i'm thomas drayton. we begin with kathleen sebelius, who is calling it quits after five years of health and human services secretary. she became a human target for the failed roll out of the affordable care act. >> the news broke thursday at the white house. kathleen sebelius, secretary of health and human services much embattled sips the rocky roll out of health-care.gov. she's been testifying before house and senate. the website crashed. couldn't sign anybody up, the administration well short of their goals, suffering politically and in the highs of the public, kathleen sebelius calling it a deb arkle. there has been calls for her head. president obama stood beside her. a windows of opportunity, a sudden late surge towards the end of the sign up at the end of march. president obama appearing in the rose garden counting 7.1 million people. the exchange - a bit of good news giving kathleen sebelius cover to leave her job. the president will appear tomorrow with her successor, the head of management and f

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i'm thomas drayton r let's get you ought up on the top stories this hour. >> an 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit off the chest of chile. tsunami warns were issued. throughout the north landslides are blocking some roads. >> it didn't meat the expects for g.m. is that what you would consider acceptable. >> as we know today, it's not. >> general motors c.e.o., mary barra, tells a house committee that the house will find out why it took 10 years to recall cars with faulty parts that have been linked to 13 deaths. >> it has been 12 days since the washington state mudslide devastated a county north of seattle. receding floodwaters are helping in the search. the death toll is up to 28, with 20 others missing. >> hundreds of worshippers gathered for mass at the border. roman catholic bishops pushing for reform, and preying for those trying to across the border. >> republicans and democrats unable to reach agreement. >> those are the headlines, i'm thomas drayton, news at the top of every hour and on general motor accused of hiding a serious safety problem as one mother seeks answers, congress puts

i'm thomas drayton in new york. you can get the latest news at aljazeera.com. >> anybody could could have picked up the phone for me. police? >> i don't know. >> also tonight, trying to understand why. the mass stabbing in a suburban pittsburgh school raises new questions about safety and security and saving kids before they are in crisis. >> i was so surprised i could barely move. i got stabbed in the back. it was just having to have help going to the next room. yes bleed out. >> an escaping war for freedom. a woman steering her own path from a war-torn african home land to the streets of francisco. >> good evening. that i know for joining us. i am joey chin. tonight we return to themist of a little girl lost. police called off a shave to find her 8-year-old ralisha rudd is missing. what police did found was the body of her suspected kidnapper. they say it was a suicide. they still don't come out and explain where ralish is. lauri jane glehaw talks about a system set up to protect kids but let her slip through the

i'm thomas drayton in new york. remember you can get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. 370. >> clearly this is a most promising lead. >> and doubts whether the deep ocean will ever give up its secrets. >>> drilling for oil in southeast florida and the anger growing in this coastal paradise. >> would we drill in the grand canyon? is nowhere sacred? >> hope for the future. good evening, and thanks for being with us. i'm joang. a -- joie chen. the search for malasia air 370, what they've learned since the start of the biggest aviation mystery ever, the latest reports of pings which could be led to the black bosms. so many -- boxes, so many disappointment already. "america tonight"'"america tonight"'s sa. >> i know in my heart phillip's with god. >> it's been a month since malasia air 370 went missing. a month without answers for the wife of a new zealand man who also was on board. >> i'm taking it minute by minute. i can't think yong beyond that. i've got a three-year-old who says, when is datay going to scie >>

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour - banned for life. l.a. clippers owner donald sterling made the racist remarks and imposes the harshest fine possible. >>> is a storm making its way across the south responsible for at least 31 deaths. >>> and the supreme court considers allowing the police to safe your cell phone - without a warrant. >>> good to have you with us. banned for life. the n.b.a. delivered a tough punishment to l.a. clippers owner donald sterling for racist comments the league says he made in app audio recording. >> effective immediately i'm banning mr donald sterling for life from any association with the l.a. clippers association or the number of ba. >> the commissioner spoke loud and clear. >> that's right. it was a defining moment for adam silver. three months into the job adam silver had to drop the hammer. donald sterling admitted to adam silver that it was his voice. the new commissioner was passionate when issuing his findings. >> effective immediately i am banning mr donald sterling for life from any association with the

i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories of this hour. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is resigning. president obama will nominate her replacement friday morning. sylvia mathews burwell, director of office of management and budget. >> a fiery crash in northern california killed at least nine, 100 miles north of sacramento. 35 have been sent to area hospitals. a fed ex truck drifted into traffic, hitting a charter bus with

i'm thomas drayton. officials say they have the most promising lead in the search for missing malaysian flight mh370. an australian ship has picked up a pulse, not far from where a chinese ship heard signals the day before. the plane vanished a month ago with no answers as to why it disappeared with 230 on board. officials are hopeful the jet will be found soon. >> today i can report some encouraging information which has unfolded over the last 24 hours. the towed pinger locatinger deployed from "ocean shield" has detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes. significantly this would be consistent with transmissions from both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. it's probably the best information that we have had. >> verifying the frequency is a critical next step. the water in the search area is 15,000 feet deep. chinese and australian ships can listen for signals up to depths of 20,000 feet. we'll follow new developments. >> protests in ukraine caused the a

i'm thomas drayton. the nation is mourning the three victims shot and killed at fort hood on wednesday. flags were lowered to half mast at the capital building. a memorial is planned for next week. a time and date will be released later. >> the community next to fort hood, two men, bob butler and bob gordon painting crosses for the three killed, placing them in front of the three flags, one for each victim. >> he was an honourable individual, like i say, i don't think he knew strangers. everybody that he met, i believe, that tim got along with him. you see it happen you never know it will come to you. >> investigators are trying to peace together the events of the shoot k. heidi zhou-castro shows us that they are starting with the mental health of the shooter. >> three killed, 16 wounded and the shooter, according to the army, 34-year-old ivan lopez, dead after shooting himself in the head. fort hood says ivan lopez had a visitry of mental instability and may have been sparked to violent by an argument w

i'm thomas drayton, let get you caught up on the top stories. >> a 16-year-old suspect is being held without bail after a stabbing rampage at his high school near pittsburg. he is being charged with two dozen felony charms and attempted homicide. 20 have been injured. >> pro-russian activists have been handed ta deadline by ukraineful kiev says it's prepared to use force if the activists refuse to negotiate a solution within 48 hours time. >> secretary of state john kerry is trying to keep middle east peace talks e.

good to have you with us, i'm thomas drayton. another tragedy at the fort hood military post where an iraq war veteran shot and killed three shooters. he was army special ist ivan lopes. he entered a military building and used a 45 calibre se semiautomatic to kill three and injure 16 others. he got into a car fired off more rounds and ran into another vehicle. military police cornered him, before finding his lifeless body in a parking lot. this is the second deadly shooting at fort hood. in 200913 people were shot and killed. >> at this hour military officials are investigating why the shooting happened. psychological issues may have played a factor. >> we do not know a motive. we know the soldier had behavioural and mental health issues and were being treated from that. he was under diagnosis or post-traumatic stress disorder, but what is not diagnosed. he was under going behavioural health and psychiatric treatment for depression and anxiety and a variety of other psychological and psychiatric issues. >> wednesday's shooting wa

i'm thomas drayton. we begin with a ukrainian city on the brink of annexation, reigniting a standoff between kiev and moscow. pro-russian supporters on monday want the eastern city to be called independent. the development is iing nighting fears -- development is igniting fears that moscow could be engineering another crimea. >> if moscow moves into eastern ukraine, covertly or not - we caution against military intervention. >> we have been tracking the fast-moving development from donetsk. >> this is a celebration of independence. thousands of pro-russia demonstrators gathered outside the local government building taken over by activists on sunday. listening to songs of the soviet era, sending a message of support to those inside, who, by midday, declared donetsk region an independent republic. this is the new seat of power. >> we are told the people's council is made up of representatives from every town across the region. not only have they announced that donetsk is an independent republic, they have

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour.he crisis in ukraine is escalating in the east. pro-russian protesters declared the city of donetsk an independent republic. russia is instigating the situation. >> secretary of state john kerry once again warning of more sanctions if russia does invade. signals from what may be the black box flight recorder from the missing malaysia airlines flight have been detected. teams are searching before the black box batteries run out. it's been 31 days since the

i'm thomas drayton r let's get you ought up on the top stories this hour. >> an 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit off the chest of chile. tsunami warns were issued. throughout the north landslides are blocking some roads. >> it didn't meat the expects for g.m. is that what you would consider acceptable. >> as we know today, it's not. >> general motors c.e.o., mary barra, tells a house committee that the house will find out why it took 10

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the stories.rews searching for maryland flight mh370 say the crews have detected two more signals. a naval ship picked up two pings on tuesday. they detected them saturday before losing them. >> in eastern ukraine, activists in one region declared a separatist republic. government buildings in three cities have been taken over. around 60 host igements are held in -- hostages are hold in one building laced with

i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following at this hour. authorities identified the man they say opened fire at fort hood texas on wednesday. 34-year-old ivan lopez was a soldier with a history of mental health issues. there's not motive but he may have argued with another soldier before the attack. >> australian officials are conducting subsurface searches for the black box. the first time they are going underwater to look for it. they have two ships trying to

i'm thomas drayton in new york. "inside story" is next. for news updates throughout the day. check out al jazeera. thanks for watching. >> president obama's returning home to the u.s. to find the lowest approval ratings of his years at the white house. in foreign affairs the president has defended his approach as one that protects american interests and american friends in a multi polar world. is there an obama doctrine? it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. president obama is coming back to a divided washington from a trip to asia. he paid his respects to the south korea still reeling from the death of hundreds in a ferry accident, tended to one of the country's oldest and closest relationships in asia with talks with the philippines. russia continued to muscle ukraine, syria is set to turn over the last of its chemical weapons but continues to kill civilians with hayes, and he returns to washington empty hasn'ted with thhanded with tale and israel. >>> in crisis around the world in the past five years did the u.s. get the approach that the president wanted? that'

i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories. a soldier opened fire in fort hood texas injukilling three, injuring 16 others before putting the down on himself. >> we don't know a motive, we know the soldier had behavioural and anxiety issues. >> he being treated for depression and anxiety. he spent four months in iraq in

i'm thomas drayton in new york. news at the top of every hour, and you can get the latest headlines on aljazeera.com. thanks for watching. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. out of the box thinkers share their tool kit for racing smart successful well balanced kids. my co-host and digital procedures wajahat ali. an increasingly high tech world i'm so encouraged how all our guests tonight boil it down to the basic. >> people ask about the kids. what about the poor parents? facebook poking, there's poking going on nowadays. my parents didn't have to deal with this and rising college tuitions. we have a lot of folks tweeting in. jessica, navigating parenting in this crazy age of social media. it's all new territory. my kids are both toddlers but the criticism of kids no matter what they do is alarming. athena 115, all about honesty patience, accountability and unconditional love. those are the age of tweeting. >> sounds like a wise woman. >> wise woman indeed. >> general profiles of overbearing parent a

i'm thomas drayton. tonight crews searching for malaysia airlines flight mh370 say they have detected two more signals consistent with the plane's boxes. a naval ship picked up two more pings on tuesday. the sounds were heard on saturday, lost on monday. finding them again is crucial to narrowing the search area so a small danijl subasic can look for -- submarine can look for debris on the sea floor. >> i believe we are searching in the right area, but we need to visually locate aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place of mh370. >> for the sake of the 239 families, this is absolutely imperative. >> the locator beacons on the black boxes have a battery life of about a month. tuesday marked a month since the plane vanished. searchers say once the baekons were located, it would have been knock. >> a new diplomatic push to ease tensions in ukraine. secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with officials from russia, ukraine and the e.u. meanwhile in

that's is for this edition of al jazeera, i'm not thomas drayton in new york. thanks for watching. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." america is full of silent warriors, you may be one of them, and people have no idea what they're going through. injured veterans, making themselves far more vulnerable to bankruptcy and mental illness. >> my cohost, rajahad ali is here, and he brings in the social media in the show. 5.5 million caregivers focusing on injured veterans, and they say there's no support in the system. and that's what they need. >> who is helping those who help others? these silent warriors, like you mentioned. and we have so many great personal stories coming in from social media today: s this a cost, time, career, relationship, usually for love. a huge sacrifice. these are the unsung heroes of america. >> they are, they're sometimes called camouflage caregivers. millions of americans who pick up caring for an injured family member or friend or acquaintance. millions of people providing care for wounded soldiers from iraq and afgha

i'm thomas drayton in new york. we are following breaking news out of chile. a powerful earthquake rocked a south american company. the 8.2 magnitude quake hit off the north coast just before 9:00 pm local time on tuesday. chilean officials say five have died and others injured. the quake caused landslides, knocked out power. 12 aftershocks have been reported, one a magnitude 6.2. airports in the city of iquique and others are closed at this hour, with all flights grounded. >> tsunami warnings and watches have been cancelled for chile, peru and ecuador. >> lucia newman is in santiago, with more on the quake. >> all along the coast, including the port city of iquique, which is about 150km from where i am now, people are evacuated because they don't know what is going to happen. tsunamis are so unpredictable. the most vulnerable area is in the north of chile, and the port city of iquique, and eriqa, a large city. people were evacuated almost as soon - or they heard the sirens for the evacuation almost as soon as the earthquake struck. there had been rehearsals g

i'm thomas drayton. people at fort hood in texas are coming to grips with another tragedy. a texas congressman identified 34-year-old army special ist ivan lopes as the gunman that opened fire. the iraq war veteran allegedly shot and killed three soldiers before killing himself. he was in the process of being evaluated for mental health issues. wednesday's shooting was reminiscent of violent scenes in fort hood in 2009, 13 were shot and killed by another military man. yesterday's deadly attack happened deep within the military post. lopes shot his way through two military buildings before taking his own life. >> we go to texas. i know this investigation is clearly in the early stages here. what more do we know this morning? >> the person responsible was being treated for depression and anxiety. no word on a motive, something the authorities were looking into as the investigation continued into the second deadly shooting here in less than five years. >> the shooting quickly put fort hood, u.s.'s largest m

thomas drayton shows us the truck and bus went up in flames. >> i just kind of see black, but there is fire up in front of the bus. it's crushed in the front pretty much. so we all start jumping up to run away. >> this is what's left of the horrific collision on california's interstate 5. the charred remains of a fed ex truck and a tour bus that had been packed with high school students. the california highway patrol says the crash was caused by the driver of the tractor-trailer who was among the dead. >> flipped a white car that is further in the ditch up there, sideswiped it, went head up with the charter bus, immediate explosion, and there are 44 students, three chaperones and a school bus driver on board, so 48 people. >> police are unsure why the truck swerved across a median separating traffic on the interstate. the high school students from schools across los angeles were on their way to visit humble state university north of sacramento. >> i would invite any parent to call their schools immediately, all of the principals of all of the schools involved are informed. >> witnesses

i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following at this hour. authorities identified the man they say opened fire at fort hood texas on wednesday. 34-year-old ivan lopez was a soldier with a history of mental health issues. there's not motive but he may have argued with another soldier before the attack. >> australian officials are conducting subsurface searches for the black box. the first time they are going underwater to look for it. they have two ships trying to pip point the black box. >> israel is cans lipping the planned release of palestine prisoners. parties met on thursday, and discussions are continuing. he's calling on both sides to show leadership and find a way to compromise for peace. the obama administration is downplaying an associated press investigation into a so-called cuban twitter. the ap says the humanitarian agency u.s. aid financed a social network aimed at undermining cuba's government. >> the largest environmental clean-up in u.s. history will cost an oil company $5 billion. anadarko will pay for the cloon up of thousa

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the stories. crews searching for maryland flight mh370 say the crews have detected two more signals. a naval ship picked up two pings on tuesday. they detected them saturday before losing them. >> in eastern ukraine, activists in one region declared a separatist republic. government buildings in three cities have been taken over. around 60 host igements are held in -- hostages are hold in one building laced with explosives. >> a cyber threat alarmed security officials. engineers uncovered a cyber threat called heartbleed. it allows hackers to steel information from secure connections, user names, passwords, trade secrets are vulnerable. the department of homeland security is telling others to upgrade software. >> president barack obama signed two executive orders designed to reduce the gap for women that work for federal contractors. according to the government full-time women workers make $0.77 for every dollar a man makes. those are the headlines. "america tonight" comes up next. you can always

i'm thomas drayton, let get you caught up on the top stories. >> a 16-year-old suspect is being held without bail after a stabbing rampage at his high school near pittsburg. he is being charged with two dozen felony charms and attempted homicide. 20 have been injured. >> pro-russian activists have been handed ta deadline by ukraineful kiev says it's prepared to use force if the activists refuse to negotiate a solution within 48 hours time. >> secretary of state john kerry is trying to keep middle east peace talks alive. john kerry met with israel's foreign minister wednesday, working to negotiations between israel and the palestinians moving. the state department says both sides are to blame for complicating the situation. >> president obama paying tribute to the victims of last week's shooting at fort hood. a memorial service held on winns for the three soldiers -- wednesday for the three soldiers killed when a fellow soldier opened fire. >> comcast's planned merger with time warner came under scrutiny at a senate hearing. critics concerned that the $40 million deal will cause price

yourself >> the system has failed me >> >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on today's top stories. >>> a string of tornados killing 16 in three states much the threat is not over. >> big fall out after racist comments allegedly from donald sterling - sponsors pulling out. the n.b.a. investigating. >>> sanctions on russia - greater costs over actions in ukraine. >>> thanks for being with us people across the heartland are cleaning up the damage from a string of deadly tornados. pictures and other items littered the ground in berlonia arkansas. daybreak brought the heart-breaking sight of damages. in hundreds of homes and business business - damaged or destroyed by a tornado. jonathan betz is joining us with more. devastating images. >> yes, at least 16 killed. it's the deadliest tornado that arkansas river saw in 17 years. the governor expects the death toll to rise. >> reporter: the quitest start to a tornado season ended with a vengeance. dozens touching down destroying towns in the midsection, and taking lives. >> he came in, he di

as thomas drayton reports, the next step would be launching a sophisticated underwater drone sdlfrn oneonth after malaysian airline flight 370 disappeared, the search resumed 24 hours after a australian officials said they heard two picks consistent with picks, silence. >> the work continues. there have been no further contacts with any transmission and we need to continue that for several days. >> it's the towed pippingfinger had picked up the signals but until a third is dead he couldn't, a blue fin drone will remained parked. >> if we do the visual search, it will take many, many, many days because it's very slow, very painstaking work to scour the ocean floor. so of course the depths are very deep. >> nearly three miles deep, representing the very same limit that the blue fin can reach. while the data on the black boxes can last for years, it's their locator beacons that could have already died out making the search that much more difficult. >>> the hunt for the plane by air remains critically important as well. ships from a number of countries including the u.s., china, and austral

as thomas drayton reports, federal authorities are trying to determine if this is the work of a serial shooter. >> tom shows where the bullet pierced his car. >> something hit the car. i didn't know what it was. pulled over at the first opportunity. that's when i saw the bullet hole. >> he is one of the victims of an apparent sniper targetting drivers around kansas city. all the shootings near exit ramps of two different interstates. no one has bin killed, but two drivers hit in the ligs and one in the arm. one woman found a bullet hole inches from her doddlers car -- toddlers car seat. >> it's terrible to thing someone is do this with no regard to what happened. >> shootings have intensified. six of the shootings vep connected, but only two have been able to describe the shooter or the car they may have been driving. >> we have been receiving tips on the case that comes in. >> there's a $7,000 reward being offered to find whoever is terrorizing the city. >> you are on the edge of someone getting killed, any time you have a random shooter with no reason or mind-set, taking rounds, putt

as al jazeera thomas drayton tells us why they would take such some are questioning why they would takek. >> sir eye a english can't wait for the moment she can hug her stir and neece? >> i will be probably between crying and jumping and down. i am excited for that moment. >> her sister, charlotte kaufman with her husband, eric and their 2 children were living out their dream to sale around the world, a dream that turned into a nightmare. >> it is nice. i mean, you know, people do crazy nuts things all the time? yeah. they do. my thoughts about it were, you know, about bringing, you know, kids on a trip like that and then having the second one along the way, bringing even a younger kid. i do firmly feel very strongly, that, yes, that was crazy. >> but siria did he have fenldz her sister and brother-in-law's qualifications. >> he is a former navy he was certified coast guard captain. this is something they have been preparing for, for years. >> the ship is making its way to a naval base in san diego. meanwhile, all family members agree they will help with everything they need. >> do peop

. >> thomas drayton, aljazeera america. >> a popular hot sauce in hot water.t is declared a public nuisance. residents complained of a strong spicy smell coming from the factory. the hot sauce maker will have 90 days to fix the odor which causes itchy eyes and burning throats. the city filing a lawsuit against the maker. the trial has been set for november. >> on wall street, stock futures lower at this hour, hoping a calming voice keeps yesterday's rally alive. fed policy makers have no immediate plans to raise interest rates. the dow starting at 16437. s&p add 1872, nasdaq 4183. overseas, asian markets ended higher. honk stocks up 1.5%. european markets are lower. >> there could be surprises in a sentencing hearing today, a new york judge expected to decide whether to accept a plea deal between a hedge fund and prosecutors. the judge has concerns whether that settlement properly defines the crimes. bleeding guilty, the charges include wire fraud and securities fraud, as well. >> j.p. morgan chase c.e.o. jami diamond taking a pay cut, from $11.8 million down

as thomas drayton shows, in some ways it was business as usual in a region that deals with earthquakes regularly. >> it's the sound they have been rehearsing for. when residents across chile's north coast heard the sirens, they knew what to do. head to higher ground. many clogged roads with cars as others calmly travelled on foot to surrounding hills and mountains. the warn was triggered by a powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake, centered 60 miles from the chilean city of iqui e iquique, but felt as far away as bolivia in peru. >> you could feel the wall and the floor move. there's a tent in a verandah back in the garden, and you could see that moving back and forth. >> government officials in chile confirmed a number of deaths. some victims of heart attacks, others crushed by collapsing walls. chile's president says every step is being taken to ensure civilian safety. the first of the tsunami waves hit the coast within 45 minutes, with swells as high as six feet. >> it may come in several steps of waves separated by a number of minutes apart. you never know where the biggest wave sequenc

i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories. a soldier opened fire in fort hood texas injukilling three, injuring 16 others before putting the down on himself. >> we don't know a motive, we know the soldier had behavioural and anxiety issues. >> he being treated for depression and anxiety. he spent four months in iraq in 2011. >> an aftershock of 7.2 hit chile, triggering a soourn warning. >> donors can give money to as many candidates, votes. it will influence the wealthy. some signs of life in the mid east peace process. israel stuinging they'll stay the course with negotiations over a palestine state. this after-palestine president mahmoud abbas resumed his campaign for international recognition of palestine. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is coming up next. vé years, good win said the school system had all sorts of problems. things like large class sizes, crumbling buildings and a dysfunctional school board. >> there were teachers that schools. this is a teacher that did not work in a failing school. this teac