. >> reporter: american journalist austin tice has been missing in syria in 2012.ideo appeared on the internet he's blindfolded and led my men. >> we think the message, the title of the video "austin tice is alive." everything else about the video prompts more questions than gives answers. >> reporter: his parents say no one made demands in return for austin's freedom. >> i believe he's held in syria. who he is holding him, we have no idea. >> reporter: austin was a marine captain in afghanistan and iraq. after leaving the service he went to law school but took a break in 2012 to go to syria and tell stories most media were ignoring. his parents called on president obama to do more. >> we want him to engage diplomatically in dialogue with the syrian government. >> reporter: i spoke to mike and deborah tice. they were preparing to launch the free austin campaign. tell me about austin he's oldest of seven of your children. tell me about him? >> he's a great guy. he has a huge personality. we hear regularly from friends of him, from people we haven't met. he was 31 wh

. >> next, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". coming up next. only on al jazeera america. joop as we saw in david shuster's story, kansas has been dealing with budget short falls ever since governor brownback began the march to zero income taxes. he insists the state will be on course, but proposed a massive increase in tobacco and liquor, sin taxes. call it what you may, it's a increase and has grover norquist angry, he's the founder of americans for tax reforms, one of the most powerful me in washington. once a supporter of the governor brownback, he says the governor is headed in the wrong direction. >>> you don't support the increase, but brownback drastically cut spending on social programs which, wouldn't you agree, disproportionately impact the poor. >> kansas's challenge is that they've had 50 years of bipartisan overspending. they had a regan republican majority in the house and sena

>> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. opposition supporters in russia preparing to march through moscow in memory of murdered occupation leader boris nemtsov. >>> palestinians in gaza have been protesting a ruling in egypt declaring hamas a terrorist organization. ments. >>> captured u.s. citizens involved in espionage. nicholas maduro has ordered his country to reduce the number of u.s. officials. >>> addressing congress by benjamin netanyahu. a growing number of congress members have decided to skip the speech kimberly halkett reports. >> every year, thousands of jewish advocates desend on washington, to promote the u.s.-israeli relationship, one increasingly strained because joarn invitedjoarnjohn boehner invited benjamin netanyahu to speak before the joint house of congress. why

. >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. i'm shilly gauche. the top stories opposition supporters in moscow are preparing to march in support of boris nemtsov. >>> egyptian court declaring hamas a terrorist organization. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the u.s. toing address a joint session of congress. contraction appeared once unbreakable. >> every year, thousands of jewish advocates descend on washington. the goal is to promote the u.s. israeli relationship one that is increasingly strained one because this man john boehner the top man in the u.s. house of representatives, invited benjamin netanyahu to address congress without white house's knowledge. the threats boehner and other hard liner lawmakers say the u.s. and israel face is a deal with iran over its nuclear program. hawks clai

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> tomorrow, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. . [music] | >> welcome back to tech know. guy, fig uring out how long you will live is a difficult but important question. do you think a cell phone could help you figure it out? >> i'm skeptical, i have to be honest. >> no,

. >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> gone but not forgotten. >>> don but not for knows. "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha continues her investigation with the people that refuse to give us up hope. >> 5'6" seven five, six, seven, eight. >> we need you to come out, we need you to come home. >> at the end of an empty school hallway, shannon smith tries to fill some of the emptiness in her heart. >> i miss her hug her smile wrapping her arms around me and saying thank you. >> relisha rudd was one ever her students, she would have loved these routines. >> what would she tell you now do you think? >> come, on, let's do our chairs. she'd get a big smile on her face and keep going. >> when relisha rudd disappeared a year ago, communities members like smith took it upon themselves to keep her memory alive. every few months, smith d

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. address. >>> we know back. a reminder the top stories here on al jazeera. tens of thousands of protesters in russia's capital marched in memory of boris nemtsov, a vocal critic of the putin who was shot dead in moscow on friday night. >> for the first time in several years, a direct flight from iran has landed in yemen's capital, sanaa. on saturday, an agreement was signed between tehran and the houthi rebels who control sanaa. the united nations mission to iraq says violence claimed the lives of more than 100 to 1,100 iraqis in february. among them 6 olen civilians. the most vie willviolent city was baghdad where 329 civilians were killed. israel's prime minister is on his way to the united states and into a pledge storm about his col tro versial address on tuesday about at a time program. he

. >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> ours is an urban planet. the number of people living in towns now exceeds those outside. when this milestone was reached in 2009, few people noticed. across the globe, cities are growing upwards and outwards at unprecedented speed, fundamentally changing the way

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria.campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> this is "talk to al jazeera". i'm stephanie sy. speaking this week with taiye selasi, author. i'm trying to figure out through this conversation what drives you, what makes you tick. all of it, or a lot of it, tell me if i'm wrong, seems a reaction to things that have you. >> i am a free spirit. i was born that way. i'm first and foremost a storyteller. i love human being, i'm obsessed with travel, as we were talking about earlier. i moved around mostly because i want to see the world, taste different cities. i was born into a physical reality that means that the world didn't treat me as - the world didn't receive me with as much open possess as i would have wanted it to. in order to be who i wanted to be, to be a storyteller, appear into human being and know them as human first, and black, whi

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here. thousands of protestors in russia's capitol marched in memory of boris nemtsov a vocal critic of vladimir putin killed friday night. >> a direct flight from iran landed in yemen. an agreement was signed between houthis and tehran to fly 14 direct flights a week. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the u.s. to deliver a controversial address to congress on iran's nuclear prom, speaking out against a deal being negotiate the with the u.s. and other world powers. >> argentina's president kirchnerner will deliver her annual address to the congress in a short while. it's a difficult time for her following the mysterious death of the prosecutor alberto nisman and also an election year, even though she's not allowed to r

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. tens of thousands of protesters in moscow are marching in memory of a vocal critic of president putin. he was shot dead in moscow on friday night >>> for the first time in several years a direct flight from iran has landed in yemen. >>> and talking exclusively to al jazeera, the president of nigeria vows to defeat the group boko haram. he expressed fear of violence during the upcoming presidential election. >>> joining me in the studio to discuss how -- boris nemtsov. >> atmosphere in which an attack on an opponent of the regime could take place. and, of course officials can rush very quickly to suggest every other narrative but the fact that he was an opposition leader could have explained his murder including a ukranian motive or indeed is

. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria.campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. a reminder the top stories, arriving in the city of samaraa to oversee the military operation against is isil on saturday, the group's target struck targets did he have. ♪net is going to the u.s. to deliver a controversial plan, splen planning to speak out with a deal being negotiated with other world powers. thousands of protesters in russia's capital have marched in memory of boris nemtsov, a critic of the putin shot dead on friday night. protesters say it was a political murder. >> for more let's speak with sergey strokan joining me live from moss co. certain sergei, it's rare to see so many people protesting on the streets of moss co. what do you make of today's protest? and how significant is it? >> that was the biggest public demonstration that dated back to 2012, 2013. i th

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