plus vermont's governor makes this his number one priority. our investigation reveals part of the state's plan to deal with >> welcome back. vermont is in the midst of a heroin epidemic. the government calls it a problem. those in the trenches say state efforts are failing. >> how long have you been clean? >> 16 months today. >> today is 16 months? >> yes. congratulations. >> thank you. >> what does it feel like? >> it's surreal, i never thought i would say that. >> 25-year-old kimberley jones says she was one of the busiest heroin dealers. it's basically an open-air market. we witnessed children playing as drivers pull in to make a deal. >> you sold a lot of drugs. >> yes, i used to buy them and sell them. >> in the heart of the ski country, rutland vermont is ground zero. addiction circleses are swamped. >> heroin is such a problem that the governor made it the focus address. >> in every corner of our state heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us. >> we travel throughout the state of vermont to find out about the governor's plan to dea

plus vermont's governor makes this his number one priority. our investigation reveals part of the state's plan to deal with >> there's no such thing as illegal immigration. >> al jazeera america presents... a breakthrough television event borderland a first hand view at the crisis on the border. >> how can i not be affected by it? >> strangers, with different points of view take a closer look at the ongoing conflict alex, a liberal artist from new york and randy, a conservative vet from illinois... >> are you telling me that it's ok to just let them all run into the united states? >> you don't have a right to make judgements about it... >> they re-trace the steps of myra, a woman desparately trying to reunite with her family. >> to discover, and one of their children perish in the process, i don't know how to deal with that. >> will they come together in the face of tradgedy? >> why her? it's insane. >> experience illegal immigration up close, and personal. >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves... >> on... borderland only on al j

the thing that strikes us is this seems so out of what we think of in a place like vermont. it's anywhere and everywhere and with anybody. >> no demographic limits. this knows every demographic rural, urban. >> even in your own family you have seen this happen. >> we have seen this in my own family as recently as 48 hours ago, a relative on my wife's side died of a prescription overdose. >> of an open yet substance, so this really is reaching in all corners. we heard earlier this week attorney general holder speaking about this, the governor of vermont stepped forward in the state of the state address and said this is the main, the singular issue facing his state. has this happened truly that rap bidly that it's taken over and become such an important topic. >> in the last five years, we've seen a huge spike in both prescription drug open yet addiction and overdose deaths as well as that transition to heroin. the biggest thing an addict wants to avoid is withdrawal, whatever they can get and open yet withdraws what they're trying to avoid. prescription drug addiction is extr

he says there's absolutely no doubt that the majority of vermont's electorate opposed civil unions.civil unions become law. talk to the people. a majority of them, according to the polls, do not support marriage for homosexuals. poussaint: public hearings were overflowing, and broadcast live by vermont public television, rallies were huge, and a letter-writing campaign jammed the mailboxes of legislators. there is no doubt that lawmakers knew they were treading in dangerous political waters. i give my own personal poll of what the people, hundreds and hundreds, are saying and feeling about the homosexual marriage debate and of how upset they are with their elected officials and how they will put them out of office if they vote yes. poussaint: there's no doubt that mark macdonald was fighting a strong current of public opinion. macdonald: i'm a history teacher, and all change that is worth doing has opposition. poussaint: these days, when mark macdonald isn't teaching middle school civics and history, he's tending to his small cattle farm in orange county, vermont. fading election si

he was traveling back and forth from vermont. he had a home there, traveling, lost his home in vermont. i asked him did you have pictures from back in washington, credit i'd like to credit see some. he said, they were on my computer, he sold his computer to get drugs. there is a will to get out of vermont eventually. >> to get to someplace and stay clean. adam may, we appreciate you bringing us the stories of those folks there. thanks very much. >>> after the break in our final segment, the worst place in the world to be a child. syria's war and its youngest victims. >>> and looking ahead to next week on "america tonight." stunning revelations about a frightening time in american history and the effort to create a super-race. >> they were asleep by the time they got to the operating room. and i remember. one week, we could do seven male sterilizations, and the next week, we could only do two female sterilizations, because it took much longer to do the female than it did the males. >> eugenics in the united states. one nurse expla

. >>> heroin use is spreading across america and taking a devastating toll on vermont.ermont ranks second of states for people seeking treatment for opiate addiction. >> reporter: tucked away between the trendy raukt -- restaurant is serenity house, a halfway house for recovering heroin addicts. >> it destroys you. mentally you are all over the place. it's a roller coaster. you are happy, sad, and physically everything on your body hurts. and you deal with it for the rest of your life. you don't graduate from addiction, you are not cured. >> reporter: since last years deaths have doubled in vermont from opiate overdoses. the number of seeking treatment has increased 770% since 2000. >> my patients tell me you can find heroin on every corner. >> reporter: dr. deb richter says it can be traced back to cheap painkillers that can be easy to get. >> i started seeing 20 year olds coming in with an addiction to onningsy cotton. it started with pills. >> reporter: pills that were crushable and easy to snort. dr. richter believes that pharmaceutical companies could have made it

vermont doesn't ever enough d.e.a. certified doctors to prescribe the powerful narcotic and meet growing demand. >> we have a bunch of people waiting on waiting lists. there's one list in burlington that has 500 to 700 people on it. some of them have been waiting two years. >> in the meantime, they're forced to use heroin. >> or they're dying, yes. >> even though heroin replacement drugs can save lives they remain highly controversial, the pills replacing one addiction with another. >> i think the fear is that some of the behavioral stuff that goes along with addiction, if we're just giving someone a pill to solve the problem may not get addressed or resolved, which i think will come back to haunt people. >> dr. chen admits the challenges are overwhelming. >> i spent 20-25 years in rudland as a physician, politician, legislator, school board member, we raised three kids there and it was all around us. i think as i said, i consider myself lucky that it didn't happen to one of my kids. >> but it did happen to kimberly, i

the number of vermont people seeking treatment has increased 771% since 2000. almost everyone we spoke to here knew someone affected by addiction. . >> the pain hurts, it's too much. i know how i raised him. i know how i raised him. he went to private schools, he had the best of everything. he went to sunday mass. we lived a whole some life. and i don't know how this addiction took over. i don't. i don't now how it took over. >> carol is one of many broken parents of children in the gripe of heroin addiction. she asks that we not show her face. >> your son was going to come here and talk to us as well. and he decided not to. >> correct. >> why? >> it's a vicious cycle. it's a game. he'll say and do whatever you want to hear. but not follow through with it. he says he's been clean for several days now, do you believe him? >> absolutely not. i know nothing about addicts or drugs, but i'm learning a lot. i wake up every morning and thank god that my son is still alive, i think. i think. i haven't heard from him. i think. i haven't heard from him. i think he has no

, vermont. office ration has its in that building. and veic took aggressive action to optimize the efficiency of its tenant space within the building. it converted the overhead lighting to highly efficient l.e.d.'s and applied six inches of spray foam insulation to the exterior walls. making these improvements in an energy star building optimized -- optimized an lrt efficient tenant space but veic expects to save $11,000 a year in energy savings. where i come from that's real money. however, there's no recognition program for these improvements and we don't know what else veic could be doing to increase energy savings. under this bill, we'll study the best ways to optimize commercial tenant spaces and then recognize those spaces with a new tenant star label. by combining energy efficient tenant buildouts with energy star buildings, we'll double down on a successful program and optimize energy savings in commercial buildings. in addition to tenant star, this legislation includes three other impor

in 2011, vermont suffered historic flooding from tropical storm irene. it ravaged our state in one night, damaging over 500 miles of road, taking out 34 state bridges. 13 communities were totally cut off by this flood. funny thousand acres of farmland were flooded. 1200 homes and businesses damaged and most tragically, seven lives lost. thanks to your help and the federal funding, in particular, the federal highway vermont is in a strong recovery. we thank you. i know well the toll of disaster that helped lead our transportation agencies response to irene. emma slater was a ploy at by the governor to become the recovery officer for the state. has petitioned apartment are finding themselves in unexpected leadership roles as disaster strikes. something i witnessed in colorado. irene taught us many lessons. i have seen the dramatic impact of infrastructure loss and believe that resilient infrastructure is needed. i consider research and resilience to be included in the transportation bill. thank you for the important work you do sustaining our transportatio

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, while

for "cbs this morning," lee woodruff westin, vermont it's interesting.cuse university looks beautiful but what does it smell like? i'm mo rocca. female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera! - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> that does it for us some of be sure to tune in for the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. tonight more on the families bulldog: look at that! $300 off serta perfect sleeper and sealy posturepedic. plus, free delivery. the red tag means you save more green during mattress discounters red tag sale. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good

my colleague from vermont has talked a lot about some of the evidence. it is important to pay attention to patterns. and in virginia we've got huge areas of risk of the negative impacts of climate change, especially sea level rise, all effects that can be traced to carbon pollution. the hampton roads area of virginia is the second-most populous area of our state. 1.6 million people. it is the second-most vulnerable community on the east coast, after new orleans, the eastern half of the united states to sea level rise. so our second-largest arks which is the home of the -- so our second-largest area, which is the home of the naval base, is critical vulnerable to climate change. i have friends who live in hampton roads in live in an historic neighborhood where homes have been occupied for 150 years who just in the last 15 years their home has become completely unable to be occupied. they cannot sell it. there's no way the bank will take it back. there's no way anyone will issue insurance to them. in addition to being vulnerable because of our coast, our la

vermont's new fight against the epidemic could be making it harder for addicts to kick their habit. >lcome to employees only. have a look-see. >> we have your key to the hidden hot spots in new york city. >> with tournament time looming, fear the blue jay. why creighton basketball is loaded and poised to make noise in the ncaa tournament. >> the sun is starting to rise in washington, d.c. it is 32 degrees. that is where i get high haircut. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> a last ditch effort at diplomacy as the number of russian troops in and around ukraine and crimea increases. >> we're talking about one state's war against heroin addiction. some say the plan is may going it harder for the addicts to get clean. >> in our next hour, one woman's unique invention is helping the homeless stay warm and helping some of t

vermont, general richard cody. general cody is going to be honored next month and deservedly so by his alma mater, montpelier high school. following his graduation from montpelier high school, general cody attended and graduated from west point. that was the launch of an outstanding u.s. army career that took him all over our country and world and culminated in his service from 2004 to 2008 as vice chief of staff of the army. i'm really proud to share a hometown with such a distinguished member of our military. i remember how proud marcella and i were of general cody the day of his retirement ceremony with full honors here in washington. the codys and the leahys go back decades in montd peelier. we've always been friends. general cody and his sibling and parents have been among the business and civic leaders in that city as long as i can remember and have always shown the best of true vermont values and the general brought those values of hard work and patriotism and especially integrity to his military career. he

in vermont we are out cleaning the 93rd winter weather event. it's an all-time high. and then unfortunately we also got a budget breaker and it increases the degradation and the cost for road maintenance. and across the nation, the weather patterns are changing. natural disasters in weather events are increasing in frequency, severity, and cost. the u.s. has tallied $32 billion ones and damaging over 500 miles of road, taking out 34 stayed bridges4 stayed bridges and 1200 homes and businesses were damaged and most tragically seven lives were lost. thanks to your help and the federal funding in vermont is not 2.5 years later in a strong recovery and we thank you. i know well the total disaster. i helped to lead our transportation agencies and emergency response and four months later was deployed to become the recovery officer for the state. transportation departments are finding themselves in unexpected roles as disaster strikes, something that i witnessed in colorado. i've been taught us many lessons and i've seen dramatic infrastructure losses and the risks to human

up to 14 inches in vermont and across the state of maine. al least six more inches expected across the portions of the northeast. you can see it across up state new york and even into portions of maine. mostly over with across most of the state of massachusetts and the eastern part of the state that are looking at the snow showers coming down early today. windchill temperatures behind the storm very cold. this is what it currently feels like in the city of buffalo, 8 degrees below zero. single digits in new york city single digits further west in the city of chicago. marquette current windchill temperature 24 degrees below zero. we have strong winds over parts of the mid atlantic and western north carolina. winds out hear will be altz strong as 40 to 50 miles an hour. we have a number of wind advisories in effect. highs well below average. low 20's in cleveland. further west not bad. upper 60d in kansas city and dallas. >> spring is on the way we promise at least at some point. >> thank you, maria. >> two local teenagers ordered to stand tri

up to a foot of snow western new york and burlington, vermont, up to 15. the snowstorm is pretty much gone. maine only getting the significant snows. how about these wind gusts? 43-mile-per-hour gusts the last hour in philadelphia with a wind chill of 3. what is this january? minus 8 wind chill in buffalo. as far as the forecast goes today, the sun will come out. it will get nicer, but this morning when you walk outside, it was like 60 to 70 just two days ago. >> not today. >> no. not even close. >> thank you. >>> well, shorter prison terms for federal drug offenders. the obama administration's new push. >>> plus, anti-government protesters get more aggressive in venezuela. >>> that new jersey high school girl suing her parents, well, she's made a deal. on ♪ thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy feast elegant medleys. inspired dishes like primavera, florentine and tuscany. fancy feast. a medley of love, served daily. oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from care

ncaa tournament needs its power house teams but it also needs its vermonts.s, why they run up the stairs like rocky, why we root for the team from hoosiers, why people believe in hope and change, why they're standing with wendy in texas and why the ron paul supporters no matter what you think of their ideology were relentless in 2012 even though the odds of winning grew longer and longer. who are the most compelling underdogs in politics and in sport right now? joining me to answer these questions we still have with us nbc news kasie hunt and devin harris a three-time winter olympian and member of the original jamaican bobsled team and they were immortalized in the 1993 "cool runnings" bill hillsman, creative brain behind a political brain that won paul wellstone's stocking victory in minnesota and tom brennan the coach of 29005 university of vermont basketball team we were just celebrating on the air. welcome to all of you. thanks so all of us. tom i'll start with you. we showed your game, to me what the underdog story in sports is all about. i remember watc

host: next from burlington, vermont, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. i want to understand why the current administration does not attack business and outsourcing jobs overseas. jobs americans do at home. they are outsourcing them overseas. that is having an impact. not understand why they don't tax these corporations. theof the problems unemployment is so high in this country. that is one of the major i like to ask. the federal government cannot really force employers to keep jobs here. it is the nature of the global economy at this point. president obama and the chairman of the tax writing committee in the house has talked about extensively reforming the tax go to get at some of these issues of how do you tax these global companies that do a lot of work .verseas it has been an issue both parties have looked at. there is not a lot of political well. huge undertaking that would require a lot of politically unpopular decisions. looming,2014 elections people will not do that. the policy ideas are so -- floating around. us about a plan recently released. c

addicted in vermont on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey.ere are tonight's top stories. no agreement on ukraine. diplomats spent hours in talks today but no common ground. the vote to become part of russia, and ukraine's forces have been put on full alert. the pentagon is sending 25,000 prepacked meals to kiev. the ukrainian army has been staging drills as the russian troops do the same near the shared border. >>> approximately one week after the malaysia airlines 370 vanished, there are signs that foul play may have played a part of the disappearance. rapidly climbing a steep drop after losing contact with ground control. another indication that someone may deliberately have flown the plane hundreds of miles off course. the search for the missing aircraft and 239 on board has now been extended into the indian ocean. >>> the smog in paris is so thick right now that public transportation is free this weekend in an effort to keep cars off the road. the european environment agency says it's the worst air pollution since 2007. meteorologists say

holding on through maine, vermont and new hampshire. continues to usher in an arctic air mass. many spots, 20 to 40 degrees colder today than tuesday. real temperatures through the morning hours, many spots feel like it is down below 0. john and marci. back to you. >> all right. thanks, jim. >>> now a little girl that simply could not wait to come into the world. she was born tuesday in texas. >> born on the way to the hospital. mom and dad were racing this. mom, brenda, said her bundle of joy arrived after just a few pushes. >> they stop oefd at a fire station for help and guys there checked her out, did the same for mom, before they all headed to the hospital. everyone is doing just fine for now. >> born about a week early. she weighs in at 7 pounds 13 ounces. mom's third child hp. >> and very sweet name. heaven spilled backwards. >> very cool. good work for the guys at the fire department as well. >> coming up, damage control the bachelor. juan pablo speaks out after monday's. >> band not talking no for an answer. >> and the love bug, driving us to a a throwback thursday. yo

southern vermont and after massachusetts claimed territory in vermont. all of them had territorial claims and in pennsylvania and connecticut tried to settle and wyoming in the northwestern part of the state. speak it is interesting and it's certainly a sentimental about what the motivations are as mr. washington. we know that he kicked off a bunch of people on his land after he won the war. the question is like the younger bush is it really all personal? is this just personal that he wanted to hold onto his plantation and everything else that flowed out of that came here finally. it was not this whole idealistic thing. >> you mix it up a little bit. his plantation in virginia in mt. vernon a 20,000-acre plantation he kicked nobody off of that land. [inaudible] >> may i answer your question or do you want to answer at? he kicked no one off of his plantation. over the years prior to the revolutionary war he and many other virginians had gone into the west the ohio valley and claims all land, unused land. do during the revolutionary war many squatters bega

the average wage in texas is lower than it is in the state of vermont.stonished by these people. i don't think beating up on poor people gets you to win elections. i think this is one of the reasons republicans are having such trouble winning presidential elections. >> you make a good point. it struck me as well when they talk about states' rights and let's leave it to the states and they're all fine with the republican governors refusing medicaid for the people in their states who really need it, another way they're denying the poor. in this case, health care. but when it comes to governors trying to say, you know what, we need to take care of our people, that's when they attack. that language of, you know -- i mean, are they really going to haul them in more hearings, for heaven's sake? >> luckily, they don't have a vehicle to do this. if it hadn't been for the necessity of having a farm bill, they wouldn't have been able to do this. interestingly, in the farm bill, why they were busy cutting $8 billion away from poor kids who need food, they were addi

once a national education policy as if the kids in mississippi have the name needs of the kids in vermont and that's just not the case. within a state, and i lived in colorado for many years, there is boulder, colorado, which is maybe the most liberal city, but there's also colorado springs, which is one of the most conservative city in america. and i believe in school choice as well, to be able to teach their kids with whatever their values are. and i think that -- i don't think people would live in those communities and teach their kids witchcraft or something. so i think generally people would choose to do the right thing without government. but if you want to teach your kids creationism, you should be able to. >> when it comes to defusing, as you say, does that mean get rid of the department of education, get rid of the energy department and etc.? remark i live in one world and a theoretical world and the real world. and i see that there is no need for the department of education specifically. but that's not what happened. let's be honest. i think the best we can do is rely on federal

. >> vermont is not alone.oin use is on the rise across the country. according to the government, 669,000 users in 2012 is 20% more than five years ago, in a special series, addicted in vermont, we'll look at whether the efforts to battle this could backfire. you can watch that at 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time right here on aljazeera america. >> turning to sports, lebron james is known as king james but there's a prince of a player hope to go make it to the nba. >> what con jurors up eddie murphy, james earl jones. >> this is all too real. tayshaun prince, a championship sometimes called a crown, basketball is full of royal references, but there's a star basketball player for new york's st. john's university who's an actual prince in his native nigeria. ross shimabuku has the story. >> he's a royally gifted shot blocker, and he also comes from royalty. chris is a prince of the tribe which occupies central nigeria, his father is a prince, his grandfather the king and his uncle the current king.

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session to consider the hernandez nomination and the time until 4:00 p.m. will be equally divided between the chair and ranking member of the judiciary committee. the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: thank you, mr. president. to use part of my time, we're finally going to vote to end the filibusters of four judicial nominees to federal district courts in arkansas, puerto rico, tennessee, and california. now, each of these nominees, none of whom are controversial, timothy brooks to fill a vacancy in the western district of arkansas, and pedro delgado hernandez in puerto rico, pamela reeves to fill an a vacancy in the eastern district of tennessee and vince chhabria for the northern district of california, were voted out of the judiciary committee with bipartisan support from both republicans and democrats. incidentally, all

several states, including california, but also vermont and others have begun their own tasks, essentiallyo pile on top of what the federal government has already begun. to identify chemicals of concern. to identify products and what chemicals might turn up. to charge the producers of those products with analyzing what they have got, and asked them the hard question of why is that product in there, and is there a better way you can make this product without that someday will be better for all who use the product or are exposed to it. that is the background. the real difficulty. many people are asking the question, is this something that should be done on a state level, or is it better to pursue the national level and deal with the delays that come with that. >> where do you stand? >> from the perspective of the clients i represent, most of my clients are manufacturers and mr. beecher's in consumer-products. they are extremely concerned about the prospect of state to state regulation. of having a product that may be legal in oregon, illegal in california, possibly illegal in others. >> what

adam may begins reports - addicted in vermont. ahead in the final thoughts. to a young man who rose above all his challenges. define success at a high point. the rocky mountains. from south-east d.c. to the five diamonds of aspen slopes, a new vicinitia vintage and it's an excellent one. [ ♪ music ] >> finally from us tonight a story about exceeding expectations and doing the unexpected. sometimes that means taking on a challenge no one in your community imagines exists. we meet a young man with a taste for the finest in life, and the expertees too help others enjoy it. from aspen colorado. tamara banks brings us the story. >> this 29-year-old is not a typical ski bum. when not on the slopes date day. >> this is my cubicle. >> filled with wine. >> yes. >> carson mccoy is hard at work as a new and young sommelier. >> this is a nice old bottle. >> master som, the highest level. 211 in the world have ever achieved it. in fact, carlton is one of only two african-americans with the impressive title. forbes magazine included him in the top 30 in the food category.

vermont is doing really well.art of the reason is that the state legislatures and the governors there embraced the expansion, they have the benefit of a system that actually works well. maryland is a state they really intrease embraced the health la. oregon is another state where things have just not worked well there. >> mary agnes kerry, we didn't get political at all. mary agnes kerry is a reporter with kaiser health news. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> efforts to find the missing malaysia airliner, that disappeared three weeks ago, a u.s. navy ship with a black box detector, the fastest way to find out what happened, despite repeated failures. australia's prime minister says the intensity of the search is increasing. >>> turkey, decisive victory, the country stands deeply divided. aal jazeera's omar alsala reports. >> people are getting on with their lives but are thinking about the polarized elections and their result. >> translator: the government thinks they've been acquitted from all the tape that

of national education policy as if the kids from mississippi have the same needs as the kids from vermont it's just not the case. and, in fact, within the state -- i lived in colorado for many years. there's boulder which is maybe the most liberal city in america, but this is also colorado springs which is one of the most conservativing cities in america. i believe people should be able to teach their values. i don't think people should live in those communities and teach kids witchcraft or something. i think generally people will choose to do the right thing on their own without government, but be you want to teach your kids creationism, you should be able to. >> host: so when it comes to diffusion as you keep saying, does that mean get rid of the department of education, get rid of the energy department, etc., etc. >> guest: well, i live in a theoretical and a real world. in the real world, that's not going to happen, but i think it should. i don't see a need for the department of education specifically. but that's not going to happen, let's be honest. so i think the best we can do is r

. >> last week we launched our series, addicted in vermont. heroin use in that state, how it's ruin being thousands of lives. vermont senator patrick leahy , rlg countering the rise of heroin addiction in that state. >>> it's never too late and really this story is a celebration of that. in an extraordinary ceremony at the white house on tuesday, president obama will present the award to these knowledge veterans, passed over because of their racial ethnic backgrounds. "america tonight"'s sheila macvicar met one of the recipients. >> retired in 1985? >> 78-year-old melvin morris lives the life of a typically retiree. fishing, enjoying his boat. he looks the part too. and like many here, the hat he service. >> how many years were you in service? >> 23. >> first class morris joined the oklahoma national guard in 1959 and enlisted in the army. he joined the special forces and was one of the first soldiers to wear the green ber be bere trveg. >> our job was to find the enemy and get some results. >> in 1969 he was on a mission where a platoon of so

believe it or not in parts of vermont 26 inches fell. also, in parts of new york 20 inchesup state.he temperatures are going to be going up as we get to the next couple of days. right now new york 24. and the winds are gusting 30 miles per hour in new york city. down towards philadelphia 25. all those winds are coming in from the northwest. when you factor in the winds with the temperature, it is feeling like the degrees in new york. albany minus 5 and minus 2 in boston. we are going to see the warmer temperatures coming in tomorrow amp, new york 49 and washington 58. as we go towards the weekend, it gets better than that. how about 56 in new york. 63 in washington. plenty of sunshine coming into the forecast. that is a look at the national weather. we have the news after this. >> an it is part of the biggest city few every see, the secret side of new york, the clubs ap restaurants. tucked away behind sneaky store fronts. >> these were legal establishments, no signs and you have to know someone in order the find it. >> that is tomorrow morning at 7:00. now this story, synthetic drug

. >>> also tonight: addicted in vermont, a new generation.special series on how vermont's rampant addiction problem is risking the lives of its most vulnerable citizens even before they're born. >> drug sickness amplifies itself with symptoms, babies muscle tone gets stiff, rigid

adam may begins reports - addicted in vermont. ahead in the final thoughts.a young man who rose above all his challenges. define success at a high point. the rocky mountains. from south-east d.c. to the five diamonds of aspen slopes, a new >> every sunday night al jazeera america brings you controversial... >> both parties are owned by the corporations. >> ..entertaining >> it's fun to play with ideas. >> ...thought provoking >> get your damn education. >> ...surprising >> oh, absolutely! >> ...exclusive one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people of our time. >> you're listening because you want to see what's going to happen. >> i want to know what works what do you know works? >> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! ♪ music ] >> finally from us tonight a story about exceeding expectations and doing the unexpected. sometimes that means taking on a challenge no one in your community imagines exists. we meet a young man with a taste for the finest in life, and the expertees too h

we hope you'll visit his birthplace in plymouth notch, vermont. i will speak sacrilege and blasphemy and say in some ways, coolidge was even better than reagan. what way could that be? when coolidge left office, the a federal government was actually smaller than when he came into the presidency. you want to think about that. i see them as augmenting one another. reagan much appreciated coolidge. i see them as together. in researching coolidge, i also found -- and this is what i will speak about -- that he had a time for choosing. there were some differences. when reagan shows in the early 60's, he chose to leave the democratic party and go to the republican. coolidge's choice was different. he chose to go from the progressive wing of the republican party to the traditional or conservative wing. it was in both cases a big choice. you may know the line that coolidge spoke around the time he made this choice in 1919. he was speaking about public-sector workers and he said, there is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone, anywhere, any

in 1970, it happened in vermont and massachusetts. in 1971, 12 different states the fetid laws -- defeated laws. there were some states that did liberalize their laws, though none went as far as roe. unfortunately, one of those states was california. it's governor was ronald reagan. signed of 1967, reagan the log reluctantly, thinking the democrat majority would override a potential veto. he tried to make the law as harmless as possible, limiting the cases of justified abortion to rate,, and the health of the mother. the bill was titled the therapeutic abortion act and reagan was sadly learned the doctors were willing to call just about any abortion therapeutic. he regretted the decision. what he learned from his decision in california prompted him to champion his pro-life cause in the white house. reagan is the only sitting aesident to have published book in office, a book promoting the culture of life. reagan pledged that his administration would champion the pro-life cause because his "tonistration was dedicated the preservation of

addicted in vermont on al jazeera america wild, inside the deadly word of neknominating. you may want to neck on your investments, a rough road ahead. >> welcome to "consider this." here's more on what's ahead: >> two u.s. officials are now telling us the two communication systems were shut down separately. >> not that subject to debate. >> based on new information, an additional search area may be opened in the indian ocean. >> we still believe we have a chance to resolve this conflict in a peaceful manner. >> is russia prepared to find a way to negotiate? >> this is a very tense and dangerous situation. >> everybody's saying look, this recovery's finally sustainable. >> i say this great depression is going to start in 2014. this bubble's going to burst. >> they are challenging, saying in the next 24 hours, can you top this. >> people can go over board and get hurt. >> we begin with a confusion in the search for malaysian airlines flight. a new indication is that the plane's disappearance was no accident. while no one knows for certain if mechanical failure, or a highjac

vermont. >> south dakota and alaska. all under two minutes. okay.the ones with the longest. >> top three states with the longest endurance time, idaho. oh, yeah. potato pickers. they know what they're doing. west virginia. >> wild, wonderful, west virginia. >> and new mexico. >> i like that. new york, by the way, was ranked number 23, with three minutes and one second. >> that's what kills me. the one second. >> how do they even -- >> who puts a clock on it for goodness sake. all right. >> you know what it's time for? >> friday funny. >> you've been waiting for this. >> a man was walking through the supermarket -- a man was walking through the supermarket with his wife. he got distracted for just a second and his wife vanished. so he wandered a bit, searched up and down the aisles and saw a gorgeous woman shopping. he slowly approached her and said, excuse me, miss, you know, i've lost my wife somewhere here in the supermarket, would you mind talking to me? the woman was a little confused and asked him, why? he said, because every time i talk it a b