. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >>> for years we have heard reports about the risk of led poisoningest speshltly for children. there's a growing body of research indicates that led can chip away at that development. there is also increasing evidence that led toxicity can be tied to high crime. we get our report from rob california. >> reporter: it only took a few minutes for tamara's son to be poisoned by led. but the brain damage caused will haunt him for his entire life. >> we used an open flame torch to burn the lead paint off of the exterior of our home. my kids were instantly poisoned. >> reporter: he was just 7-month-old

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? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> seven! >> the us government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. >> when it comes to children, it is a big deal. young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. >> what they're doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. >> if the public were more aware, i think they'd be outraged. >> this week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, america's hidden harvest. it's saturday morning at mariana higareda's house. she's taking her daughter and gr

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? al jazeera america - a new voice in american journalism - >> introduces america tonight. >> in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never returning to the united states. >> grounded. >> real. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america ♪ >>> we're back. we're discussing why dealing with mental illness is different in the black community than others. there is a treatment where your mental state is actually making you sick. and that is more common amongs african-americans. why is that

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome back, everyone, this it al jazeera america. a treaty gives medical supplement to native americans. but tribal leaders are trying to persuade their members to sign up for health insurance. we go to a cherokee reservation in north carolina. >> nestled in a shrewded picture postcard valley of the smokey mountains. a place where rivers are clear and native american tourism is king. the cherokee nation, 15,000 strong, a proud people, but not without issues of poverty and health like so many reservations across the country. >> what are the main health problems here? >> diabetes. >> so is higher tension. they believe the affordable healthcare act could make it happen. >> my understanding with obamacare some of the programs that we're getting in the fie

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? [ speaking spanish ] >> so that's an excerpt of luke's documentary, the cuban dream. luke, you traveled to cuba to produce it, and legally, that's tricky because of the embargo and the sanctions, whatever you want to call it, and how did you do it in >> well, it helps being a cuban-american. in 2009, president obama allowed cubans to visit family. and i still have family in cube, and that was my entryway into the country. so in regards to the project itself, i believe in the power of good and the power of common loves, and with baseball being my national pastime as an american, and being the pastime in my blood of my father's country, i thought it will be an incredible opportunity to do something that no one has done before. to play in cuba's major leagues

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> and welcome back. we are talking about two gubernatorial races in new jersey and virginia. we'll start in virginia with mark fisher of the washington "n post" and bill schneider. mark fisher let's start with you. you are seeing any apology that -- polling with c

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. >> back with reza aslan the author of "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth" . "zealot", how did you set on this title, what does it mean, we know in today's parlance it can be a loaded term. >> it's provocative, i know that. "zealot" has very negative connotations, but it didn't in jesus time . most jews in jesus time would have said i'm a zealot. but some took that identity to its necessary consequence. which is if you are zealous for the lord and for his law, his law says none but the chosen people can

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories. ♪ >> the food and drug administration says that painkiller abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the u.s. now the fda is taking steps to limit the access to some of the most popular prescription drugs on the market. powerful drugs like vicodin with killing people. >> reporter: popular prescription medications are a new effort by the fda to control them. the drugs contain hydrocodone. the

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> the vilification, targeting of immigrants in the u.s. isn't anything new. but since the mi the mid 90s, after the oklahoma city bombings in 1995, congress passed laws expanding the grounds for the detention and deportation of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration expanded the detention of criminal prosecution of undocumented people crossing the border. >> undocumented individuals to enter our country represents an obvious homeland security act. >>> in 200

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpe

>> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are tonight's top stories. san francisco bay striking transit workers, want to get transit up for 200,000 commuters up and running again. plagued by sluggish rush hour commutes. >>> forecast -- affordable care act, the house is planning to hold hearings to find out why the enrollment program isn't working. new jersey's highe

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are your top stories. germany now sending its intelligence chiefs to the u.s. they want answers about allegations that the u.s. spied on them. a new report in britain's guardian newspaper claims that america has now spied on some 35 world leaders. >>> today courts denying the former chinese communist's leader only chance for appeal. he will serve a sentence of life in prison. >> a young girl found in a gypsy camp is indeed the daughter of roma parents. they said a woman came forward and is the mother of the girl. the roma couple accused of kidnapping the girl said that she was given to them by her real mother. >>> saving people who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest is a race against time where every moment counts.

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> time now for some beer. craft beer. today there are 2500 craft beurreries in the united states. those that produce less than of million barrels a year. they sold $10 million of beer in 20,123. the beer industry calls it a revolution. we have the story of the beer backers and the breweries they love. >> robbie and kyle got started as many in the industry do as home brewers. >> we were happy doing be it. we also ended up with all of this beer. and we couldn't necessarily drink all of it ourselves, at least we shouldn't we were told. >> they made a plan. we did a business plan and determined opening a brewery was a bad idea. >> financially speaking. financially. >> opening a brewery is a great idea. eveidea. >> even before they had a product to sell. they

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome back to inside story and our discussion about the divide among democrats to america's social insurance programs. zack carter, senior economy reporter for the hufgto huffingn post. >>> in part because of the overall budget picture the population's getting older, there's a fear about solvency. but as far as budgets and economies, wouldn't the best way to solve this be to grow the economy as opposed to making any cuts? >> surely, i think growing the economy should be the first thing on lawmakers' minds, to reduce the debt as well. the issue is growth alone is not going to solve our problems. we would need 4% real growth for about 30 years which has never happened in our history. we are going oneed some reforms. we have an aging population and an in

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >>> it has now been more than a month since that wide-spread flooding killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes in colorado. rebuilding there has been tough. but as tam are banks found out there is a small community of immigrants for whom it has been especially difficult. >> reporter: they, stranded on the roof of their mobile home for hours. they saw neighbor's trailers float by, and then their home was ripped off of its foundation. so they are living here now. seven people sharing one room in a friend's home. struggling to rebuild their lives and their legal identity. and they are not alone. >> immigrant families are having to rely on friends and family and move into homes where they are allowed a room or share a living room so their children can

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? on august 20th, al >> still with us in studio. ben, zack, and loren. we're going to talk about medicare in just a second but just before the break, ben suggested increase benefits. good idea loren? >> i do -- i more think there is a need for private retirement reform or some sort of retirement form outside of social security. my main theme here is in your own retirement reform, i hope folks don't have all of their money in t bills. you want a diverse portfolio. >> isn't there a responsibility of the government to try to make this easier on people? when they try to find the difference between 401(k)s and other -- >> they are making the decision and it's not leaving everyone to make their own decisions and buy high, and sell low. this is a bigger reform. tha

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome back to inside story. we're talking about the complex and often strained relationship between the united states and pakistan. still with us is david sedney, the former deputy secretary of defense. and face face and shuja nawaz of the atlantic council. mr. nuwaz, we're watching president obama meet with pakistani prime minister sharif. he is very opposed to the drone strikes, verbally out loud against them. what happens behind closed doors when these men meet versus what happens in public. >> i think reality sets in. i think it's really aimed at domestic audiences in pakistan. there has not been a substantive discussion of drones as far as i know by this government. there has been no u.s. ambassador in the united states from pakistan since the go

>> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm morgan radford radford. here are the top stories we're following at this hour. the transit strike in san francisco will now move to its second day. both tran sis workers and bart management made offers, could reech no deal. now commuter rail riders are experiencing the second strike since july. >>> the affordable care act, technical problems. the number of those enrolling on federal websites are still reportedly very low. >>> in

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> we're continuing our discussion about government contracting. our panel, patrick, i want to start with you in a second. booz allen hamilton were the employer of edward snowdon. we know what sort of damage he has caused. has booz allen hamilton taken enough responsibility in this? >> the snowdon case has been getting headlines and rightly so, but i think it highlights a couple of failures in the way that the system is set pup while he's identified as a booz allen hamilton employee, he had just recently switched over from another government contractor where he had been working on the project. it's common fo employees to swih badges and from my understanding he had gone through a lot of security clearance processes previously. a firm like booz allen while

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? on august 20th, al j >> well, twitter is another step towards becoming a public company. 70 million shares at a price between 17 and $20 appease. that's a deal near 1.4 billion, the largest ipo since facebook. because all the shares in the company will not be available to the public. enough about numbers. vivian shill err will run twitter's news and journalist partnerships, one that you wouldn't expect existed. what is twitter up to, jeff covers media and tech and joins us via skype. she is an nbc executive, she headed npr before this, she was at cnn before that. what's twitter doing with that? >> well twitter has increasingly over the last few years making their partnerships with media companies, media outlets a bigger and bigger strategy . the idea is to

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? intertaking produce that would have been throanl away and transforming into a healthy meals for our clients. 5,000 meals every day come out of this building and are distributed to 88 nonprofits that are around the city. >> incredible. welcome back. what you're looking at is food donated to a d.c. area charity that couldn't be sold in stores because it just didn't look right. the organization says in 2012 it recovered 700,000 pounds of food that just didn't look right and transformed it into almost 2,000 healthy meals. woj, an innovation, a lot of people are tweeting in. >> z shawn said, apps can help you keep shopping lists and in fact of what you can do to help reduce food waste. leftover swap, hungry and cheap we understand. you can see all the available

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the boarder. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. >> joining price line in the thousand dollar club all eye . all eyes on apple and the world is aflutter over the twitter ipo. netflix up almost 400% of the year. facebook up 185%. price line up 89%. apple is down 20% for the year but u

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? al jazeera america - a new voice in american journalism - >> introduces america tonight. >> in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never returning to the united states. >> grounded. >> real. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on

brown, the unlicensed pest exterminator, did not use methyl parathion for agricultural purposes, as instructed. he used it inside people's homes. the roaches was real, real bad in my house. real bad. so he came and sprayed. when he sprayed, they stayed gone about a year. "o ths no pbl withhiuf there's no worry about it. you just have to air it out, and it'll dissipate." "o ths no pbl withhiuf bradenning: when it's used indoors, you don't have the wat or the bteri or the sunlight to break it down. it can stay inside a house for two to three years beforet breaks down, and that was the big problem here-- is this was all sprayed indoors. it was not breaking down, and it was still a threat to everybody that was living in these homes. an exposure to a chemical occurs when... through one of the routes: oral, respiratory, or dermal, we come in contact with a chemical in an environmental medium, such as air, water, soil... whatever. the effects may be either local or systemic. local efcts occur near the se ofe. craigmill: a systemic toxic effect can only occur if the chemical penetrates our skin. when

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >> tuberculosis often seems like a disease from a different time. consumption it was once called. but

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? re# #a# #d# #y# ##fo# #r# ## >>> today's data dive tackles the stigma of online dating for adults. nearly three out of five people say they think online dating is a good way to meet people. also the amount of people who say they know someone who found a long-term relationship online has nearly doubled since then. a big factor people find the online matching process making it easy to eliminate people they are not compatible with, something that takes far longer when you meet someone off line. and only 21% feel online daters are, quote, desperate. that's an eight-point drop. so shouldn't we all be happy that more people have a shot to find love. well, 32% feel online dating keeps people from settling down, because they will always have other options. plus a lot

>> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tablesany other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. ♪ >>> the headlines on the al jazeera news hour, european leaders have issued a statement expressing deep concern about the united states spy program. reports suggests phone conversations of as many as 35 world leaders have been tapped. >>> kenyan's prime minister has accused somali refugees of rer test attacks. >>> and two people are dead in the bangladeshy capitol. thousands took to the streets demanding the government resign. >>> let's get more now on the spying scandal. ba

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> the united states is being accused of what ar war crimes fe skies. they have called for a full investigation. michael okwu has a report. when the drone struck last october she was helping her grandmother pick okra in afghanistan. >> in the year since the drone attack killed his mother they have heard nothing about why they were targeted. amnesty international investigated the killing. one of dozens of people killed in suspected u.s. drone attacks. >> i have met with the family and spoke with them at length about what happened. there is simply no justification for this killing. and worst of all the family has been given no explanation for why she was killed and why theretherewas drones overhead. pakistan has taken the bulk of u.s. drone attacks. attacks

>> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. >> call it an invisible ep tellic. hunger in america. according to a recent flu gallup poll, 27% of americans haven't enough money to buy food for their families , al jazeera's natasha guinane spent a day with a family struggling to put food on the table. >> jerome middleton is nine years old, five feet tall and 110 pounds. >> he's a big boy. i want to say when you don't have enough food you can't eat, that would kill me as a mother. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> terrell leaves for school. without sitting down

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >> if you know a college bound high school senior you know this is the time 6 yea of year that s get hairy. early admission deadlines are days away and the calendar gets more hectic after that. the most hectic time comes ated admission. many count on public university to offer an affordable option for instate students, but increasingly there are indications that those schools are pricing outs th out the kidt most need the financial help. >> don't forget you have to work on both of the bas bases like wd on the first problem. >> at 18 she ha 18 he has solvef financial problems already. he is mangin

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> protecting our chirp, it's a fundamental element of labor laws, but across the country, those laws are being broken daily. 200,000 children are being hired illegally to work in agriculture fields, the work is dangerous, and sometimes deadly. we traveled to the onion fields of texas. >> it's saturday morning at mariana's house. she's taking her daughter, and her granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. since it's the weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: mariana and her children follow the harvest across texas, new mexico and colorado. they live in their home in laredo, texas, for only part of the year. onions have to be har verified by hand. - harvested by hand. the workers pick off the roots and the gree

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inndustry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. a number of allies growing increasingly upset with the u.s. over the allegation of spying. they say the trust has to be restored and reinforced. a report in the french newspaper says the u.s. has spied on 35 world leaders. >>> and now

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> every sunday night al jazeera america presents... gripping films from the worlds top documentary directors this sunday, a sherrif who implements the law... >> we investigated, arrested and detained 33,000 illegal aliens... >> the young girl who sufferes from it... >> i never thought this would happen to my parents... >> one issue, different sides, yet they remain two americans. premiers this sunday, 9 eastern >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> the blame game has begun over healthcare.gov. lay makers chastised developers, demanding to know why there were so many errors at launch. >> amazon and ebay don't crash the week before christmas and pro flowers doesn't crash on valentine's day. >> the executives pointed a finger of blame as

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>, to aljazeera america. i've stephanie sy. >> a top contractor for the problematic federal health care exchange is testifying before a house committee today. the republican-led panel is trying to find out why the website was launched even though there were warning

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> chicago bears star brandon marshall used to be known as a troublemaker off the field but in 2011 he was diagnosed as borderline personality disorder. marshal talked very personally about his transformation. >> especially professional these w athletes we think it's about us. they point at their name on the back of their shoulder pads. i was one of those guys. i was lost, i thought football defined me. how many of us are out there suffering and don't have the resources to be able to get the help you need? how many of us out there are afraid because of the stigma attached to it ? so i dwoarted my life -- devoted our mission our resources to fight this thing to use my platform finally for the right reasons. >> joining me from boston straight from giving tha

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> might think for a moment that we're repeating the news from a day go but another popular math teacher has been killed. again the suspect is a young student. today it was in danvers, massachusetts. colleen richert . phillip is accused to beating her to death. he has been charged as an adult. authorities have yet to explain what the motivation or why the popular teacher was targeted. >> she was one of the nicest teachers at danvers. always been out of your way to talk to you, always was very nice, it was a tragedy. >> at 24 years of age as i said it's a terrible tragedy for the entire danvers community. >> we're troubled by this murder of a 81 teacher as we were troubled a few days ago by the are sparks nevada teenager who took his own life. this is horrible

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? al jazeera america... >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. ♪ >>> and we have got two typhoons that we have been watching for the south pacific. these storms have been moving up from the south, hitting japan, bringing excessive rainfall, tokyo has had 200 to 300% average rainfall for the month of october. this will not make landfall, but all of that rain continues to hit fukushima, but tapering gradually off. we still expect one to three inches of rain to fall as we get through the day into tomorrow. but another typhoon is following the track. this particular one will also not hit landfall. so we're going to see those start to diminish. the bad

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> inny other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? . >> did you know that 1 million roma, often called gypsies, are living in the united states today? it's part of the american mess treamerican -- mystery. for the american roma, difficult questions ofreas, ethnicity and social acceptance. joining me are two american roam a. thank you both for being here, and i expect that most americans do not know that there are around 1 million roma in this country. and you told us before we went on the air that you're taught to keep it secret. >> many of us are. i would say most roma in the united states are taught by their parents to keep it secret. for the very practical reason that that it's a stigma. it's not the same kind of questions that you get in europe, but there's a lot of prejudice, and as i get older and less

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. has ordered a retrial. serving 20 years for the death of his neighbor back in 1975 when they were both teenagers. he was arrested and tried for the crime after her murder. the judge granted her a retrial, saying his lawyer did not provide adequate representation. woe asked former congressman patrick kennedy what he thinks about the case, and here is what he had to say. >> obviously, for him, if there's a chance to have more evidence revealed that will exonerate him, that is the part of our system of justice is to ma

legislation would give property owners big property tax breaks if they allow their land to be used for agriculture. >> this allows the property owner to not to rush into developing a piece of property long-term. it gives them that incentive to move slowly. >> the bill was recently signed into law by governor jerry brown. counties will have to create local ordnances to take effect. >> see how starbucks wants to get things buzzing in washington next. >>> a well-known bay area company is switching focus from human food to pet food. it is known for canned goods and fruit cups. del monte, their head quarters in san francisco. del monte thinks the pet food business is in their future. >>> starbucks is trying to get the government back up and running. >> a three day campaign is underway to get customers to sign a petition to get federal workers back on the job. starbucks is asking customers to sign it and bring them into their local starbucks store over the weekend. howard says he'll share the petition with washington officials. >>> anyone in washington, d.c. hoping the lottery could make up for lost inc

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >>> the government may be up and running, but the impact of the shutdown is still being felt across the country. the gates at the great smoky mountains national park are open again, but for many of the businesses who depend on the park's visitors, it may be too late. jonathan martin has more. >> reporter: steve garrett and his league of llamas are just getting their footing again, taking fall foliage lovers through the smokies. during the government shutdown, they were stuck hanging under the shelter. business came to a complete standstill. >> pretty much immediately the phones stopped ringing and the e-mails stopped coming. my reservations stopped coming in. >> october is one of the busiest months of the year. yearly we get 9 million, and in october alone

. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> intry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> a heated congressional hearing on health care opinion the main takeaway, it could take weeks to fix serious flaws plaguing the website. >> outrage against america, new information suggestion the n.s.a. has been spying on dozens of leaders around the world, and some of them are not happy about it. >> it could soon be harder to get powerful pain killers. the f.d.a.'s plan to step in and reduce widespread prescription drug abuse. >> on the other side of the world, a big push on to protect working elephants that could be out of a job and in danger. pack determine

it's aggravated by the seasonal burning of crops used on agricultural land. ity visibility was less than 3 meters in some areas causing 30 vehicle accidents and traffic problems. the unhealthy fog led to schools being closed and public routes not being used and the airport needing to stop operations and visibility is not the only problem, breathing is too. the pollution levels in many areas are beyond hazardous on international measuring scales. the acute pollution is not just a health and environmental issue it's also a political one and it's a symbol of access and growing public anger over corruption among officials and the widening wealth gap. information on pollution levels and the effect on health is now easily available. the central government needs to show that it's serious about handling the problem and pushing for a shift to cleaner energy and it has introduced a reward program to allocate over $800 million as further incentive for regions who reduce pollution by the end of the year. >> we have heavy industry sectors in china and provinces of china an

. >> 50,000 tons of coal ash by-products have been used in agriculture. hat's being done, through e.p.a., to look at the use of coal ash in agricultural products? anything? are you--is there a study? is there-- >> i'm not sure that there's any study out there right now. >> how did we get to a place where coal ash is in products without anybody knowing? >> we're here now because coal ash, at this time, isn't a regulated material by the federal government. >> if the e.p.a. declares coal ash a hazardous waste, lobbyist jim roewer says beneficial use would die and the cost of disposal would skyrocket. >> we look at that, and we're looking at something on the order of 12 to 13 billion. >> billion. >> billion. >> and who'd pay for that? we know. the customers. >> environmental protection doesn't come cheap. >> he says the current state-by-state regulatory system may not be perfect, but it works. could you say right now that the disposal in all the coal ash plants today are safe and that they're all doing a proper job? >> all i can guarantee is that they're going

witnessed the trash left behind by growers and a form of poison that is banned from being used on or near agriculturenow, they're use it to keep animals off their valuable plants, and they're just beginning to understand the impact it will have. >> what we know is there is a massive use of toxic chemicals out there, and i don't mean just over the counter. we're talking about restrictive use toxicants and banned chemicals. these are specifically banned for a wide array of reasons, and one of them is formal ishs poisoning that we're seeing out there for wildlife. >> there's even growing concern it could be tainting the water supply. we'll have more in the full investigation. that's tonight at 11:00. >>> still to come, an emotional greeting at sfo as a scare in the sky forces this grandfather to wait much longer than he plans to meet his new granddaughter. we'll explain coming up. >>> new changes to the electronics rules on airlines. i'll walk you through it coming up. >>> then how about this to get you into the halloween spirit? our own bob riddell will take us inside what's considered one of the most

narrator: agriculture provides us with the food we need to survive. to keep pace with an ever-growing population, scientists created new seed varieties that provided outstanding yields but also required increased inputs -- more fertilizer and more pesticides -- but at what cost to the environment? peter kenmore of the united nations food and agriculture organization has been working with farmers for 30 years to decrease the use of pesticides in rice production. dr. kenmore: we have been able basically to substitute brains for chemicals. and in that sense, the growth rate stays up but less chemicals are used. narrator: in the yaqui valley of mexico, researchers are finding that excess fertilizer runoff from wheat crops is affecting marine life in the gulf of california. so they are turning to technology to decrease fertilizer inputs without decreasing yields. dr. ortiz-monasterio: technology like this can result in a win-win situation where the farmer benefits and at the same time the environment benefits. narrator: by showing farmers how to reduce pes