next, the birth of -- sheila macvicar. next, we fast-forward to the science of making babies. later, parents versus parents. don't vaccinate your kids? that just makes other parents sick. >> you're thinking your child could die. and all because she had a cold, and you took her to the doctor's office. >> yeah. >> "america tonight"'s michael okwu exposes the spread of measles. >>> and hot on "america tonight's" website right now revenge porn and the suburban mom getting even with the home-wreckers. google "america tonight." tonight at 10:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> we fast-forward now to the frontiers of science and baby-making. the latest innovation two moms and one dad the aim is delivering a healthy baby, free of mitochondrial disease. >> you do need a haircut. >> every minute with her two sons is precious for danielle messer. every nile a smile a treasure. the louisville family has no idea how long the child has to live. it's the only thing he can i guess do that makes me feel like he is somewhat still there. like that he's him. inside of there. and not a vege

"america tonight's" sheila macvicar with us. sheila, it seems just a few months ago congress took up this issue of arming the ukrainians right? >> they did. in december congress took up a resolution of arming the ukrainians with lethal weapons. it might be useful to find how long congress got to get ukrainians night vision goggles. it took months. and many weapons are not in stock. that could take months. >> what with arming ukrainians if you could do that in speed, what's the calculation, what's the risk in doing that? >> the analysis if the united states were to step in and to grossly improve or greatly improve ukrainian's defensive capacities then russia would retaliate by upping the ante. no one wants an escalation, no one wants a war. and the interest of european partners trying to calm this down as they are doing today, attempting to get a ceasefire. >> it seems like the cold war all over again. from the very beginning. >> it is very difficult the relationship. putin clearly has his own calculus and his own agenda. he know

that's the end of it. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar is here.you know this is supposedly an improved strain that exploded. what does that say for rules going forward? >> the secretary of transportation has been promising and working for months to get a new rule in place for rail cars that transport flammable or other dangerous kinds of liquids. they have had a huge consultancy process. hundreds have chipped in their opinions. for a rule, that can make many months and until we see whatever the new improved car will be and because it's an open process we don't know exactly what the department of transportation has recommended. >> you mentioned a lot of stakeholders being involved, one of them would be the rail industry. >> the rail car industry in particular, which owns these 111s. if the rule going forward that these d.o.t. 111s can no longer be used to transport dangerous material, they will have to be upgraded at a considerable cost or they will have to be put out to basically train faster. >> sheila macvicar, thank you. >>> next what happened

>> i wonder how they sleep at night. >> sheila macvicar, al jazeera, winter springs florida. >> coming up, several states are already suing the country's largest health insurer after a massive hack. and cambodia deals with an unprecedented outbreak of hiv. hiv. >> al jazeera america presents a breakthrough television event. >> borderland long held beliefs... >> im really pissed off at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america >> at least four lawsuits have been filed against the nation's largest health insurance provider just days after the company was hacked. putting 80 million people at risk. anthem says hackers may have stolen birthdates and social security numbers but health records were not taken. >>> life insurance companies share massive bits of information. that can make them

>> i wonder how they sleep at night. >> sheila macvicar, al jazeera, winter springs florida. >>> heavy rain is causing widespread damage in northern california but is it providing any relief to the drought-strin drought-stricken region? story next. and wild horses, why some ranchers want to drag them away. hem away. >> north korea says it'sested a new -- it's tested a new long range rocket . these pictures are kim jong-un north korea has increased military drills in recent weeks ahead of annual north korean and south korean annual exercises. >>> plane crashed into the java sea six weeks ago all 162 people on board were killed. 100 bodies have been recovered. investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash. >>> in taiwan, transasia cancelled flights cancellations to give their pilots chances to take fro proficiency tests. >>> pope francis is getting a lot of negative reactions from his remarks on spanking children. he says it's okay for parents to spank their kids. >> there are millions of children around the world who are physically beaten on a daily basis. and you k

. >> sheila macvicar on the danger crossing north america and the best option to protect communities may not be enough to save them. that's wednesday on "america tonight". >>> we began the programme looking at c.i.a. detentions at so-called dark sites. hundreds more 779 detainees, van kept at guantanamo bay. six years ago the president signed an executive order to close the facility. today 122 men remained in custody, many never facing charges. we have heard from none of them until now. one detainee's writings days and months in captivity has been published. through the voices of others he is heard. >> the torture was growing day by day. >> the guards on the block actively participated in the process. they cursed me for no reason. >> reporter: a public reading in new york city of a unique work. the guantanamo diary of an inmate. >> this book tells us what happened to a prisoner in guantanamo from his side from hit words, from his heart. >> he maintains his own dignity, humanity. in doing so he gives us all a model on how to talk about guantanamo. >> it's the first published account f

our investigation from "america tonight"s sheila macvicar. >> i thought that we lived in a country where your property couldn't be ceased for private gain. and this blows me away. that this is possible. in the united states. it blows me away. >> in 2006, this woman bought what she thought was an american dream. a 2-bedroom condo minimum. >> i never missed a payment. never intended to. >> her mortgage reasoning condo date. >> this is surreal. >> reporter: she was shocked when she received word that the complex was being terminated converted. forcing her to sell far less than she paid for it. to buyers in miami, the people who sold it to her. >> i paid them and they are pieing it for pennies on the dollar. i would love a deal like that. >> reporter: two miami lawyers bought it to you, and now they tell you you no longer own it. >> and that they'll buy it. set. >> that they set. >> reporter: could you have held out. could you have refused to sell. >> no >> reporter: why not? >> they told me that the determination was recorded as of may 2014. they told me they had owned it since then. >> rep

growing concern for our communities, and for the families of these lost boys, a real heartbreak, as sheila macvicar found in calgary. so they come into your house and hask you questions. -- arriving you questions. >> i said "i don't know why you are asking questions, damien is not in the country, he's in egypt to study, these not here, he's not a concern." that's when they said "yes, he's a concern. we have been watching him for a couple of years. we suspect he's gone to syria, . >> reporter: when she figured out what was going on, gaudreau attempted to reach out to her son. it was too late. >> he said he couldn't come home. he finally found a purpose in life. he found where he belonged. he wasn't coming home. that was going to be his new home, and he hope pd he could stay in -- hoped he could stay and he wouldn't be in contact. >> reporter: gaudreau never heard from damien again, he is was killed. >>> fast-forward canadian lawmakers are taking up a bill allowing them to block websites to block groups like i.s.i.l., and making it easier to track without a warrant. some call it the canadian patriot

there are unlikely allies sheila macvicar visited florida, one of seven states where dog races are still legal. >> if we have 100 people watching a dog race that would be considered a lot of people. >> this man and his family own the race track and poker room a business started by this man's grandfather. he heard the crit six watched the decline of the sport. >> why do it? >> poker business is profitable and the state of florida law mandates that we run the dogs to keep the poker room open. we are obliged to run a business losing $2.5 million a year. >> $2.5 million a year. >> just at this track. >> reporter: a law meaning to keep dog breeders in business mandated that track owners run money losing races if they want to run poker room. >> the poker law says you have to run 90% of races you did in '96. 20 years ago it was packed. the world has changed drastically. >> at this tram. 3200 races each one a money loser, each one harming dogs. the state senator, a posterior, ran her own investigation into how the dogs are treated. >> is it true that the dogs are kept in small ken else? is it --

sheila macvicar vettedinvestigated the growing evidence into why they got sick. >> i've lost a lot and i don't like being like this. >> reporter: 35-year-old antony suffers a rare and aggressive cancer. >> i could not tell you my wife's middle name or my daughter's. i don't remember everybody's name. >> reporter: doctors had to take out part of his brain, his left temporal lobe and part of his hippocompass. he has trouble speaking can't read and has trouble keeping up with his 3-year-old daughter. he believes he got sick from toxins he was exposed to while serving his country. >> there it goes. >> massive open-air burn pits operated on u.s. military bases across iraq and afghanistan. at the height of the wars morp than 250 bases burnt their trash. releasing large plumes of plaque smoke into the air. >> all the burning was done wrong. and everybody knows that. >> with years of loving from advocates like burnpit 360, they started a group of people that felt sick. >> a lot of people feel like it's our generation agent orange. >> reporter: thornton's wife jamie says her husbands feels betr

"america tonight"s sheila macvicar met a man who faced that crisis. >> reporter: on the morning express to eastern ukraine, this man is haunted by tough memories. he's a director on his way back to slovyansk, where he was held hostage for two months. >> so it's a building that gives off a bad vibe. >> it is. it looks like a place you torture people. and they are hitting us glory to ukraine - they hit us again. at the same time the guy was putting a knife to my ear and the other guy was putting petrol on my head. on my head. this is the gaol where you were held. this is after. >> this is after two weeks in the pace basement. we were moved to the detention center in the police department. department. they said you would go to the hotel. we called it hotel california compared to the basement. so we used to walk from this side 200, 300 times for a kilometre. >> reporter: you'd walk in your sell 6km. >> yes, and count the kilometres with the matches. >> reporter: separatists left in a hurry on 4 july when the ukranian army encircled slovyansk >>> fast forward slovyansk faces a flood of refug

"america tonight"s sheila macvicar met a man who faced that crisis. >> reporter: on the morning express to eastern ukraine pablo is haunted by tough memories. he is a 34-year-old theatre director on his way back to the town of slovyansk, where he was held hostage for two months. so it's a building that gives off a bad feeling. >> it is. it looks like a place where you can torture people and they were hitting us screening glory to ukraine, no. they hit us. at the same time the guy was putting a knife to my ear, the other putting petrol on my head. pointing gun to my body. >> reporter: this is the gaol you were held. after you got out of the basement. >> yes, after two weeks in the basement we were moved to the detention center here. when the protests were taken out down here they were saying they were going to the hotel. compared to the basement. it is okay. we called it hotel california. so we used to walk from this side about 300 times, 330 times. for one kilometre. >> so that you would walk in your cell 6km a day. >> yes, and counted how many kilometres with the matches. >> the separa

"america tonight's" sheila macvicar met a a man that faced that i very crisis. >> reporter: on the morningress to eastern ukraine pavel is haunted but tough memories. pavel is a 34-year-old theater director on his way back to the town where he feels he was held hostage for two months. so it's a building that gives off a bad feeling. >> it is. it looks like a place where you can tar tower people. and they are hitting us, like scream glore toy ukraine and you are like no, they hit us again, at the same time, the guy was putting a knife to my ear. the other guy was spilling pet troll on my head. pointing gun for a buttocks. >> reporter: this is the jail where you were held? this is after you got out of the basement? >> yes, this was after two weeks in the basement, we have been moved to the detention center here in the police department. and when they were taken out from the basement down here they were saying you are going to the hotel. so but compared to the basement it is a hotel. we called it a hotel california. so we used to walk from this side like count about 300, 300 times, 330 times