we are talking to actor and coriographer rosie perez. we will have more in just a minute. >>> what's interesting i didn't know until i read your book is that acting and cory gracoregra. ng you were in college, a bio chem major. do you think you chose the wrong route? >> this is where i am supposed to be. this was supposed to happen and yet i still have fantasies of finishing my degree and, you know, it's i still fant sues. i am a nerd. >> you work with kids in the urban arts partnership. tell me about that work and how much of that is you sort of addressing some of the needs that you had in childhood. >> that's 100% addressing the needs i had in childhood. i see these title i kids meaning low, poverty, high-risk kids being ignored in school. these kids who can take on the world, be our next president, be the head of, you know, apple. they could do all of these things, but they don't have access. they don't have opportunity. and i want to do anything that i can to help provide that access and opportunity and, also wering just to validate

and it was very true for me. >> you can catch my entire conversation with rosie perez on talk to aljazeera america this saturday at 5:00 p.m. east he were time. it's not all serious. rosy's allow's to be funny in the interview. >> a lot of depth to her that many didn't know. >> mill len yells unable to find a job. >> new data shedding light on the struggles. >> some say they are ok with their lives. their lives. >> we're here in the vortex. >> tomorrow, 7:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> madison square garden is where the new york rangers beat the montreal canadiens to advance to the stanley cup finals. some people on the staff are celebrating, others are in a state of mourning. >> we do have canadiens on staff, i'm sorry. welcome to al jazeera america. just ahead, a large number of young people are still relying on their parents for financial support. >> let's look at wet weather across the nation today with nicole mitchell. >> a couple of spots of wet weather, the frontal boundary through the midwest is going to be a trigger point over the course of the weekend. we've had the l

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> declaring it is time to turn the page on afghanistan, this week president obama announced plans to end the u.s. combat mission this year. less than 10,000 service members will remain only to help train afghan forces. with so much criticism for veterans care, the longest wore in u.s. history with -- war in u.s. history. what troops experience in the hornet's nest. afghanistan. after three decades in the world's worst places, hot zones of conflict, iraq, el salvador. >> marines say the objective of this mission was met. >> this could have been just one more stop for combat correspondent mike boetcher. boetcher felt he had to keep up the story. >> i felt as journalists we became as wash-weary as the rest of the nation did a

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>tomorrow on tech know. >> we probably ought to put the goggles on now. >> visionary technology. >> these goggles will help surgeons detect tumors that are less than one millimeter in size. >> life changing. >> these have the potential to revolutionize the way that we approach patients with mini cancers. >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. >> tomorrow, 7:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> and now a snapshot of stories make news tonight. a manager for two texas stores says he's the toqu token black g 200 and he's suing. >>> changes in the white house briefing room, jay ca

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> if you live in california you know it can happen at any time, the big one. los angeles is on alert especially when it comes to its high rise buildings. in fact this week, l.a. county took issue with wood frame buildings that could collapse in the big one. it's been decades since the northridge earthquake, and now the softest spots what could come at any second. "america tonight"'s michael okwu. on california's fault. >> i felt like a giant had picked up my house and started shaking it. >> in the predawn hours of january 17th, 1994. susan and her family woke up to a nightmare. a large earthquake more powerful than any the southern california native had are experienced. >> my husband grabtd m grad my daughter, four years o

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to this "real money" special, america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. we met jody bolin earlier. she hopes to attract more customers by moving her store to a new location. she's taking a gamble and the stakes couldn't be higher. here is more on her story. >> sometimes i question why is this happening to me? >> do you need a card? >> jody bolin is a struggling gift shop owner and the struggling mother of 16-year-old julian. >> she's my role model of perseverance. >> a life sometime of ups and downs. when she was 15 jody went to tokyo to work as a model and actress. >> i was make 20 to $30,000 a month. >> she came home with ve

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm michael yves with a look at today's top stories. president obama said the combat mission in afghanistan will end this year but u.s. troops will remain for several years. russian fighters killed in ukraine afte after a standoff at ukrainian troops. an organization knows the location of hundreds of nigerian kidnapped girls but will not go in to get the

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> 60% of v.a. facilities have been investigated. >>> ukraine makes a multi million dollar payment to defuse the problem. and the agreement to sell the los angeles clippers at a record-setting price, but word now that donald sterling may sue over the deal.

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> whether or not the colonial and slave trading powers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries ever pay a penny in compensation to the nations they left in the wake , remains to be seen. is it worth talking about rep reparations even if you don't think they're going to be paid. you've laid out problems in various parts of the world where people will say i didn't do these things, how can you make me pay? >> that is the single most difficult issue of who should pay. i do think there is good reasons for thinking about reparations as a social welfare program, and in solve welfare programs the entire community pays because the idea is there is some positive that comes from a robust social welfare program. if you ask white america

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where welcome back. the top stories here in al jazeera. egyptians are voting in a second and final day to choose a new president. former army chief abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to win the contest. he is facing off against leftist politicians, hamdeen sabahi. >>> the nigerian military ruled out the use of force to rescue

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america this is the 900 page document we call obama care. it could change costs coverage and pretty much all of health care in america. well, my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more then most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy and just prescribe the facts. >> welcome back. few parents are equipped to cope on their only wit own with a chd who's suffered a catastrophic illness. nursing care, sometimes around the clock. in florida, parents say the state has pushed them to send their children to live in nursing homes rather than in their own homes. and sometimes with tragic results. >> they took her out of my arms. and they kill her. that's what they

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. . >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. here are the stories we're following for you. the u.s. makes a deal for sergeant bow bergdahl's release. there has been an i am bar go between the united states and cuba for years, but more and more the united states is working with the cuban market. >> this kid with mental health issues has three firearms and 400 runs is unreasonable. >> earlier i spoke with richard martinez, whose son died in the s

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> breaking on al jazeera america. an u.s. soldier held captive in afghanistan since 2009 is now free. minutes ago the white house announced that sgt. bowe bergdahl is coming back to the united states in exchange for his release. in exchange of five guantanamo detainees into the custody of qatar government. >>> the police in california may have missed a chance to prevent last week's mass murder in isla vista, california. police interviewed he will rot roger in april but they never checked the state's firearm database and didn't know that he had purchased three pistols. i spoke with the father of one of the victims. >> you don't need three guns. you don't need 400 rounds, you don't need a rifle in the city. it serves no purp

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> when people used to be arrested and charged with serious crimes against the united states and it's people, the next stop used to be a courtroom in the united states. after this latest terror trial in new york ended in conviction, we asked, why are we trying terror suspects anywhere else? it's the "inside story."

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> a manifesto promising murder in santa barbara they called 911 and rushed to the scene. long after the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in now town, connecticut, an we hear from the senator whose son would have killed him in the heartbeat. we talk about someone we may know who may be in the grips of severe mental illness. what was written to protect us protects your son. you're trying to protect him, too. >> absolutely. the parents are shut out of the process. you have to understand that based on our history in our country there was a time when if you had an mental illness , you were taken away and that's wrong. there was a time when an ice pick would be stuck up behind your eyelid to scramble your brains, and tha

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america ♪ >> they said if the world finds out what goes on here, we'll be shut down. can you imagine that? they actually told us that. we need to get in there and film exactly what happens. we need to know the truth. >> welcome back. that was just a clip from the award winning documentary, the cove about the annual dolphin hunt in japan. the cove was really a powerful call to action that awakened millions of people to this issue. what -- what goes on in japan, and why does it happen? >> it's the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world, and it's ground zero for the largest traffic -- the capture of dolphins anywhere in the world. it's the tiegy whale museum which is right next door to the cove. they started selling them from japan to t

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america ay to. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. susan, the mother of one of the columbine killers, has written about how people view her. >> reporter: we perceived his actions to be hour failure. i tried identify a pivotal event in his up bringing to account for his anger. had i been too strict? not strict enough? had i pushed too hard or not hard enough? if you suspect that your loved one will hurt himself or herself, or others, what should you do, what should you say? what does the law say? today across the country someone is going to notice that someone they are very close to is acting usually. maybe we're going to be more sensitive to it because of everything that has

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america in west virginia's coal country, it's not hard to find people who say their water is polluted by mining. in the small hollow of cedar creek, we went to talk to sherry walker. in the last few years, she claims, she and her neighbors have all had their well water go bad. according to the nearby mining company's own reports, their site violated its permits hundreds of times from 2006 to 2011. the mining site's permit was renewed in 2012. >> when did you pour this? >> i got that yesterday. >> have you had this tested? >> yes. >> what did they tell you? >> the water is terrible. it's got a lot of iron in it, it's got a lot of arsenic in it. >> arsenic? >> yes it's got a high level of arsenic in it. >> it's like a snow globe of t

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. just hours before resigning, general erik shinseki said that his agency had a systemic, lack of integrity on this edition of the program we're looking past the political to the practical. and what can be done to fix the v.a. katherine, this is not the first time a secretary leaves having been thought to have done a bad job. it happens. we have a cabinet system. some people end up showered in praise. some people end up leaving under a cloud. but it sounds like he was giving orders, sending orders down and lies were coming back up the chain, and he never even knew. >> i do think the gap between what was happening on the ground and shinseki's very admirable goals was a serious c

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>ing, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> on "america tonight" the weekend digs, the truth about false confessions. sara hoy with an indepth look at people that said they did it, when they said they didn't. >> no blood, fibres, hair, bullet traces - not a shred of physical evidence. >> why would anyone confess if they weren't guilty? >> not knowing the law, of course, i said well i'll tell them what they want to hear, i can prove it was a lie. >> an extraordinary story of

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a diplomat who spent years trying to find a solution resigns. >>> u.s. surveillance flames flying over nigeria trying to find hundreds of school girls abducted last month. and folks on atvs saying they're unhappy with the federal government

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rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> in the wake of the scandal, local officials have tried to intimidate families to stay quiet. in an interview in hunan, zhou yinghe's mother said officials only want to cover up what happened. >> "every time i went to the department and asked for my granddaughter, they said they didn't know where she was. journalists came to my house to investigate this matter. after the journalists left (officials) threatened us that if the journalists exposed them and affected their interests, they would take revenge on us and we would be in great trouble." residents of longhui county say they have suffered for years at the hands of corrupt family planning officials. told of the arrival of journalists, more than a dozen parents and grand

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> i am lease a fletcher. you are in the stream. a new report says climate change is not right around the corner. it's here and affecting americans every day. wait until you see renovators who are responding and what they are doing to reverse the trend. and could one of the largest consumers of oil in the world have the answer to reducing our carbon footprint? we talk to creative champions of climate change right now. ♪

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> by 2010, california's prisons held close to 160,000 inmates - almost double the state's capacity. >> governor brown's response: something he called "realignment" - the transfer of low-level offenders to county jails. >> that's the whole point of realignment. it's not just the shift of money but of activities - probation will be handled... well not all... but to a significant degree by judges and probation departments and by district attorneys. >> and so what criminal justice realignment set out to do was to change the way that we sentenced some of the lowest level, nonviolent, non-serious offenses so that people who would have previously gone to state prison for the offenses now will be dealt with at the county level wit

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> don't miss the system with joe burlinger al jazeera america's highly acclaimed investigative series the los angeles times says... "beringer tells gripping stories..." new york times... "large complicated, sometimes heartbreaking..." >> to keep me from going to jail, i needed to cooperate... >> see what everybody's talking about the system works... says variety al jazeera' america presents, the system with joe burlinger scrunch. >>> well, back to insi"inside story". i am ray suarez. new regulations governing school lunches required more whole grains, less fault, more fresh fruits and vegetables. it never as simple as that. the food industry pushed regret to allow tomato sauce on pizza to be classified as a vegetable. po tat

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> from al jazeeraera headquarters this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes, egypt's presidential candidates accepts defeat in the election, but says it was serious violations in the votes. >> i'm barbara sara in london, with the news from europe, including tensioning rising in eastern ukraine, as prorussian separatist shoot down a military helicopter killing 14 soldiers.

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine are celebrating their victory in sunday's succession vote. but poland is saying not so fast. they say the vote in eastern ukraine is illegal, and warned russia that it is risking stiffer sanctions. the eu today did expand its current sanctions to two crimean companies and 13 individuals. even russia stopped short of validating the vote. urging ukrainian officials to begin negotiates with the separatist leaders. the separatists have seized government building in about a dozen cities and town. the new sanctions are nothing more than symbolic, but what is on the horizon over the next few weeks will paint a clearer picture of russian's reputation. lauren joins us now from austin, texa

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> president obama announced plans to withdrawal all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the send of 2016. there will be 9800 soldiers throughout next year who will be training afghan security forces. they now believe that afghanistan is now ready to protect it's own security. >> the future of afghanistan must be decided by afghans. about what we will do is give afghan a chance. >> the u.s. has spend $353 billion. as of last year mr. there from 330,000 afghan security forces. now n.a.t.o. estimates it will cost kabul $5 million to maintain it's security levels. joining me now is mark jayson season. >> thanthank you for having me. >> what about the size of the force that will be left behind in afghanistan. >> what i saw today wa

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america primetime news. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> i'm back. i'm not going anywhere this time. >> only on al jazeera america. >> even under the best circumstances, there's never enough money or time or resources to do everything needed. for the world's aid agencies, that means a solomon's choice, invest in one or split what little there is, diluting both efforts to help. in vietnam, h.i.v. and tuberculosis compete for limited resources. the outcome can pit one need against another. [ crying ] >> one month after the baby was born, she started getting a fever. she started coughing a lot like five or seven times a day. >> at just five months old, this w

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> in colombia president juan manuel santos has been forced into a runoff election. nearly 30 million cast their vote for president but neither candidate got enough votes to win the election outright. quite the drama, with pretty serious mud slinging and accusations of corruptions. >> i'm outside juan manuel santos campaign headquarters. as his supporters gear up for another battle for the hearts and minds of colombians. president santos have appealed to the other three candidates who took part in the election to join him for the second round to support him in his peace process. he says quote i'm calling upon you to join my crusade for peace in colombia. that's not the only thing that concerns cloa colombians. the next round

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rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight". for the first time medium pay for corporate kingpins broke eight figures. a record high of 10.5 million for the typical c.e.o., earning 257 times the salary of an average worker. >> controversy over mexico city's breastfeeding campaign. it features topless celebrities saying don't turn your back on them, give them your breast. 14% of women in mexico breastfeed their babies. >> countdown to drawdown. president obama announces plans to cut u.s. forces in afghanistan to less than 10,000 by the end of the year. the mission will end, the troops will stay in country to train afghan security forces. crisis in ukraine beginnings a new chapter with the election of

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> the problem is widespread. when it comes to roads even the most perfectly built ones have the limited capacity to carry traffic. jacob ward is live in san francisco for us. there is new technology that could pack in more cars, more efficiently? tell me about that. >> reporter: that's exactly right. really the trick it turns out is not so much building more roads as making sure you make the best possible use of the ones you have. repairing infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, roads, is a present-day problem. but the people paid to think about the future of the nation's infrastructure will tell you that traffic requires not new roads but new ways of organizing the cars on them. >> the amount of traffic has dramatically increas

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> as thousands of college graduates across the nation prepare to leave the halls of dememia for the real -- dememia for the real world, they are the most indebted class. the average student loan for members of the 2014 class is estimated to be $33,000. not surprising given the cost of a 4-year college education is at a high. does the huge spending on an education make sense, and are students getting their money's worth. joining us from washington d.c. is thomas franks, a columnist and author of pity the billionaire. his rent article was guilted congratulations class of 2014, you are screwed. >> you say that because kids are coming out of school with so much debt when compared to 20 years ago, that this will have a profoun

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> it's made for the big screen protest, pitting hollywood's biggest names against an international power. in the middle a beverly hills landmark and behind the scenes police headquarters and a plot twist the stars are probably not aware of from beverly hills, michael oku with the story. >> reporter: it's a beautiful day in beverly hills. shoppers, tourists, business as usual. not at the bulls hotel. >> nobody is going to set foot in ta damn hotel until he is out of it. >> it began with a tweet from ellen degeneres urging followers to stay away from the iconic hotel and others owned by the sultan of brunei. why? the sultan, rule are of a tine which but oil -- tiny but oil-rich country announce a penal code making adultery an

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. next. >>> in a bid to save face and possibility the ownership of his team, l.a. clippers donald sterling spoke out about his racism scandal. he did more harm than good. >> i'm not a racist i made a terrible mistake. when i listened to that tape, i don't know how i said words like that. i was baited. i think you are more of a racist than i am. >> how is that? >> i'm not a racist. jews, when they get successful they'll help their people. and some of the african-americans - maybe i'll get in trouble. they don't want to help anyone. >> sports editor for the nation, author of the brazil's dance with the devil, the world cup, and donald sterling apo

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight". a tense stant off at a balt -- standoff at a baltimore tv station. a dump truck operator rammed the building, banged on the door claiming to be god. he was taken into custody >>> a connie in ukraine was travelling near donetsk when pro-russian separatists opened fire, and it took place in a province that independence. >>> still missing - nigeria's stolen girls. u.s. aircraft are joining. there's word that the nigerian government may consider its original decision no the negotiate with boko haram. >> a landmark case in virginia is in the appeals court where a panel heard arguments on a decision to strike down the ban on gay marriage. virginia could become t

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> we have to move out of here right now >> i think we have a problem... >> we have to get out of here... >> they're telling that they they don't wanna show what's really going on... >> mr. drumfield, i'd like to speak to you for a minute... >> this is where columbia's war continues... >> ...still occupied... >> police have arrived... you see the blast scars from a bomb that went off... >>> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight". a tense stant off at a balt -- standoff at a baltimore tv station. a dump truck operator rammed the building, banged on the door claiming to be god. he was taken into custody >>> a connie in ukraine was travelling near donetsk when pro-russian separatists opened fire, and i

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> nature is wondrous but it can also be brutal and horrifying. our next guest wrote a book about it, nature is trying to kill you. a tour through the dark side of the world. the host of monsters inside me on animal planet. great to have you with us, dan. >> great to be here. >> you start the book with the really disgusting thing that happened to you. which i don't want to get into. the title of the book how is mother nature trying to kill me? >> everybody has the idea that it's a loving kind thing that wants to make us healthier, if things are balanced they must be good for you. that's kind of true but mother nature is looking out for itself, and you're calories, and there are pret tors predators who would love to take you

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>re was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> good afternoon to you. this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford with a look at the top stories. >>> u.s. troops in afghanistan given a rousing welcome to president obama as he pays them a surprise visit. >> exit polls in the ukraine shows a sweet victory for chocolate king petero poroshenko. >>> the pope presses for

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the world... >> these people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place... >> and throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news... >> the life of doha... >> this is the international news hour... >> an informed look on the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >>> it has been decades since the measles virus has been a problem so long that man in the medical community don't know what the sym

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> dation today's data -- das data dive focuses on some very scary real estate. count's home in bram stoker's dracula, stoker never visited the 57 room 22 acre spread, but he apparently based the home on what he headquartered was the castle. never actually lived in the castle but records showed he was once in prison there once. dakota la, vlad, the impailer, for the way he got rid of 20,000 people. to be real, vlad was known to bring peace to the region. too old to care for the castle's various issues, including plumbing. no price ask listed but several false starts over the past decade. most recently for a reported $135 million. they claim about 560,000 tourists play a visit each year, if true that would be ten times amount as b

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >>here was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> you are probably heard about the fight over plans to build the keystone xl extension, a battle pitting neighbours in the heart land and those this washington. the president delayed a final decision, now expected to come after the mud term elections. that did not get the issue off the political radar. senators are pushing for a vote. on the farm, there's a sense of urgency. now that a new season has come to the land. >> reporter: it's spring. planting time on this farm in nebraska. and all across the grain belt. don and his son plant 4600 air, of soi

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> a lot of these mining sites are restricted >> a silent killer... >> it's got a lot of arsenic in it >> you know your water's bad, and you know you're sick >> unheard victims... >> 90% of the people will have some type of illness from the water. >> where could it happen next? >> i mean they took away my life... fault lines... al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're locking the door... ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. water for coal only on al jazeera america >> and now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." pro-russian separatists hail a successful referendum while the european union holds off on new sanc

rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> president obama was in new york to push congress to do something about america's ageing roads, bridges and infrastructure. congress needs to anxiety because the federal government is running out of money to pay for infrastructure improvement structures. jonathan betz is here with a look at the major issues. how much time do we have? >> how much money, that's the question. there's not nearly enough. there's a lot of work that needs to be done on america's infrastructure. look at the airports, the highways, the water plants. the american society of civil engineers gives it a poor grade of d plus. bridges are a concern, getting a c +. 67,000, one out of nine bridges in the united states need major work. it's especially tru