for better understanding of the taliban then and now, here is sheila macvicar. [ gunfire ] >> retreateporter: taliban. for nearly 13 years u.s. and nato soldiers have done battle with them with deadly consequences. a war that began in 2001 after osama bin laden and al-qaeda launched their attack on the united states. >> this is a different type of enemy than we're used to. their network is extensive. >> reporter: to understand the fundamentalists taliban it is important to look at what was happening before the taliban began. muslim war lords armed by the west, including the u.s. who fought against the soviet union in 1979. ten years later the soviets withdrew leaving a weak government in place. the war lords and the government were corrupt and violent, the rule-bound taliban seemed to offer a safer option to many afghans. >> what afghans will say, the taliban were, you know, not great people but they provided safety. our women weren't being kidnapped our boys weren't being kidnapped and held for ransom and extortion, but there was a basic safety. >> reporter: professor christine fair

some say it could take three months. >> you can see the entire report of sheila macvicar on "america onight," right after this broadcast. sheila, thank you. >>> there's a new stage in the search for the missing malaysia 370 airline. a robotic sub, six hours, subreached its depth limit of 15,000 feet and had to return to the surface. the subwill be redeployed as soon as the weather permits. the jet liner disappeared four weeks ago with 239 people aboard. >>> another mystery, the story of 23-year-old michael rockefeller, son of nelson rock rockefeller, governor of new york. he was on an expedition to expel examine a tribe in new guinea. carl glad to have you with me. what happened to michael rockefeller? >> he was on a boat, traveling across the mouth of a river, those river mouths are turbulent places, they got into trouble, the weather was good, the vessel they were on capsized and they floated for 24 hours, and michael said, got restless and strapped two empty gasoline cans to his waist and jumped in and violated the first rule of boating, which is never leave the boat. and was never

it is quite a tale, sheila macvicar for "america tonight," thanks. >> thanks, joie. >> coming up next. hate in the heart land. a vicious attack on kansas city's jewish community and the killer who broadcast his hatred long before he fired. >>> also ahead, what makes boston strong, a year after terror struck the marathon. also how this city prepared for the unimaginable. entrepreneurs driving growth communities fighting back... >> we're fighting for you and we're taking these neighborhoods back, for you. >> a special look at the moves adding fuel to the motor city five days in detroit only on al jazeera america. is. >> now, snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." there hasn't been any sounds detected from the black box of missing malaysia flight 370 a subis on the search for the wreckage, could take seven days. >>> leaking 300,000 pages of state department are to wikileaks, manning was giving prison time for his crime. >>> 16-year-old alex reibel stabbed 22 people, classes at the school outside pittsburgh are set to resume on wednesday. >>> hate crimes, this attack h

thank you veech sheila macvicar.fter the break - short-changed again. >> being falsely incarcerated for something i didn't do, i didn't put the city in the situation they are in now. i think it's a little unfair. >> a bankrupt detroit faces creditors big and small. j some waited -- why some who waited years for the city to pay up may find itself holding the bag. a note as to what is on the next programme - the faces and fears behind the shirts on our back. >> i want my co-worker, the children who lost their mothers and fathers to receive compensation. if i receive compensation, if my co-worker receive compensation, i want it for all of us, that we should be able to get by a little better. >> a year after the garment industry's worst disaster, a survivor relives the tragedy in bangladesh, and campaigns to save others. on the next programme, thursday on "america tonight". . >>> and a programming note for our viewers. tune in to al jazeera presents "borderland." a new original series about average americans seeing the r

"america tonight"'s sheila macvicar explains. >> how would we feel for example if the taliban had cents osama bin laden to be ambassador to the united nations from afghanistan? >> banning iran's newly appointed ambassador to the united nations from entering the u.s? the senate is are are, student revolutionary movement stormed the american embassy in tehran, holding 50 american diplomats hostage for 444 days. some were beaten and tortured. abu talebbi said he had no role, acted as an occasional interpreter. close why advisor crf crr tleheni. observers call him a moderate. but cruz called him an insult to the united states. >> it is unconscionable that the united states would be forced to host a foreign national who can showed disregard of the status of diplomats when they were stationed in his country. this person is an acknowledged terrorist. >> reporter: the white house also made clear that it didn't welcome iran's pick. >> the u.s. government has informed the government of iran this this potential selection is not viable. >> reporter: the united nations is headquartered in new york a

what we know from "america tonight"'s sheila macvicar. is. >> reporter: with hundreds of passengers trapped below. this is the time the captain decided to abandon ship. that order previously given to passengers to wait where they were. for families of the missing it was another long day. filled with grief and frustration. there has been so little news from divers inside the ship. families hold out hope that their missing, most of them high school students could still be alive in pockets of trapped air. they have to hurry to rescue survivors says this father. the number of survivors will reach its limit today. and all families and rescuers know the water is cold, and if there are survivors, they will not last much longer. the keel of the ferry fell below the sea. it is still unstable, posing risks for rescuers. divers did manage to find a way into the ship and reached the submerged cafeteria where so many were believed trapped. they did find several bodies huddled together. night. it is difficult and dangerous. >> the current is too strong

sheila macvicar, thank you very much. >> up next - digging deep. "america tonight" correspondent adam may continues his look at the coast a paradise. the coastal everglades. neighbours fear what a gusher here might bring. >> these oil wells inject water into the ground. where does it go. >> in florida, we are at risk. >> the fears that it may be a paradise >> the florida everglades have become, of all things, the latest battle ground over oil. industry and government officials say drilling is safe, local residents don't buy it, fearing it may poison the area and ruin the landscape. adam may took us to this place last year, and tonight he continues the story. >> air is dying, water is dying. people are getting sick. >> so it went for more than four hours at a recent hearing of state and federal officials in south-west florida. >> what do we want? >> this is about clean water. >> among those in the cloud, pamela and jaime duran. they live next to one of the proposed oil wells. as part of the drilling, millions of gallons of lace water laced with chem

"america tonight" sheila macvicar reporting. that's it for us here. have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. ... >>> this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. the growing firestorm over an nba owner's remarks. reaction from his players, the league and even the president. >> the owner is reported to have said some incredibly offensive, racist statements that were published. >> put on display in ukraine, separatists as the u.s. p

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"america tonight" sheila macvicar reporting. that's it for us here.ll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. breaking news. tornadoes touching down across the country. late tonight, mass casualties reported in arkansas. the next stop the philippines and possible controversy. >>> words of hate. the nba owner accused of racist rant. he's not accused but his wife is. >>> heading to the polls, two

it is quite a tale, sheila macvicar for "america tonight," thanks. >> thanks, joie. >> coming up next. hate in the heart land. a vicious attack on kansas city's jewish community and the killer who broadcast his hatred long before he fired. >>> also ahead, what makes boston strong, a year after terror struck the marathon. also how this city prepared for the unimaginable. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america is. >> now, snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." there hasn't been any sounds detected from the black box

"america tonight" sheila macvicar reporting. that's it for us here.ll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> >>> president obama is in the philippines, and he signed a 10 year defense deal allowing greater u.s. military access in the region. >>> this is al jazeera america, live from doha. also ahead - talks are expected to resume between the south sudan and rebels amid rampant violence. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says israel risks becoming an apartheid state, a 2-state solution if the palestine fails. >>> and a

sheila macvicar reports. >> president bashar al-assad made a rare appearance. if he wins the june election, a likely outcome, he will gain another seven year term, using the legitimacy of the ballot box to validate his own are rule. continue to try to retake rebel held territory. they are gaining ground. and facing accusations of once again using chemical weapons against their own people. everyone shown in this hospital in kafar zita in the strategic city of homs, have the same symptoms. shortness of breath, rebel fighters say the cause is chlorine gas. >> many, many killed. >> reporter: both sides are blaming each other and while it is impossible for al jazeera to independently verify these pictures they appear to show barrel bombs dropped from these helicopters. evidence of chlorine gas and only government forces fly helicopters. last august syria and assad, those attacks killed more than 1,000 citizens. international outrage led to a deal where syria agreed to surrender its chemical weapons and delivery systems. government officials are now examining these c

. >> sheila macvicar follows the money. in "america tonight"'s ongoing investigation into the dumping of medically fragile children into institutions where they clearly don't belong. we'll have her report on thursday on "america tonight". >> coming up after the break - losing his way home - even the judge agreed he's a u.s. citizen. why did this man - and thousands of others - get deported with no >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... >> are you tellin' me it's ok to just open the border, and let em' all run in? >> the teams live through the hardships that forced mira, omar and claudette into the desert. >> running away is not the answer... >> is a chance at a better life worth leaving loved ones behind? >> did omar get a chance to tell you goodbye before he left? >> which side of the fence are you on? >> sometimes immigration is the only alternative people have. borderland only on al jazeera america the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas,

shell s sheila macvicar says there is more to it. >> reporter: keith has been mixing wells in this partxas for more than 30 years. these days business is almost too good and not in a good way. >> we're as busy as we want to be, i can say that. we could stay running all day and all night if we wanted to. >> reporter: water wells all over the county are trying up. >> i have seen some of the real shallow water, i have seen it go, but never any as deep as some of these. they are 600 feet and they are bone dry. some of it has to go through draught but not all of it. today they are shutting down a dead well that used to water cattle >> all of the shallow water in this country is pretty well gone thanks to all of the drilling. >> the frac-ing boom has arrived in west texas, and is changing everything in life in a huge swath of land called the permian basin. it's one of the largest oil and gas producing regions ever discovered in the u.s. with some 82,000 active wells, but most of its richls are only available through frac-ing. >> frac-ing uses a lot more water than conventional drilling. conve

. >> sheila macvicar follows the money. in "america tonight"'s ongoing investigation into the dumping of medically fragile children into institutions where they clearly don't belong. we'll have her report on thursday on "america tonight". >> coming up after the break - losing his way home - even the judge agreed he's a u.s. citizen. why did this man - and thousands of others - get deported with no guarantee it won't happen again? >> as a fight for immigration reform inches slowly forward the obama administration kept up a muscular approach to deportation, forcing a record number of migrants to leave the united states. while the white house says it targets undocumented criminals, an al jazeera investigation finds some deportees had every right to stay here, they are u.s. citizens. in an exclusive report adam raney met a man who fought for three years to prove his citizenship, and another still fighting to keep from being wrongly deported again. >> this is perg tri for this man. he gets deported, crosses back over the border

. >> sheila macvicar with more. >> ukrainian forces on the move, 100 files from the russian border. part of a massive security campaign that kiev calls an anti-terrorist operation. the goal - to drive separatists from occupied buildings in the donetsk region. a ukrainian fighter jet roared over the area. military leaders said they had retaken another occupied airfield in slovyansk. unlike the peaceful take over, ukraine's leaders signalled that they will use force to defend their sovereignty. >> in other towns pro-russian militants are hunkering down in buildings, bracing for confrontation. there are fears, not least among the allies, that the opposition can lead to casualties, giving russia an excuse to invade on the pretext of defending the large population. the white house invaded russia insisting they had a responsibility to provide law and order. solution. >> n.a.t.o. called on russia to pull back troops from the boarder with ukraine, echoing settlement. >> we are not discussing military options. we do believe that the right way forward is to find the political and diplomatic s

. >> "america tonight" sheila macvicar, and ambassador. thank you for being here. >> you're welcome. >> when we return - driving america in a new york minute. >> everyone is busy here. "i have 5 minutes to be there, please hurry up", "make the light." >> ahead, we follow an immigrants journey from nepal to manhattan, a lot of twists and turns. when science intersects with hope. >> i'm hoping to give someone a prosthetic arm for under $1000 >> inovation finds oppurtunity >> a large earthquake would be an inconvenience rather than a disaster... >> and hardware meets humanity >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done >> eventhough i can't see... >> techknow our experts take you beyond the lab >> we're here in the vortex... >> and explore the technology changing our world. only on al jazeera america >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should al

sheila macvicar now with our story. >> in ukraine's parliament tempers rose and fists flew after one legislator accused the government of playing into russia's hands and destabilising the country. >> overnight more protests erupted, saying east mukolaiv, the third city where demonstrators took to the streets, battling police, demanding a vote on where their future lies, in ukraine, or like crimea, with russia. >> separatists occupy government buildings, including the local headquarters of the ukrainian secret service. it reads like a script from the russian annexation of crimea in march, which ukraine and the u.s. say was illegal. the ukrainian government said police cleared separatist protests from government buildings in carr kiev, in what they called an 18- minutes long anti-terror operation. secretary of state john kerry blamed what he called russian ates, prove okay -- agents, provocateurs, for the violence. >> russia's clear and destible itsing active -- destabilising activities is disturbing. no one should be fooled, or is fooled which what could be a contrived pretext for mil

sheila macvicar with the latest. >>. >> reporter: pro-russian militants take over one more government building in the capital of luhansk, close to the russian border. armed with bats and chains, some masked some uniformed, some in t-shirt, hundreds storm government headquarters raising separatist flags. police stood by. as evening fell there were reports of rebel gunmen opening fire. trying to flush those inside out. >> increasingly the police are seen as powerless, unwilling to act and beyond the control of ukraine's government. rebels control a growing swath of territory, including the government buildings of two provincial capitals, and parts of ate other cities or -- eight other cities or town. pr russians hold sway over the industrial heartland, the territory that vladimir putin called new russia. most people here call themselves ukrainian, but speak russian as a first language. secretary of state john kerry criticised russia, again, for not living up to its part of the diplomatic bargain struck in geneva, meant to de-escalate the crisis. >> there is strong evidence. engagement e

"america tonight"'s sheila macvicar, visits a classroom you have never seen before. that's on thursday. >>> and this hour, taking on a brighter future, homeless children playing the game of a lifetime. ey guys, wanna come to the united states? >> well finally it's tonight's kicker, in tv termination that usually means an uplifting story to end the newscast. fit, the kicker's literal. millions of children around the world live on streets scavenging to survive. al jazeera's rob reynolds traveled to rio de janeiro. >> two of the teams competing in the street child world cup. teams from 19 countries are taking part, organized by a british charity. these children are growing up in poverty and have spent time living on the streets. now, they've been reunited with their parents and are attending school. clearly, the boys and girls visited rio's stadium. >> now i'm playing a role as an ambassador to those children who are just like me. in he was eager for the pakistani boy's first match. >> striker for the south african girl's team. >> i was but now i'm okay. >> pretty is pr

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al jazerra's sheila macvicar brings us a southern gothic town of alleged sin and redemption in a floridadubbed the most corrupt in america. she'll have her story monday on al jazerra. coming up next in this hour, seeds of doubt. is it a rare childhood disease or evidence of abuse? the dilemma facing doctors and worrying parents an in-depth look at a disturbing medical syndrome next. ♪ ♪ >> what excites me about detroit is the feeling of possibility... >> the re-birth of an america city >> we're looking at what every city can learn from detroit, >> the industrial revival entrepreneurs driving growth communities fighting back... >> we're fighting for you and we're taking these neighborhoods back, for you. >> a special look at the moves adding fuel to the motor city five days in detroit only on al jazeera america. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >>> this is one of the worst things a parents can ima

al jazerra's sheila macvicar brings us a southern gothic town of alleged sin and redemption in a floridabbed the most corrupt in america. she'll have her story monday on al jazerra. coming up next in this hour, seeds of doubt. is it a rare childhood disease or evidence of abuse? the dilemma facing doctors and worrying parents an in-depth look at a disturbing medical syndrome next. ♪ ♪ >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... six strangers... >> let's just send them back to mexico >> experience illegal immigration up close and personal. >> it's overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> lost lives are re-lived... >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together, or tear them apart. >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland only on al jazeera america >>> this is one of the worst things a parents can imagine. first learning that a child is seriously ill. but then that the doctors suspect it's actually the parents causing the illness. it is

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