. >> i'm sheila macvicar and this is an "america tonight" special investigation. invisible children. nursing homes may not be the kind of place where you would expect to find kids but in the state of florida over the years thousands of medically fragile and complex children have been sent to live in skilled nursing facilities. the kind of place you'd see senior citizens. and like senior citizens the children often stay for years. we went inside and found children being warehoused. this is hidden camera video from inside a florida nursing home. children in wheelchairs parked in a hallway that place called kid's corner near fort lauderdale. >> it's mosh more lik more likef storages, of storing the kids. >> marcel lowe's son andrew has lived there for over a year. andrew martinez was an outgoing high school senior. his goal was to become a firefighter when a freak accident changed his life. >> we are on our way to visit andrew martinez. ten days after his 18th birthday he had cardiac arrest brain. >> would you like to have cared for him at home? >> that's what i woul

summers, this is sheila macvicar in washington with joie. your activism following death of your son, have you come to any conclusions as to why as your wife says there is no political twoil make the changes? >> there is some political will. the problem is, washington is broken. we all know that. we all know that everything is done for one purpose and that's to get reelected. we have a mantra that we call accountant, access and advocacy. and it's our feeling that if everyone not only at the va but in congress, took those three words to heart, we wouldn't have these issues. we -- there's been -- there was a recent bill introduced, and there has been trouble getting co-sponsors because people from the opposite party don't want to come on the bill as co-sponsors feeling that if they do, then the person who introduced the bill would be helped in his reelection campaign. >> jean summers, you have seen this, you saw parallels i'm you sure between your son's experience what you learned after his death and so many other stories where he sought help.

"america tonight"'s smiive sheila macvicar wit"america ton. >> most patriotic day in russian calendar. the day that signaled the are defeat of nazi germany in 1945, russian president vladimir putin watched as the biggest military parade seen in 20 years in red square marched and rolled past. >> this is when all of us feel especially strongly. what it means to be true your mother land and how important it is to fight for its interest. >> reporter: and there could be no mistaking just what interests he was referring to. when hours later, he made this triumphal appearance in the annexed crimea. a spectacle of war ships and fighters. a jubilation in the town of sevastopol,. >> into the history of our whole country as the year when all citizens here the people resolutely decided to be together with russia. >> reporter: in ukraine's capitol kyiv, today's commemoration of the nazi defeat was a more somber affair. overshadowed by the continued violence to the east and the ukrainian government's admitted loss of control there. >> we're doing everything we can in order to deescalate the situati

"america tonight," sheila macvicar, thank you. >>> the search for eight-year-old relisha rudd. man later turned up dead and now it's been weeks since an exhaustive search ever a nearby park. community push even a radio show that is did caited to bringing -- dedicated to bringing that girl home. "america tonight"'s are lori jane gliha reports. >> every night monday through friday, keith warren has an appointment on the air. >> there are some things had a need to be aired out tonight . i want to hear from my listeners. >> the washington, d.c. father is the host of a self-produced online blog-talk radio show dedicated to what happened to relisha rudd, the d.c. sweetheart that's been missing since march. >> what is it about relisha's case that touched you? >> the mini saw her smile from her picture, it melted my heart. the little kid who had the prettiest smile it will the funniest laugh, it melts my heart. >> for years he was a wrestler went by the named "crucifix." he hosted a regular wrestling radio program with a few hundred faithful followers each week. but when he thrernd lea

sheila macvicar, thanks very much.e're going okeep a watch on ukraine's flash point. >>> also in a remote area of nigeria, where there are hundreds of school girls stilt missing, victims of a mass kidnapping. growing and savage threat what appear to be group's first message to the terrified parents of those young girls has now been delivered. the nightmare became even more grimace this video appeared on the -- grim, as this video appeared on the be, video, make a terrifying threat that the girls will be sold as slaves, maybe even as child brides. i a abducted your girls he saysi will sell them in the market. if true, technical girls wering being abducted buy group often are translated as, "western be education is sinful. " three weeks ago our men raided a bordering school in remote part of town. l nearly 300 girls forced from their beds out in the dark of the night. some escaped to tell the story but more than 250 are still missing. and angry families are pressing the government for more action. >> we want security to

while experts credit pour over the video for clues, sheila macvicar with more. >> these are the first pictures of some of the girls abducted from their school in northern nigeria nearly a month ago. girls sitting in a clearing, wearing something they were not taken in. menacingly in the corner, an armed guard standing watch. the leader of boko haram taunts with a grin. >> these girls, these girls, you occupy yourself with their affair. we have indeed libertie liberated them. these girls are muslims, they are muslims. >> the covering on his face assures them they can gain no information about him. in this video he suggests a swap. >> it has now been four years or five years that you have arrested our brethren and they are still in your prison. you are doing many things to them. and now you are talking about these girls. we will not release them until you release our brethren. >> reporter: boko haram has attacked schools, churches and markets across northern nigeria. killing as many as 1500 just since the beginning of this year. even reaching to the capitol, abuja, the loathing of schoo

. >> i'm sheila macvicar and this is an "america tonight" special investigation. invisible children. nursing homes may not be the

with more on boko haram, here's sheila macvicar. >> after the end of military rule in nigeria, the president delivered a message, the government is doing everything it can. >> i said that once again, that government will continue to do everything possible to bring our girls home. i'm determined to protect our democracy, our national unity and our political stability. >> more many, those promises are wearing thin. this man says nieces and sisters are missing. >> we said that what would have come out would be details consoling to us. >> earlier, it was suggested the government does in fact know where the girls are held. u.s. officials are skeptical of that claim and any rescue operation could be bloody. a point made clear by military leaders. >> nobody should come and say the nigerian military does not know what it is doing. we know what we are doing. >> president obama offered support and assistance, but acknowledged u.s. involvement will remain limited. >> no american security operation conrad indicate the threat posed by an extremist group like boko haram, the group that kidnapped those gir

a view of what may lie ahead here is sheila macvicar. >>> hours after the president failed to reclaim donetsk, the military went on the offensive, retaking the air force from pro-russian and well-armed militants. militants control government buildings in donetsk and elsewhere. increasingly they are on their own as russia's president vladimir putin has signalled his support for the new ukranian president. dozens were reported killed, including, said the militants, wounded in this truck, on the way to medical treatment. >> the airport is absolutely under our control. the other side has serious losses. there was no one killed on our side. >> the new ukranian leader made clear that his government will not tolerate instability staying it will happen in hour, not days. >> petero poroshenko is a ukranian billionaire. most of his fortune made in chocolate. he has business interests in russia, and a reputation for prague mettism and deal making. me talked about engaging with russia to find a solution in ukraine. >> stopping the war and bringing the peace to ukraine, and stability on the easter

"america tonight"'s sheila macvicar explains why. >> i worked on the water for 48 years and have seena lot of changes, and not any of them good. >> this bay, the nation's largest evident uary, a place where the water -- estuary, the place where the water meets the land. it is in trouble. over the years dave kir win has seen the bay overwhelmed with a combination of agricultural and industrial run-off. waste water from sewage treatment plant and sediment. >> there used to be grant. when i was a kid grass would be all the way across, in the '60s. when they used fertilisers, systeming up agriculture and the run off. it killed off the grasses. >> will baker of the environmental group says the same. >> we are talking about fish, shellfish, wetlands, the water clarity, the dissolved oxygen in the water, the way the bay supports recreation, tourism and property values. so the system is degraded. it's a system dangerously out of balance. >> the populated waters of the bay are depleting more than the fish. it is changing local fishing communities, places like rock hall, kir win's home town on

. >>> on memorial day police shot and killed a veteran named sims and sheila macvicar takes a look onerica tonight." tell us about this story sheila. >> john, this is a story of sargtd isaac sims, a member of the 82nd airborne, an exemplary soldier. his life basically fell apart. he had stpt many ptsd he was owed to go tot va hospital to seek help. when he went the va said they had nothing they could give him. they had no bed for him and no treatment time for him. here's his mother, patricia. >> he was doing everything he is supposed to do and he's dead. and i don't know how else to say, i'm shocked i'm appalled. >> isaac sims died over the weekend after a five hour standoff with police that ended whether he walked out the door of his loam carrying a gun raised the rifle at officers and police shot him dead at the scene. john. >> it's tragic. this ordeal began in a special court system for veterans? >> there's a special court system set up in some cities in the country and kansas city is one of them. it's a court system that'sness is designed to deal with vette rans that commit, acts

sheila macvicar with the investigation - monday, # eastern. >>> lost on september 11th and the 13 yearsince. >> from 9/11 my medical record showed my medical records were flawless, i didn't have anything wrong with me, until after 9/11. everything happened at once. >> theing sackry -- continuing sacrifices of those that risked everything to help. after the day that changed >> 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 so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i br

sheila macvicar with the investigation - monday, # eastern. >>> lost on september 11th and the 13 yearsnce. >> from 9/11 my medical record showed my medical records were flawless, i didn't have anything wrong with me, until after 9/11. everything happened at once. >> theing sackry -- continuing sacrifices of those that risked everything to help. after the day that changed >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe burlinger >> the dna testing shows that these are not his hairs >> unreliable forensics >> the problem the bureaus got is they fail, it's a big, big deal... >> convicted of unspeakable crimes did flawed lab work take away their freedom? >> i was 18 when i went in... when i came out i was 50... you don't get it back... >> shocking truths revealed >> the system with joe burlinger 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

sheila macvicar with the investigation - monday, # 9:30 eastern. >>> lost on september 11th and the 13ears since. >> from 9/11 my medical record showed my medical records were flawless, i didn't have anything wrong with me, until after 9/11. everything happened at once. >> theing sackry -- continuing sacrifices of those that risked everything to help. after the day that changed america forever - the continuing toll. trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> as visitors make their way to the newly opened 9/11 memorial museum, many find a monument a recovery. healing is a challenge for survivors, nearly 13 years after the attacks. among those suffering and continuing to di

i'm sheila macvicar and this has been an "america tonight" special investigation. thanks for watching. >> a plea from former president jimmy carter. to end world violence against women. he'll join us. >> and extraordinary kids. in the present. why won't congress allow the cdc to conduct a study on gun violence. a members of congress and of -- a member of congress and a spokeman joins us. i'm antonio mora, here's more of what's ahead. >> former president jimmy carter,ing advocate for the treatment of women and girls. >> i've seen tangible examples of how horribly women and girls are treated. >> gender violence, he brings an extremely important voice to the conversation. >> studying and memorizing the gettysburg address. >> gluten are free. why do you enjoy it? >> it makes you fat. >> we begin with a call for action from former president jimmy carter. , the deprivation and abuse of women and girls. false interpretation of religious text almost exclusive by powerful male leaders, to proclaim the lower status of women and girls. growing tolerance of violence and warfar