeera.com and get the latest stories and good-bye to the u.s. on al jazeera america, your morning news is up next. >> a 7.3 earthquake hits they. a. hundreds hurt in its wake, with that number expected to rise. >> a five day ceasefire to begin in yemen. are both sides ready to follow it? >> greece making an early payment on its loan but raising questions whether the country will be left entirely broke. >> good morning pow. you're watching aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. >> a new earthquake rattled nepal with a magnitude of 7.3 near china between cat man did you and mount everest. dozens of people have been reported dead. witnesses say they felt this latest quake for at least 25-30 seconds, we have sent people streaming into the streets. there was at least one after shock a half hour later. andrew is live in nepal. what was the emergency response like after this latest quake? >> it was pretty quick but it was complete pandemonium. i've nev

rob reynolds, al jazeera, santa barbara, california. >> now the concept of a bionic man or woman was once the story of science fiction. but advances have been made that can change the lives of some of the world world's most severely injured people. we have reports on the bionic pioneers. >> great strides are being made in bionic technology. eric who has been paralyzed since being shot 13 years ago now has the ability to move a limb again. >> we found out having small conversation effects activities and i have to be quiet and if i get frustrated everything goes down hill. >> it's not his arm but he is able to do one crucial thing he couldn't do before. pick up a bottle and drink on his own. he's the first person to have a neuroprosthetic device implanted in the part of the plain where intentions are made. when he thinks about moving, it activates a prosthetic. he's not the only one benefiting from this type of amazing new technology. >> this man has a bionic leg that he uses his mind to control. doctors have implanted sensors into his remaining leg. >> as soon as i put my foot on, it

rob reynolds reports from santa barbara. >> a clean up continues.kers in protective clothing hall away bags of sand and rocks. shifts lay down boons to keep holy from spreading further out at sea. 79,000 liters of crude oil spilled into the pacific on tuesday when a pipeline on sure burst. the cleanup is likely to take some time. >> the harder part will be the shoreline, the beaches the cliffs and the soil. i don't like to put a timeline on that because we want to make sure that we do it right and it could take weeks it could take months. >> the pipeline is owned by plains all american, and they say that the company owes the public some answers. >> in this case the pipeline should have been shut down immediately. but it didn't. so a lot of oil got out. >> company executives offered apologies but little hard information. >> none of us, nobody in our industry wants to have an incident and resident don't. >> now questions are being asked about all the other policy oil pipe lives crisscrossing the country, and whether regulations are strong enough to ke

rob reynolds al jazeera, lone pine oregon. >> for a look at what is coming up at the top john seigenthaler is here. >> more on the u.s. decision to take cuba off the state sponsor of terrorism. we'll look at what happens next fugitives living in cuba that are wanted by the other country. >> michelle had her baby at homer phillips hospital. she was told that her baby died. she stayed in the hospital for two days after her baby was taken away for testing and never brought back. >> my conversation with the attorney who claims that babies were stolen from a st. louis hospitals, the mothers were told that their babies died. >>> homemade heroin, easy to make as homebrewed beer. a look at how that could change the drug trade. those stories coming up in about eight minutes. >> thank you. for years now the united states many u.s. book stores have been under siege. online retailers and electronic books proved to be to much, but their decline created the corner bookstore. we have reports from chicago. >> reports of the death of the independent bookstore to para paraphrase mark twain had been greatly

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> let's get all the sport now. >> thank you very much.is ahead of america's biggest motor race, the indy 500 a fourth driver has suffered a heavy crash in practice. he hit the wall and his car briefly slipped after a possible mechanical failure. he remains in intensive care after surgery on his leg. it comes less than 24 hours since the last crash. organizers are set to change safety rules ahead of sunday's race. >> severaller, i spoke to the editor of motor sport magazine. he said it will be difficult for the indy car to make big changes right now. >> they've already made a few aerodynamic tweaks to make the cars safer. really, the indy car raising world will be keeping its fingers crossed on sunday that we don't have a serious accident in one of america's biggest races. they've tried to make the cars more stale. they've done what they can but the time is too short to make big changes at this stage. the past 20 years the sport has struggled to keep up with media attention in america. nascar dominates so much in the states now and indy ca

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> drought in the u.s. on that note let's get the weather from richard and hopefully it's not all bad news. >> hopefully not. le developing el niÑo should work in the u.s. favor. it's that warm water spreading across the pacific has an influence north into the united states. during next winter is every chance we could see wet weather returning across the country. that's some way off obviously. in the shorter term, the other good news is that parts of the southern and eastern texas are no longer in exceptional drought for the first time since 2012. you can see clouds down be at the moment, but really at the moment, we've seen a big area of low pressure across the lakes northnorth dakota with heavy rainfall. we have seen nasty storm development over the last 24-48 hours. tornadoes have touched down across the south over friday and saturday. we hear of people being rescued from their homes in johnson county in texas after storms went through the area. we are going to see more storms developing, looks wet throu

as rob reynolds tells us now several are making loan payments after they retire. >> student loan debts are a crushing burden for millions of people in the u.s., and not just young people in for 20s. rosemary had a good job a marriage and high hopes when she went back to college in her late 30s for a master's degree in business manage many. and then her life changed. >> i was divorced and i had health problems, and the economic downturn, i no longer had the ability to make the payments. >> the loan amount grew as she made the payments, and now the principle is $135,000. on her income, she can barely afford to pay on the interest every month. >> it's just a constant sword 4 my side and noose around my neck, because it will never go away. >> when will you pay off this debt? >> never. when i die. >> anderson, who is 58, 1 one of the surprisingly large number of older u.s. residents dealing with student debt. there are about 7 million student loan borrowers in the u.s. over the age of 5 5. and together they owe about $155 billion in debt. unlike younger people who have their entire lives to

rob reynolds, al jazeera, santa barbara, california. >> dozens of people in the u.s. state of texas have left their homes because of flooding. heavy rain has inundated part of wichita falls after a year long drought. forecasters are warning of more rain at the weekend. let's get some more weather now with robin. is texas going to get any day off from the rain? >> not entirely, no, but i think it will be lighter but it will return. now, we're coming up to the monsoon season in africa. the showers are rolling around, trying to grow in ethiopia. the winds when they turn to southwesterly, that means the monsoon will be on time. they are doing that. the first place they get to isn't the indian shore. no no. it's not far from where we are now, the coast of yemen likely will see clouds forming and you start a three month period, particularly in oman. this is where the moisture lifts into the higher ground and you get this beautiful display. the water supplies good gradessing for animals. little the start of the monsoon season. it's a good thing that that sort of moisture doe

rob reynolds reports from santa barbara. >> reporter: on the beech the clean up continues. workers in protective clothing hauls away sands and rocks. ships with boons keep the oil from spreading out to see. 79,000 litres spilled into the the clean up is likely to take when a pipeline on shore burst. the clean up is likely to take some time. >> the harder part will be the shore loop, the beaches, the cliffs and the soil. i don't want to put a time line on that, we want to make sure we do it right. it could take weeks, months. >> it is owned by a texas firm, flames all american. environmentalists say the company owes the public answers. >> we are told that pipelines are safe. they don't spill. in this case the pipeline should have shut down immediately when the spill started, it didn't. a lot of oil got out. >> at this news conference the company executives offered plenty of apologies, little hard information of. >> none of us, nobody in the industry wants to have an incident. the residents don't. questions are being asked about the safety of other pipe l the safety of other

brought prosperity to the pacific northwest and only misery to the land's original inhabitants, rob reynolds oregon. >>> respiratory syndrome virus and that is mers and says the virus was transmitted by a traveler but there has been no sustained human to human spread and the health agency is not recommending screening of passengers or imposing a travel ban on south korea, there is no known cure for mers. the severe weather across india is starting to ease after a ten-day long heat wave officials say premonsoon showers are likely to provide some relief on friday more than 1700 people have died from the deadliest heat wave in two decades and we report. >> reporter: funerals have been taking place across the southern india states. >> translator: most of the people who died here do small jobs and have no financial security. the government needs to help them. >> reporter: hardest hit by the heat wave with the state government putting the death toll at more than 1,000, india's metrologist department says temperatures have risen quickly and unexpectedly touching residents in the hottest area by sur

rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: motorcycle gangs have been part of american popular culture sinceth the wild ones in 1953, but the romantic image is at odds with the reality of out law biker gangs. >> they are criminal enterprises. they are individuals interested in dealing drugs, guns and sex. they are very very high-level in the methamphetamine manufacture and the methamphetamine trade. they do a lot of sex trafficking, a lot of prostitutions, and they are high-level gun runners. >> reporter: the mayhem in waco was one of the most violent in years. their reputation is exaggerated by media, tv and the movies say gang expert georgia leaf. >> violence is a part of their lives, but it is not used on an every day level. violence is used very strategically. what i would say is the threat of violence is much more potent in their day-to-day existence. they intimidate and that is how they control. >> reporter: the u.s. justice department says there are more than 300 outlaw biker gangs in the country. many motorcycle gangs got their start here in california but have spread across the coun

rob reynolds al jazeera santa barbara, california. >>> u.s.ent released nearly 300 e-mails from the former secretary of state hillary clinton. the e-mails expected to shed light on how clinton responded to the 2012 attack on a u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi in which the ambassador was killed. and the democratic nominations for president she is chasing and a spokeswoman said the release of e-mails doesn't change understanding of events surrounding the benghazi attack. police are having talks between the u.s. and cuba about resurrecting foreign diplomatic resolutions are finished with no final agreement and they will restore the embassy in washington and havana in 54 years and this is announced by president barack obama and castro in december but the chief negotiator says more talks will be needed. >> both delegations agrees to continue our exchanges. on issues related to the functioning of diplomatic nations so we will continue those conversations in the next few weeks. >> reporter: the improving relations between cuba and the u.s. are ex

rob reynolds, al jazeera. >>> for more on this now i'm joined by nfl broadcaster michael carson and thank, let's talk about brady first and his appeal. do you think this is the right move and how damaging is the whole thing for his reputation? >> of course it's the right move and there was never any doubt that he would appeal it once the shock of the suspension came out. i'm not sure his reputation will be dented at all. if you go back and look at what has happened the nfl let quarterback or teams decide how their own balls would be and there is a rule they have to be within a certain pounds per square inch of pressure and one pound per square inch but quarterbacks like brady like it softer and others like it harder and play with balls that are over inflated and the referees don't do anything about it. so tom brady is according to the report more likely than not to have had at least some knowledge the balls were deflated but there is no suggestion in the report that he actually knew they would be deflated below the legal limit rather than say at the bottom of the legal limit so i think th

rob reynolds, al jazeera santa cruz california. >> the reinvention of an old classic, one of the world'sost famous conductors is giving the concert piano a grand makeover. >> one of the great documentary photographers of the 20th 20th century has died. mary ellen mark was 75 years old, her work published in dozens of books and magazines and museums all over the world. her career documented street life. she spent months sometimes with her subjects. >> the dine of the piano stayed the same for centuries. now a new piano the dream of a concert pianist has come true. >> the keys produce a music slightly different. pianist and composer has played an steinway pianos all his life. this is inspired by the hungarian comb poser. he tried it and wanted to combine its sound with a modern piano. it looks like a modern concert grand piano but inside, you can see how the strings run in straight lines rather than angle and that creates a different sound, a much warmer sound closer what composers would have heard almost 200 years ago. >> daniel is considered one of the greatest all around musician and tr