story." i'm ray suarez. president obama says for the foreseeable future the most direct threat of america home and abroad remains terrorism and calls on congress to fund a $5 billion partnership fund to train and equipment countries on the front lines giving the united states flex ability to fulfill different missions. partnership was a big theme in his foreign policy speech. christian whiten, more partner than leader. is that appropriate to where the american people's heads are at at this time? maybe they don't want to be chosen by history and fulfill every mission after a very, very active, expensive, and tragic in many ways ten years-plus abroad. >> well, i think the american people are very fatigued with open ended military commitment it's especially where there is no clear strategy. the american people did not support the mission in libya because it was unclear how that would play out, and it was odd to be bombing a nation on behalf or against a government and incumbent government but also to be supplyi

story". i'm ray suarez, from washington. >> 120 mine yours still trapped underground in turkey.the prime minister says 238 are now known to have died. ♪ >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, fearing more mass kidnappings like this villagers in northern nigeria have reportedly killed dozens of boko haram

story". >>> i'm ray suarez. 100 thus are dead, syrian cities in ruins, millions are in jordan, lebanon, turkey. there's no prospects for them going home. the military tide is turned in favour of the government in damascus, and president bashar al-assad. now what? the leaders of the main syrian umbrella group head to the white house at a time when it looks like bashar al-assad might hang on - hang on to what - his country is in ruins, people scattered, continent destroyed. militants met asitiesized through the country. it's harter than at the beginning of the war to imagine what syria looks like, how it becomes a normal country agai. today is day 1,153 of the syrian conflict, and the fighting rages on. and after nearly two years of trying to end the war,iations arab -- united nations arab league convoy lakhdar brahimi announced his resignation. >> i am sure the crisis will end. the question is everyone with a responsibility and influence in the situation have to remember that the question is how many more dead, how much more destruction. >> more than 150,000 have died, according to activists. m

story. i'm ray suarez. on this edition of our program we're talking about the troubles in semi year i can' --in nigeria. it's racked by corruption and . this is one of the more professional militaries. it has managed to remain in the barracks and stopped that cycle of coups . how come this well-equipped big army has not been able to suppress boko haram. we have to understand that th is very complex. no matter how efficient an army is, it is very difficult to learn and i think the nigerian army is learning the hard way. we have received reports from some of the people serving in the army that the welfare and equipment that they're working with is actually not enough for them to confront the boko haram militant who is are heavily armed, and also highly motivated because they say they are members and use huge amounts of money. the area affected by this boko haram violence is located in an area that that is shared by three countries . when the government started talking with the neighboring countries, of course

that's inside story. >> i'm ray suarez. from the earliest days from the signing of the protocol in 1997 this question has been quietly hidden in the debate. would you in st. charles, missouri or in rochester, new york, change the way you run your daily life or change the way you look at the world if climate change threatened to flood an island or brought mosquitoes. the latest focus of climate change focuses on the united states and the affect on americans instead of the big world full of people you don't know. the white house unveiled it's 2014 national climate assessment on tuesday. climate change is not a thing of the future, it's happening right now in every corner of the u.s. from increased hurricane risks in the northeast to longer droughts and bigger wildfires in the southwest. from longer more intense heat waves and public health risk notice midwest to an increased demand for water, energy, new agricultural practices in the great plains. from a dangerous rise in sea level across the southeast stretching from texas t

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >>> on "america tonight" - the weekend edition. the state of execution. struggles to find death drugs. botched executions and in a state that puts more convicts to death than any other - doubts the system can be fixed. also ahead. the fix - addicts looking for a way out find what they and neuroscientists say is a miracle - but it's also an illegal drug. we investigate ibogay. could addiction rely on a root. >> i saw people completely detoxed, look like human being, ready to change their life. >>> making babies behind borters, international -- borders. international surrogacy and parents that lost tens of thousands. and the risky business of spending money for nothing. >> there's no guarantees. it's not babies are us. it's not you pay the money and you walk away with a child. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with what is a controversial issue - the death penalty. sparked by the botched execution of a convicted michael okwu killer -- oklahoma kill are, support for the death pe

ray suarez news. see you for the next "inside story," in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> there are enormos costs to having this ongoing surveil an. >> gleann greenwald has led the he said more revelation are yet to come? >> among the biggest stories are left to be reported. >> the journalist believes there is a limit to the public's right to know. everybody acknowledges some limited discriminating. it's out with a new book "no place to hide" which detaiis

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ray suarez news. see you for the next "inside story." in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> showing he cares. turkey's president visits the town where 282 minors were killed. and anger protesters say the thr brothers should not have had to die for profit. >> hello, japan alarms china with proposals to allow japanese troops to fight over

story." i'm ray suarez.ising tensions and violence in the cities of eastern ukraine pulled the united nations security council back into emergency session. the russian ambassador to the united nations called for a swift halt to all violence and drew a skeptical reaction from the other permanent five members, like france, whose ambassador accused moscow of releasing bands of thugs on ukraine. there was more criticism from the white house. george, with the german chancellor and the american president gave a news conference much how have the powers in the west been doing in countering the moves from moscow? >> the west has been doing too little, too late. most with criticisms and tiny sanctions. we need more than words and tiny sanctions. we need substantial economic cost put on vladimir putin for the violence and disruption that he's causing in his neighbouring state. >> what is the leverage. russia is so rich in other things. it's close to boning a self-sustaining -- being a self-sustaining place. >> russia i

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism the most important money stories of the day might effect your savings, your job or your retirement. whether it's bail-outs or bond rates this stuff gets complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. consider this on al jazeera america >> unlike larry, many prisoners won't make it out alive. thousands of inmates will die behind bars in the united states this year. lewis young is afraid that he may be one of them. diagnosed with kidney cancer, lewis awaits his sentence in the hospital wing of philadelphia's detention center. >> to have cancer, to be in jail, and not to be around your family. yo

ray suarez news. see you for the next "inside story," in washington, i'm ray suarez. > on "america tonight", the truthbout false confessions. >> this is the first time you have been here. >> correspondent sara hoy looks at those who say they did it - even when they didn't. >> no blood, no fibres, no hair, no ballistics, no bullet traces or a shred of physical evidence to connect him to the crime. >>> why would anyone confess if they are not guilty? >> not knowing the law i thought i will tell them what they want lie.

aj, inside story or you can reach me at ray suarez news. see me next time.i'm ray suarez. >>> on the streets of thailand the army chief declares marshall law. the reason he says is to end months of unrest. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra, i am stephen in doha. also ahead, denying u.s. spy charges. beijing accuses washington of making up evidence that links chinese officers to hacking. frustration as voting gets off to a bump see start. the army is scaled to insure calm in some areas. delveing in to ancient history using modern technology, we use a truly

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow." now we've been talking about this medical marijuana that has very little thc which is usually what we think about with marijuana. you got to check out the research that's really getting underway with this. >> given marijuana 's regulation 1, we're going oget the inside scoop on one of them. >> he was probably like a month or a couple months old baby. he didn't have his tone in his neck. he was unable to hold his neck up. the. >> doctors think vahad's son has a rare degenera tiff disease called batten syndrome. it's difficult to diagnose. from the first seizure he suffered it took doctors another five years to identify it. >> when he first started having his seizures from that point on he started regressing and the doctors couldn't find out like what was wrong with him. they kept on treating him for seizures and regardless of what medication they gave him it would come back to where he would have more and more seizures. >> the batten diagnosis

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ray suarez news. see you for the next "inside story," in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> >>> good afternoon to you. his is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm morgan radford and here are today's top stories. >> i'm here on a single mission - it thank you for your extraordinary service. [ cheering ] >>> president obama makes a surprise visit to troops in afghanistan. >>> and pope francis is in israel after a visit to the west bank. >>> plus the ballots are in after month of turmoil. voters in ukraine have finally

story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. honeybees have lived closely with human beings for thousands of years. it's hard work, corporation, and selflessness. the bee is more honored than other animals not because she labors but because she labor more than others. you probably don't think about bees working for you, but they do. the today the shelves of supermarkets piled high with produce depend heavily on the work of bees. fruits and vegetables grown from seed fertilized by bees. and the bees are dying by the hundreds of millions. there are theories. there are suspected culprits, but the tragedy for the insects themselves may also be a disaster for us. >> well, this area is really a paradise for bees, the huge amount of plant diversity. >> for several years now, tibor has watched large stocks of his beloved honeybees die off. >> bees just sitting on plant leaves, hundreds of bees running around in the grass not coming home, twitching and spas spasmin fronts of the hive, a good population of the colony has disappeared. >> reporter: the flight is part of a crisis among the colonies. according t

ray suarez news. see you for the next "inside story," in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> less than a day after dozens were killed in the nigerian city, there is another attack in nigeria. ♪ >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm steven cole in doha. always ahead, egypt's former president is sentenced to three year's im prisonment. china and russia signed one of the biggest gas deals. >>> a controversial

aj, inside story or you can reach me at ray suarez news. see me next time. i'm ray suarez. >> on "america tonight": shot in the arm. the case for childhood vaccinations gets a booster from a report outbreak of measles and the worries of the return much other childhood deceases. why a growing number of parents say no to shots. >> what would happen if we didn't get vaccination egg? >> i think we would be a lot healthier. >> you do? >> i do. >> also ahead secrets and spies.

aj, inside story or you can reach me at ray suarez news. see me next time. i'm ray suarez. children once sacrificed their childhoods, even their lives, working in american mills, mines and factories. the us rooted out child labor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the fields of america. >> hi, can you tell me your name? >> gabriella. workers like gabriella are not uncommon. >> how old are you?

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america erspe, consider this on al jazeera america >> a group of armed vigilantes is trading machine gun fire with members of the knights templar cartel until early this year, the town of nueva italia in mexico's western state of michoacan was under the control of the cartel

story." i'm ray suarez. on this edition of the program we're talking about the 30-year, $400 billion natural gas deal between china and russia. china needs the energy, and russia needs a new market. if it's a win for both, what does it mean for post-cold war geopolitics and the bigs business of energy. there's some talk it wasn't a great deal for russia, more like a desperation deal because china locked in a great price for so long. >> yes. some speak about that. they speculate about that. i think that's right. russia is increasingly desperate to find a new market, and probably russia was willing to concede on a lot of issues due to that fact. in fact, putin and his entourage considered it. from a long time from russia's perspective the western route was the favored one, while in 2013 russia was willing to concede and accept the eastern route, which would target the chinese northeast market which is the most popular one and most developed one. that was one concession. second important one was the equity stak

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. ukraine goes on the offensive in the east, but pro-russian rubbles quickly shoot down two helicopters. >>> and a lot more of your working this month as the u.s. sees its biggest drop in unemployment numbers in five years. >>> also sadly more bloodshed in syria, children once again the victims. two massive car bombs explode. >>> two helicopters in ukraine shot down by pro-russian separate advertises using surface to sar -- aramis ills. kiev was trying to retake the city of slaviansk. now two people are dead and tensions in the region are once again on edge. >> reporter: video pop popes -- posted on the internet pur ports to show what the citizens in slaviansk woke do at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it describe a large-scale anti-terrorist operation. the apparent objective for now, not to overrun the city but to form a blockade around it. some separatists said they were ready to

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow." kyle, what do you have for us? >> now mother nature has had the benefit of trial and error engineering for 50 billion years. just the last 50 years we started to are follow her lead. here companies are mimicking her by biomimicry. let's take a look. in 1903 when orville and wilbur wright invetted the first flying machine to transport man, they looked to birds, pigeons, for example, velcro created by george de mastral was mimicked by the looks at the end of bird bakes. biomimicry or copying mother nature's solution he from everything to symptomming bacteria to mixing water, could be just the thing to lead us out of the industrial revolution and into another one. thanks to one of the most feared oceanic species on the planet, reduced up to 40%. they spend their lives underwater and yet sharks remain algae, bacteria and barnacle-free. on close examination, dr. tony brennan discovered that's due to the denticles, tiny, sharp, teeth-like shape

story. i'm ray suarez. unless congress acts sometime this summer the highway trust fund . it has not increased in 20 years while americans are buying less gas. we're talking about the gas tax and aging infrastructure, and chri chris edwards, do you support a raise in the gas tax something more proportional to something that we're paying for gasoline itself? >> i don't agree to a tax gas increase. i think state governments can raise their taxes any time they want, th so for example, the $2 billion project inside washington, d.c. to widen the beltway in virginia there is a lot of broad agreement. to think that the federal government should repeal or take back its tolls on the interstate highways. the interstate highways are owned by state governments and i believe the states should be allowed to solve their own transportation problem. part of that is putting in new electronic polling system in congested areas of the interstate to reduce congestion but raise money for state infrastructure budgets. that makes a

story. i'm ray suarez. on this edition we're talking about the housing sector. american cities and the nomination of a new housing and development secretary. san antonio mayor and rising democratic start julian castro. when you look at the department of housing urban development often called hud. are we paying too much attention to the "h" and not the u-d part. >> i'm pleased with julian castro chose. chosen. i think its great to have a mayor of a large city. the last mayor we had as secretary was cisneros, and he did a great job. there is an image that cities are being helped a lot by hud. actually, on average big cities in america get 3% of their money from the federal government total. no big city except washington, d.c. gets more than 10% of their budget from the federal government, and hud really maybe is trying to do too many things. and in housing it has not necessarily been favorable to cities. we have all these requirements that you can't have mixed use buildings. they're considered risky, and the

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >>> more soldiers targeted in southern yemen as southern courses continue their fight against al-qaeda-linked fighters. >>> you are watching al jazeera america live from doha. also, ahead, defying kyiv, parts of eastern ukraine vote in a referendum on self-rule. >> praying for their safety return, nigerians turn to religion to help find hundreds of missing school girls. >>> using an unmanned aircraft to check another. droeningz are used for airline maintenance and

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk river, just a mile upstream from the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. >> water is scarce following a warning from west virginia's governor, do not drink, bathe, cook or wash clothes using tap water.., >>...chemical leak, a chemical used to clean coal, leaked from a storage facility... >>...the states health department says the water was contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, mchm... >> a federal investigation is on-going - but this spill was just the most visible of many incidents in west virginia - where, in the past decade, the coal industry has recorded thousands of water violations. fault lines has come here to find out how the state's main industry affects its most vital resource. >> li

story. i'm ray suarez. president obama nominated 39-year-old san antonio mayor julian castro as head of housing and urban development. housing numbers that show promise for a rebounding economy. with us, james brooks director of city solutions. from chicago, john norquist, president of the congress for the new urbanism, mayor of milwaukee for 15 years. and mark calab ero, mark, if at john norquist suggests, hud is not doing that much in distributing federal largesse. what is the best use of that department going forward? >> so i would prefer to see--and i might disagree with how much they're spending but i would rather focus on spending , and we forget to talk about those who don't have homes. the homelessness, had you had does as well on the reno side. if i would to pick where i would put the marginal dollar, the homeless programs, i would put it in the homeless programs. >> if we're going to continue to have hud going forward, what is the best use of it. >> hud got in an at thi partnership, and looked at

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt 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. >> we're following the stories of people who have died in the desert >> the borderland memorial day marathon >> no ones prepared for this journey >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning >> experiencing it has changed me completely >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. >> it's heartbreaking... >> i'm the enemy... >> i'm really pissed off... >> all of these people shouldn't be dead... >> it's insane... >> the borderland memorial day marathon only at al jazeera america >>> time for "the listening post" news bytes. the cow de tar in thailand effectively silenced radio and television channels, national, cable and local ch

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america joe berlinger this is the system i'd like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system... to make sure justice is being served. with our personal liberties taken away from us, it better be done the right way. is justice really for all? >> hey guys, welcome back to "techknow." shini, you went to tornado alley. and it's a place where from tragedy came innovation. >> it has prompted the need for research to find exactly how to make above-ground shelters safe in a tornado. >> let's check it out. >> west side of burton we have a major tornado coming down. >> oh my god! >> may 20th, 2013, one of the worst tornadoes in record was captured on time lapse video that went viral. >> large scale, tornado, here it is, right in front of me. people in west moore ought to be underground. we have large large debris. >> the tornado took a direct hit on the elementary school. dlaimg lives of seven children. >> by the time i got to the school i still hadn't heard any word on kyle and by the looks

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >>? >>> chaos and confusion in libya as forces loyal to a renegade general take their fight to the capital. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. also on the programme - the tearful south korean president apologises for the ferry tragedy, and announces plans to break up the coast guard. >>> tenses of thousands scramble for higher ground as the worst floods in a century inundate the balkans. >>> and the world of sport says goodbye to a motor racing legend - jack brabham dies at the age of 88. >>> two dead, dozens injured and libya's government in chaos. fighting swept across tripoli, and forces loyal to a general launched an attack on the parliament, demanding a suspension. the man at the center of the unrest is khalifa haftar. the retired general was once a military chief of staff. the late libyan leader muammar gaddafi, and took part in the coup that brought him to power. he was disowned after leading a disastrous military operation in chad where 600 soldiers were capture

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america>>> this is al jazeera america. i'm david shuster, in new york, with a look at the day's top stories. [ gunfire ] >>> >>> chaos and confusion as gunmen try to shut down a polling place in ukraine. >>> in niger the pressure on the government is growing to find more than 200 kidnapped school girls, and there could be a setback. >>> in mexico a crackdown on stow aways that ride the trains - is making

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >>> on "america tonight" - the weekend edition. the state of execution. struggles to find death drugs. botched executions and in a state that puts more convicts to death than any other - doubts the system can be fixed. also ahead. the fix - addicts looking for a way out find what they and neuroscientists say is a miracle - but it's also an illegal drug. we investigate

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america [ ♪ music>> hey, guy, welcome back to "techknow." you went to visit monsanta, which tend to be prone to controversy, whether it warrants it or not. you looked at a new branch of their research. tell me about it. >> as you know monsanta gets a lot of controversy around genetically changed work they are doing. fruits and vegies that are more reliable in terms of yield have greater shelf life and taste better and are more nutritious. they are doing that using cross breeding, with the help of technology. let's check it out. >> reporter: mini bell peppers, perfect for one. beefed up broccoli, and lettuce with the crunch of iceberg and the nutrients. all created by monsanta, and some could already be in a grocery store near you. >> everybody wants a nice red sugar. >> this is a water melon breeder, working on the perfect melon for the fruit market. >> we are looking for higher shelf life, something that doesn't have a lot of juice when you cut it into pieces. >> why the trades? melon. >> he's trying

story. thanks for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> >> announcer: this is al jazeera. [ ♪ music ]. >>> welcome to the newshour. i'm steven cole in doha with the world's top stories. thousands of survivors as rescue teams in afghanistan wait for aid and give up hope of finding people alive in a mudslide. >>> mombassa hit by two explosions. >>> ukraine's president declares three days of mourning after 46 people are killed in odessa. >>> the campaign countdown in

the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america . >> >>> seeking justice for victims of rape - a verdict is expected in a landmark trial of 39 soldiers in democratic republic of congo. . >>> i'm jane dutton, you are watching al jazeera. on the programme - we will get them out. nigeria's president promises to free over 200 kidnapped school girls was his government faces criticism. >>> survivors of afghanistan's landslide makes a plea for help. >>> two weeks after an avalanche kills 16 sherpas on mt everest, their families are still waiting for compensation. >>> the biggest rape trial in the history of democratic republic of congo is about to reach its conclusion. 130 women that say they were raped by government soldiers are waiting to find out if they'll get justice. a special military court is considering its verdict. malcolm web reports. >> reporter: this woman says when she was 16 rebels abducted her and kept her prisoner for six months, raping her repeatedly. when she escaped she was pregnant. in november 2012, a few months afte

story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. if you know a really old person ask them what it was like before antibiotics. people regularly died from common diseases or infections or suffered long and hard until an illness passed. then came medicines that meant millions no longer died from pneumonia , tuberculosis, or suffered from long-term debilitation from diseases like gonorrhea. making wonder drug after wonder drug more available and drove prices steadily down. but we overused some drugs, improperly used others, and now the infections themselves evolved. now the great gift to the world, cheap effective treatment for potentially fatal ailments is now in the future. >> reporter: the world may be heading to a post antibiotic era, modern medicines can no longer stand up to common infections like me known i can't, e. coli and mrsa. >> over the last 20 years bacteria has developed sophisticated resistence and we don't have the antibiotics to treat the patients. >> reporter: the "world health organization" released it's report wed