effectively to iran's supreme leader there's a contentious relationship between iran and the united states. ciannan said "there is an alignment of some interests between ourselves" referring to america, "and iran." that sentence is stunning for a lot of americans who don't understand how the battle in it iraq has shifted alliances and sort of battle lines, enemy lines if you will. >> absolutely. i hope alliances not only comes between iraq and iran but between sunni and shias in the arab world. isis is as bad as it can happen and if that is not a wake-up call for the arabs and iranians to say that we are, let's say even with arabs or iraqis to say we are only one people we are iraqi, one line and we need to defend it beyond being sunni and shia. if that's not a wake-up call i don't know what is. right now is the time of unity and time to get rid of actually what is being described in the middle east as the evil time referring to isis behavior and actions. people on the ground shia in iraq and the arab world they're saying our lives are being threatened, not only isis but extremist sunnis consta

any political entity that represents syrian people not political entities being forced in the united states cia or in france. by patriotic syrian opposition, that represents the syrians. and we have it. we have -- >> what dow mean by sharing power. >> i mean if you want to go back to constitutional procedures they should go to elections they can share in the parliament and the local administration in the government and everything. and to be part of the decision in the government like any country. >> you and your father have held power in syria for how many years? the combination of you and your father how many years? >> in a calculation of years or public support. >> years. >> it doesn't matter how many years. >> it does matter. >> what matters for us do the syrians support these two presidents. it doesn't mat ferr they are father and son. we don't say george w. bush is the son of gorge bush. it's different. he's president i'm president. he has support from that generation. i have support from this generation. that's the question. it doesn't matter how many it's not a family rule. >> it's not?

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>way - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ friday night on the stheet streets of l.a. ♪ >> i'm starting to hear about cocaine, so my ears is perked. one of my friends called me, and said i just got from school. come over. >> a friend said this is the next thing over year. he said this is the next thing since sliced white bread. ♪ >> he said just take one with you. it's worth $50. he was showing me this thing about the size of a match head and he's telling me it's worth $50. and i'm like how could this be? i'll get rich doing this if it's true. so i said i'm in. people would come over in the morning, and say damn i got to find a way to cook it up. so what popped in my mind was cook it up for them. >> that was freeway rick ross. he is the center of a fascinating documentary. he played a key role in crack cocaine in l.a. and other major cities. during his peak he was said to be making 2 to $3 million a week. but he was eventually arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>way - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> what do we want? justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off we're not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's award winning, investigative series... on al jazeera america >>> in our fast forward segment, the future of car buying. newcomer tesla motors has rolled into some significant roadblocks, chief among them, older competitive companies, which have been trying to short-circuit the electric car maker's sales. a top exsec explained why to adam may. >> the fully loaded is a $100,000 modern marvel. able to travel 300 miles on a charge. arthur blake from atlanta, georgia bought one of the first 10,000 to roll off of the lin

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jaz he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. >> tomorrow. did the police fail misty upham? >> if somebody did something to my girl, i need to know that. >> was is a case of discrimination? >> we had no help from the police. >> a family pleads for answers. "stolen sisters", an "america tonight" special report. tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello there again. senior iranian command is reportedly helping to direct the iraqi offensive and the u.s. isn't providing air support because it says it hasn't been requested. >>> broke down when some parties protested against heavy-handed tactics by h

united states. >> firefighters in south africa battle wildfires that forced thousands from their holes. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazee >> next. did the police fail misty upham? >> if somebody did something to my girl, i need to know that. >> was is a case of discrimination? >> we had no help from the police. >> a family pleads for answers. "stolen sisters", an "america tonight" special report. next. only on al jazeera america. >>> good to have you with us i'm elizabeth prahaam in dough hoe: binyamin netanyahu warned the united states congress against the nuclear deals with iran. iran people called binyamin netanyahu's speech deceitful and an attempt to impose a rational agenda. iran rejected president obama's demand for bailout a. barack obama sought the suspension as a precursor to a deal that's being negotiated in switzerland. iraq's army besieged the i.s.i.l. city of tighe rit from three -- tikrit from three sides. thousands have been fighting to retake the city. >> thousands attended the funeral of murdered russian opposition politician boris nemts

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> for international human rights groups alleging venezuela's use of colectivo gangs to repress protestors, one of the touchstone examples took place here, at the central university of venezuela. it's a highly politicized campus with a history of fighting between students who support or oppose the government. but on march 19 - with the protests raging - things got out of hand. >> well the human rights watch report says that the attack really started when a man wearing civilian clothes came through that doorway carrying a firearm and threw two tear gas canisters into this lobby, then shouted that the colectivos have arrived. then twenty more people showed up and the students set off running down that corridor. >> these students say they were holding a political meeting that was interrupted by people with guns who chased and beat them. >> this student wanted his identity hidden for fear of reprisals. >> he says a series of col

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> without immigration reform in washington dc, individual states have gone their own routes. here in georgia, undocumented immigrants have been targeted by an arizona-style law, hb87 giving police the power to check immigration status at traffic stops. >> i do believe hb87 is good policy, and so far we haven't received any complaints and it's a law that's been in effect now for over two and a half years. >> actually, hb87, which lindsey co-sponsored, has been the subject of legal challenges and some parts of it were stuck down. >> voters... the folks who sent us here should not be required to bear the burden of a failed federal government enforcement policy. >> we understand there's a lot of road-blocks where they'll check for documents? does that seem appropriate to you for a federal immigration authority? >> when you stop someone and they are a criminal suspect, the ability to check and confirm who they are, to me that's p

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america i'm ray suarez. in 1866 much of the american south formerly the states of the confederacy were in ruin from the civil war. millions of freed slaves whose old status was defined by the original language of the constitution had an undefined citizenship. the 13th amendment abolished slavery. the 14th amendment said: huge implications and perhaps on whether or not you are legally if you have a kid while you are we continue in light of the raids in southern california, with peter should being, professor emeritus at the law, and director of the migration policy institutes office, the n.y.

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> east caracas, in the upscale neighborhood of altamira... an outpouring of anger at venezuela's government is met with a show of force. ...and we're caught in the middle of it. >> we've just seen tear gas being thrown. the police has showed up. everyone's running in this direction. >> since february, protesters have marched, blockaded streets, and fought running battles with the police. more than 40 people have been killed...over 3000 detained. >> so some of the protesters are now being arrested. but it's incredibly confusing. there's objects flying in all directions. there's even tear gas coming from the top of that building over there. it's hard to see what's going on. they're using pepper protesters. >> the unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. ...is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between pe

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow," i'm phil here with crystal and coyle. we've looked at jaguars, bees and spiders. we are about to get classy, valley. >> i looked at the wine making. they have been making wine since 7,000 bc. they are applying new techniques, solar panels and a bump of -- bunch of cool innovations. take a look. here on the hillside pickers are harvesting grapes the same way it's been done for thousands of years - by hand. but at this vineyard 21st century technology has a hand in almost every step of the process - from vine to wine. >> i'm an innovator when it comes to making the best wine possible - whatever it takes. >> doug is the president of schaeffer vineyards and has been working here since 1973 when his father bout the estate. >> grape growing and wine making in the val eye changed tremendously in the -- valley changed tremendously in the last 40 years, technology, computerisation, able to get mor

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> the impasse between the european union and sadesa, the -- syriza, the newly elected party in greece boils down to how they set up their debt. greece does not want to fail because of austerity measures. the e.u. just wants its money back, how to go about that is and the policies. we own a debt of gratitude to the dutch programme trying to tell the story of a political showdown. in the red corner, on the left is the greek finance minister and russia's president vladimir putin. in the blue, on the right, we have the dutch minister of finance, and germany's chancellor angela merkel. see you next time here at the "listening post". >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on eve

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hey, guys, welcome back to "techknow", i'm phil torres, here with crystal dilworth, and shini somara. you are about to introduce us to a 16-year-old, and her work as the potential to save almost a million lives every year. >> it does. treya was 13 when inspired by a family trip to cambodia. she learnt about malaria and the global problem the disease presents and that the treatments are not effective and she wanted to help do better. >> this is my first year, i have fourth place in chemistry and won the american chemical society award. it was a great experience. there's a lot of kids interested in research like me. it made me feel kind of at home. i'm 16. my project i submitted was working with different anti-mall aerial drugs to find a way to create new compounds to be used in effective treatment of malaria. basically we are in an arms race against the malaria para site. as we evolve or treatments the para site

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> while rain forests around the world continue to be diminished, there's a bright spot in costa rica. this is a 720 acre rain forest that once was partly devastated by pasture use. planted. >> today, through impressive environmental efforts, it's a shining example of reforestation and renewal of biodiversity. paul foster is the founder. >> most of the trees we're looking at here we planted 12 years ago. originally this was pasture. regenerated. >> i like your garden. it's very nice. >> as an entamologist i got a chance to discover new species and check out how the animals are doing. the rain forest comes alive at night. we are going to walk every trail, swamp, or water we come across. this is a unique animal of costa rica. you see post cards with this thing. take a look. >> this is a postcard. >> wow. that's incredible. it's right now one of the things we're looking now are glass frogs. they're bright green frogs and the b

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. tonight, special coverage of the new cold war. murder in moscow. just days after one of the kremlin's biggest critics was shot and killed his assassins remain at large and russia remain loyal to those who are becoming too powerful. who is left to take on vladimir putin. our special coverage begins right now. tonight, special coverage of the new cold war has taken yet another ominous turn. up till now cost michael okwu its standing in the form of credit down grades and demonization of the west. killing of boris nemtsov just steps from the kremlin nemtsov said to be close to releasing a report revealing startling details of russia's involvement in the ukraine. placards read, i am not afraid. rory challands is there and has the report from moscow. >> nemtsov's face was everywhere. the bullets that killed him said this banner were meant for all of us but also present were thousands of russian flags in an era where russian leader

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> now more of my interview on gender pay and unconscious bias in the work place with an author, economist and the director of the center for innovation, and one of the smartest people i know when it comes to the challenges women face on the job. i ask this question about being a woman who chooses not to get married. let me ask you this - women who are relatively young and never married have as much earning what men do. >> in a way. but look at the women in age 40. we did a study looking at women on track across 14 sectors, between 35 and 50. 38% do not have children. that is true in the u.s., in the u.k. it's 30%, germany, 41%. the rates of childlessness is going up. the women in the prime of their lives, the earning power had nothing to do with whether they had kids. we can't blame the lack of traction in female careers because the mothers of this world are handy capped. >> we do. they say women make choices women make choice

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> 50 years after bloody sunday think about how much has changed in our nation and how little. activist harry belafonte went to alabama in that march to montgomery. he found while today's young revolutionaries are intrigued about the path he took organizers like philip agnew are pursuing their own goals. >> dr. king said this more than once, it was not necessary for people who are oppressed to always know a certain preciseness of what the end goal will be. sometimes it's equally important for us to know what we do want even if we don't know what we're aspiring to. yes, we want freedom. yes we want to stop being brutalized. how do you work the system with a new moment for us. >> what is your utopia? i don't like using the word utopia because it place it is in a place that we'll never get there. but what is your vision if the fight continues and the resistence continues in fervor. what would have been the outcome for you? >> t

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >> we go to the top stories on al jazeera. 17 miners are confirmed dead after a suspected gas explosion at one of ukraine's most dangerous mines. 16 others are still trapped. >>> a leader of one of mexico's most dangerous drug cartel has been arrested. he is the second drug lord who has been arrested in a week. there are libya talks going on in morocco. it's success looks questionable after fighting continues on the ground. >> a rescue in the mediterranean mediterranean, just 24 hours italy's coast guard picked up almost a thousand people but ten migrants died after their dinghy capsized about last year 3.5 million died but the flow of refugees is

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> now a note about the keeper of america's grimmest tally. we hear about so many shootings, it can become routine, robberies gone bad, a burst of anger and a horrible mistake. we block out the stories, faces, real lives taken by gun violence. it can become a job to put the truth back in the new, and it took an unusual chronicler to make it happen. sheila macvicar met the woman that keeps the death toll. >> it was like climbing a mountain every day, it took four hours each day, on the weekend because of so many shootings, 10 hours. >> reporter: in the "new york times", jennifer documented every shooting in america or every shooting reported. the inspiration, the shootings at sandy hook elementary school. >> this started when the columnist said google shooting who gets shot every day in the country. this was a month after newtown. >> the massacre of victims, teachers and staff renewed calls for gun control, and sparked a heighte

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> on al jazeera america >> a team of scientists are taking their inspiration from nature. >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do.... >> transcranial direct stimulation... don't try this at home! >> tech know's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> ...can effect and surprise us... >> sharks like affection >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >>> other media stories, authorities in india issued a ban about a documentary about rape and murder that led to protests 2 years ago. it was made for the bbc, and tells the story of a woman getting gang raped and killed on a bus and include an interview with an adelaide attacker, a man sentenced to death for the crime. in that interview he suggests if the victim had not fought back, she would not be kille

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. tonight, special coverage of the new cold war. murder in moscow. just days after one of the kremlin's biggest critics was shot and killed his assassins remain at large and russia remain loyal to those who are becoming too powerful. who is left to take on vladimir putin. our special coverage begins right now.

>> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> a legendary artist known the world over. but to mean harry belafonte's greatest role is as a civil rights leader. >> it is to be expected all of us would participate in the struggle for civil rights, civil liberties to be smeared and to be called names, but it requires much more than that to deter me. >> he stood up at selma and at the side of dr. king. now he shares the stage with the next generation. >> that's what's happening. >> an america tonight special, young revolutionaries. >> it began that day on the bridge, our nation is still traveling. bloody sunday, when hundreds tried to march from selma, alabama, to montgomery. seeking voting rights and greater justice for all. this marked a turning point as great leaders of the movement see a new generation rising. a fitting moment to bring together two key voices of their time, entertainer harry belafonte, and a new young revolutionary, philip agnu. >> good to see. >> you you, to

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> a legendary artist known the world over. but to mean harry belafonte's greatest role is as a civil rights leader. >> it is to be expected all of us would participate in the struggle for civil rights, civil liberties to be smeared and to be called names, but it requires much more than that to deter me. >> he stood up at selma and at the side of dr. king. now he shares the stage with the next generation.

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> in the case of the students while there have been some allegations that federal forces could have been involved in the attack there's been no hard evidence. but there is the question - could they have stopped what happened that night? this is where three students were killed on september 26th and 43 others taken by the municipal police and handed over to criminal organizations. the military battalion is about a mile away from here25 but they say that they didnÕt hear anything that night. this one shot that was fired that night whether or not they heard gunfire, the army never intervened. and since then officials have said that the battalion never received an order to respond we repeatedly asked to speak with someone from the defense ministry but got no response. so we went to talk to jose francisco gallardo a former army general, to try to get insight into what may have happened. omar says the only thing they wanted from

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. we're looking at the announcement by mcdonald's this week that it will stop buying chickens raised on antibiotics also used on humans. in the days since there's been praise and skepticism. we're looking inside big food. chick-fil-a had already moved to antibiotic free poultry. panera has used it for a century. susan von broderers and arianda gann. welcome both of you. let me start with you where i ended. do you think this is public relations, mcdonald's is famously well aware of what people are saying about it or an important change in the american food supply? >> i think it's a bit of both. i think it's what americans have been wanting a while they've been wanting transparency. where their foods are produced how they are produced and where they're coming pr. it'sfrom. it's got to be good pr. i think it's a bit of both. >> your chdges chickens from your

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . [ ♪♪ ] >>> in our "fast-forward" segment, no let up for justice. the family of michael brown, gunned down by police have waited for the report. 7 months after the death the department of justice found some discrimination on the police force, but not enough evidence to prosecute the officer. the same conclusion the grand jury reached in november. christopher putzel stood as the decision. >> reporter: as night falls a crowd gathe

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>way - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> as we mentioned earlier the west coast port strike showed how some unions still hold significant clout. that dispute attracted the at tenning of the obama which dispatched labor secretary perez to help settle the dispute. secretary good to see you as always, what was it about the labor dispute that caused you to get involved in it? >> well, there was a lot of collateral damage emerging. we wanted the collective bargaining process to work its way through, and it ultimately did. at the same time, a federal mediator was brought in first of the year, roughly. he made tremendous progress, and there was really one issue left, and it was clear to us, because we were monitoring it on basically a daily basis, was -- and that one issue, the folks -- each side was really am impasse, so the president sent me out there, because with every passing day there was more and more damage. and my message was very clear. we are neutral on how you

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> at the supreme court today, the justices heard a dispute that could leave millions of americans unable to afford health insurance. the case focuses on how the government pays tax subsidies to help those that can't overed coverage. the language in the affordable care act means subsidies cannot go to those purchasing plans on state exchanges. >> there are millions of americans who have lost plans or their doctors. or who, like doug and i, are forced by the internal revenue service to buy insurance we don't want or face a tax penalty. >> the government argues that if the law were poorly written, it was never congresses intent to cut off those who buy coverage in the federal exchange. if the supreme court resides with the plaintiffs millions of americans in three dozen states could lose the tax subsidies. libby casey spoke with one family who say the subsidies are a life line. >> i wanted to show you ... >> reporter: 7-year-

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> vladimir putin rules russia in ways most americans find repugnant but his job is not to please americans. that is one of the provocative points made by stephen kinzer with the op ed, putin's push in ukraine is rational. visiting fellow at the watson institute for international studies. steven thank you for joining us. in this op ed you go on to write, quote, before the united states sends weapons or military advisors to ukraine we should stop to consider how we would react if russia did that in mexico or canada. end quote. explain this to me, why are you defending putin? >> in the first place i'm not defending putin at all. i'm trying to understand his motives. i like to justify the world, where all states are legally equally and they don't interfere in each other's affairs. strategic depth, means you don't want to have your enemy right on your border. so you want to have some control, official or unofficial, over the cou

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> the question of who is accountable for the land loss in louisiana is still disputed. >> here we're looking at aerial 1940 at venice field in plaquemines parish. >> at his office in baton rouge attorney don carmouche says these aerial photos are evidence against chevron and other oil industry. >> you can see the contamination, the killing of the marsh the additional erosion from the canals. those are man-made canals, they made them they didn't revegetate them, they didn't detoxify. by 1983 they had a requirement to re-vegetate detoxify and restore to its natural state, they did not. >> fast forward to 1983, by then you have continued significant production everywhere you see one of these little icons... >> half of its water. >> by then its beginning to erode and die. >> just in the space of 40 years >> just in that space. so you can imagine now fast forward to 2005. >> now here we are... >> oh my goodness. >> water. we've

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to techknow. from the force of costa rica, i now take you to the forest of ohio where i met this incredible tag team of scientists and artists. they're taking pollution, something we consider quite ugly, and they're making something quite beautiful it. >> we are getting used to seeing recycled materials in art but this idea of recycling pollution is totally new. >> art is always challenging the way we view our outside world. who knew that chemical pollution could do that too. >> they're not just taking pollution to make art. they're actually taking pollution out of a system and cleaning up an entire landscape. let's take a look. >> it may not look like it, but this is the first step in making paint, artist paint, and not the ready-made kind from a tube. but the kind professional artists whip up on their own with a little pigment, linseed oil, and muscle. >> how did you get the idea of first making paint. >>

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>>i'm richelle carey, this week on "talk to al jazeera", rain pryor, actress and comedian. i think it's really powerful that whenever people ask you about your father, which is as everyone nose, you mention your mother as well. >> i think it's because because, you know, my mum was the black male in my life when dad was not around. she is such a big part of who i am as well as him. i mean, he was rrchard pryor. he had six kids. this woman did the blood, sweat and the tear, and, you know, and dad did the blood, sweat and the tears until the next woman came along. but mum was like "i'm down, i'm in this to win this", do you know what i mean. dad took me on when i was older because, of course, i'm more manageable at that time, and then it's real talk. that's when the real conversations started. you know, when i'm 17 years old. let's talk about life. let's talk about boys. you know the stuff my mum couldn't really talk to me abo

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. photos ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres and i'm here with marita davidson and dr. shini somara. shini, you went inside a tornado. >> i got in the vortek, to experience force 3 winds. and trust me, to people that force of nature on my skin, it was just unreal. let's take a look. >> thank you very much. >> oh my goodness! coming down right now, major tornado. >> coming down another tornado. >> a deadly tornado rushes towards the u.s. community of oklahoma city. a two mile wide wind tunnel ripped through the capitol on monday. >> oh my god! >> that was the tragedy in the ground but new innovations are developed in the lab to protect against future disasters. >> we create tornado like vortexes. mimicking tornado wind speeds. >> i'm at the national wind institute at texas tech university where they can actually recreate tornadoes. harold janes professor of mechanical engineering designed and built the tornado sim

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jaz he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. >>> hello again, let's look at the top stories from al jazeera. a senior commander from al nusra front has been killed. he died in a government air strike in the city of idlib on thursday. >>> israeli police say a palestinian man has been shot and injured after ploughing his car into pedestrians in occupied jerusalem. four out of five hurt were border police men. five have been injured. >>> a russian dissident has been released. alexi was rested for promoting a rally where the kremlin was due to speak before he was murdered. the family of an argentinian prosecutor said

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. haiti, october 2010, at a hospital in a small, rural town north of the capital. these were the first victims of a horrific, unknown disease in a country still reeling from a devastating earthquake. patients were dying in the space of a few hours. children were especially vulnerable. al jazeera was the first news channel on the scene. in the following days and weeks we tracked the epidemic as it ripped across the country. leaving dozens, then hundreds, and soon thousands of haitians dead in its wake. i'd reported from war zones for years - and from haiti since a day after the earthquake - but this was a new disaster that shocked the world. cholera had somehow arrived in haiti - and it wasn't long before rumors that un nepalese peacekeepers were involved led us to a base on the banks of the country's largest river. >> what are you digging, why are you digging here? well we're not being told exactly what's going on here but it

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> king county is going both directions with a low income fare of $1.50 and at the same time, fares will go up for richer riders to a high of $3.25 at peak hours. >> sort of a classically good-hearted seattle move to say "you folks need to ride the bus... ride it for $1.50". is this in its own way redistribution? >> it's not just about altruism though, you know? it's about economic development. we need to make sure workers can get to work. it's about economic opportunity. >> in a transit system that has had 5 fare hikes in 5 years, price is a sensitive point. san francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. in king county it could cost 7 to 9 million dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. >> we're eliminating routes, we're cutting back service in some areas, there's pressure o

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> 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 p

. ♪ behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the systemy on al jazeera he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. ♪ >>> welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera. the u.n. envoy to libya says the situation on the ground is deteriorating rapidly. he has addressed the u.n. security council in a closed door meeting. a new round of talks between the two rival governments will take place in morocco. >>> the ukrainian prime minister is accusing pro-russian separatists of holding up the rescue of a mine after a deadly explosion. at least 30 are feared dead after the blast in the rebel-held begone of donetsk. >>> and iraq talks are underway between the iraq and turkish defense ministers in an attempt to trai

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> former klansman david duke. >> america has been taken over. >> defending his controversial past. >> i did what i thought was right. >> that was then... what about now? >> i believe the zionists control the country. >> "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >>> you are watching "talk to al jazeera." i am ali velshi speaking to musician and human rights activist peter gabe bre yell? >> i thought i misread that. you are creating apes. >> yeah. well, i mean i played -- i had a year when i was working with sue savage-rumbeau with these extraordinary bonobo apes and i went down there four times. sometimes with musicians and, and we tried different things but in the end we got a bonobois on the keyboard, two of the apes and i would be playing in the next door room. they could see me and they would just experiment with different notes according to what i was playing, and most people, you know, i mean i think some peopl

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america i am a former military officer. and i am on the stream. >> welcome back, in the past few years there's been a uptick the anti-bullying programs across the nation's cool and in 2012, the federal government spent $132 millions on grants to state and local governments. to combat violence and bullying of kids. the fact that 49 out of 50 states have some kind of anti-bullying laws in state, and we have a nation focused on preventing bullying but despite the hundreds of millions spent, there is no thad the main stream approach to preventing bullying actually worked. here to discuss this more on set is deborah, senior researcher at child trend as research center studying ways to improve kids lives. the research focuses on bullying and the school environment, an

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera" with me, richelle carey. my guest this week - rain pryor. i didn't mention that you sing as well. >> yes. >> do you - what do you like to do, more of that. i love to do more of that. i'd love to be a black bett middler, tell jokes and sing. >> and you're doing it. >> i'm doing it in my own way, and i'm hoping to do more of that. >> i don't think your path is a unique one. i mean it in the best way. as you said. you can only be you, and that's what you have been doing. is there anything else out there that you want to conquer that you haven't done yet? >> well, i love my tony award. >> an egot. >> i would love that. i would love to do films. i would the opportunity to do things that i see other actresses doing. and i hope that daughter's crazy kind of opens that door. people go oh, my god, i didn't know she could do this, this, this, and this. >> it's a remarkable projected. >> it is.

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> hello, again, let's have a look at the top stories here. a u.n. peace keeper and two civilians have been killed in an attack at a u.n. base in mali. a spokeswoman for the united nations told al jazeera gunman fired rockets and shells in a down assault on the compound in the northern town. boko haram has become the largest group yet to pledge allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. they made the announcement hours after more than 50 were killed in attacks across nigeria's northeastern city. >> president obama has called on americans to carry forward the spirit of the civil rights movement. america's first black president was speaking in selma alabama on the 50th anniversary of what has become known as bloody sunday. here's our white house correspondent. >> vivid potent some billism add president obama crossed the bridge in selma a journey hundreds tried to make 50 years ago to the day to be met with clubs a

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>eeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> i'm stephanie sy, you're watching "talk to al jazeera". my guest, author taiye selasi >>> you coined a term in your essay "bye-bye babar", afropolitan. can you explain what it means? >> this is what i wrote when i left grad school and when i was thinking about deterritorialized brown people. after writing an article, i was thinking of that context. it occurs to me that what i'm describing is something one finds all over the world. i describe it has being in an anteroom, a waiting room. there's a door - i could be american. there's a door i could be british. there's i could be nigeria. i could be ghanan. no one in those places looks at me and says "yes, she is ghanan", there's no doubt in anyone's mind here. >> what is an afropolitan, what are the characteristics. >> in 2005, 10 years ago, all i was describing was the experience. i didn't mean to suggest everyone that shares the experience is not the same or can be defined by

. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> this is "talk to al jazeera" i am david shuster speaking with george r.r. martin who wrote "game of thrones". >> is it difficult to do a brook project like you have done "the world of ice and fire" and have to rely or collaborate on fans, people who are so obsessed with your ten that they can fact check and help? >> a bit unusual for many authors. >> it is until some the sciencefication. those who worked with me on the land of ice and fire have been fans of the ice and fire books since the begin can, since the first one came out in '96. they formed the website, the premier fan website devoted to this. and they displayed almost from the first an obsessive knowledge and dailied knowledge of my world to the extent that i have often said they know it betted everyone i do. i -- they first wrote me, they were pointing out mistakes i had made in my could not newty where i had gotten little details screwed up. actually. >> the b