melissa chan joins us from baltimore. melissa it is the fourth night of the curfew and there have been some arrests where you are. >> reporter: yes antonio we are now one hour past curfew and at 10:00 p.m. an hour ago there was a sizable crowd left. now earlier in the evening there had been a lot of chanting, a rally, black lives matter, no juftsdz, nojustice, no passions. i see about 80% of the crowd about an hour, hour and a half ago decided to leave and follow curfew. there's a remaining 20% you're seeing dramatic footage of police moving in to make some arrest. i would say the bigger picture is this is rather an efficient and calm operation. and that the crowd has dispersed at least in front of city hall. now we spent the day driving around the city asking baltimore residents who are out and about what they felt about the decision this morning. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> celebration excitement and relief from baltimore residents after the announcement from the local prosecutor on friday morning. >>

melissa chan reports. >> reporter: the vatican and its era under pope francis. one of the missions bringing the church closer to the people. mart of that strategy, the canonization of this priest. he would be the first latino saint in the united states. the missions he established were beautiful places but for some native americans these were prisons. they were forced to work in the field for the missions. forced to stay in the missions and they were forced into christianity. the mission settlements wiped out local populations whether by disease or by the barrel of a gun. best estimates say some 100,000 indians died in the decades of the establishment of the missions. for the native americans the canonization is an affront. >> there is nobody who talks about him in the positive. ♪ >> reporter: they are tribes vastly downsized as a result of european arrival across the continent. gatherings like this allow them to celebrate, but also cling to what is left of their culture. >> for us it's different. we look at it as our people were devastated, you know what happ

melissa chan explains. >> reporter: the vatican and its new era under the progressive leadership of pope francis, one of his missions bringing the church closer to the p people. part of the strategy the cannon sigh saying of the first latino saint in the united states. the mission's fatherhood established were just beautiful places but for some native americans, these were prisons essentially they were forced to work in the fields for the missions, they were forced to stay in the missions, and they were forced in to christianity. the mission settlement wiped out local populations whether by disease or by the barrel of a gun. best estimates say some 100,000 indians died this in the decades followed the establishment of the missions, for indians the impending canonization is an affront. >> we talk about him in the negative. there is nobody that talks about him in the positive. >> reporter: they are tribes vastly down sized as a result of european a arrival across the continent, gatherings like this allow american indians to celebrate also in many ways clings to what is left for their cultu

melissa chan live for us in baltimore. thank you. baltimore released pictures of six police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. the officer driving the vehicle, caesar r. goodson has been charged with second degree murder and faces up to 30 years. other charges against the others raping from manslaughter to assault. they can serve between 3 to 10 years. the attorney-general stressed justice would be sought no matter what. >> my administration is committed to a fair justice system for all. no matter who your occupation, aim, race colour or creed >>> joining us live from baltimore is reverent ron owens, who organised freddie gray's funeral. hopefully we'll connect with him soon. stay with al jazeera for more on the arrests and protests in baltimore. back to maryland at the top of the hour as demonstrations continue through the night. 8:00 eastern, 5 pacific. >>> nepal's national emergency operates reportedly says the death toll from last week's earthquake has past 7,000. 16,000 are injured. the new numbers hours after up up-

al jazeera's melissa chan is in baltimore. she has the story. >> for the most part city life has resumed. the national guard answer rival's arrival has quelled the violence but most of the violence occurred in poor areas. >> they have only been in like the downtown area and over west, there has been some looting and things on this side as well. if they people they want to be in our city they should be all over the city. >> reporter: one place the national guard has maintained a presence is inner harbor, a beautiful manicured part of the city that looks nothing like the rest of baltimore. it is where tourists and rich suburbanites come. even as reinforcements streesmed in thereinforcements streamedin the haves seemed more protected than the have nots. they would rather have the national guard here than not. >> everything going on here they're here for our protection to keep people from hurting one another and breaking down stuff. it depends also what area of this city you are in if you are intimidated by them or feel threatened

melissa chan in inner harbour in baltimore tonight. thank you >>> in new york city an n.y.p.d. it officer has been shot and critically wounded. he was reportedly in plain clothes when shot in the face in queens. the officer's name has not been released. it's unknown if the shooting was related to a police protest >>> dozens gathering in kathmandu reciting prayers and honouring those lost in the earthquake. 7,040 are known to have died. 90% of the homes in the quake zone were destroyed. >> many people are suffering. first we need - water is okay we can manage. food we need. most of the houses that were not broke next time. that will be one of the - one of the way that is we can come to that. >> mourners lighting candles placing them on the ground in the form of a map of nepal. these images from the sky showed the extent of the damage roadblocks keeping residents from villages getting food and necessities. officials ruling out the possibility of finding out more survivors in the 7.8 magnitude quake. there is a massive need for help and the challenges in giving out the aid in the

melissa chan joins us live from baltimore. melissa, what's the latest on the ground? >> quell we are past curfew, behind me it's pretty empty right now. that's because the police actually did move in about 20 minutes ago to disperse is crowd. you're about to see some video that we actually shot, of arrests by police, it looks pretty violent in that area but from what i can say the dispersal was pretty quiet and orderly. people started running away from the police and the crowds quickly thinned. inevitably there is going to be a couple of arrests but it looks like law enforcement was able to achieve what they wanted today here at city hall. so you know buy know by and large it's been pretty calm and peaceful, we've seen people happy and relieved by the decision that freddy gray's death is now considered a homicide. libby. >> and melissa as you were speaking we watched the video. melissa says the curfew is happening now in baltimore. i'm libby casey, "real money" starts now. >> they say numbers don't lie but they can certainly be misleading especially when politicians t

. >> al jazeera's melissa chan was in baltimore this morning when news of the charges broke and she joins us live. medicals sa tell us of the city's reaction today. >> lobby, thislibby it is curfew time. and there has been a pretty amazing crowd taking a look, i say that about 20% of the people are left and hopefully they will dissipate. it is curfew time like i said. a few moments ago we also noticed helicopters circling ahead, presumably encouraging people go home. by and large as we were driving around the city today people were peaceful and here is what baltimore residents had to say. >> black liervetion lives matter. >> celebration and release. after the announcement on friday morning. >> we know from other cases happening in 2015 and 2014 officers don't even get indicted so this is a major milestone for us. still baltimore wants to have accountability. >> i think when the state's attorney said, this is the time to make systemic changes. >> reporter: the community knows that this is just the first step in a long process for the juflghts that they justice they believe freddy gray dese

government plying pressure on the melissa chan rage home. >> thousands whose families say they paid the price for speaking out remained in gaol. his conviction cost his nationally. >> still ahead in this bulletin... >> schools are closed due to violence. >>> we are in burundi. children are caught up in protests against the president. >> we report from senegal on why report from f.i.f.a.'s president sepp blatter reaches fever pitch in africa. >>> good to have you with us. i'm elizabeth puranam from doha. these are the top stories - 15 dead after a suicide bombing in a mosque in maiduguri in north-eastern nigeria. it comes after a boko haram attack on the city suburbs, and a day after the inauguration of new prime minister kevin durant. -- prime minister muhammadu buhari. >>> the envoy to syria condemned the government for using barrel bombs. most were killed in a market at the time of alback which was controlled by i.s.i.l. forces. egypt has released a human rights activists. mohammad who didn't eat solid foot arrived home to the united states after washington secured his release. >>> mo

melissa chan al jazeera, california. >>> when you get a moment check out our website, aljazeera.com. updates on news throughout the day there, aljazeera.com. >>> calls for fifa's president to step down. sepp blatter is losing support. will he survive the corruption scandal? >>> a massive cleanup effort in flood-ravaged texas and oklahoma as residents brace for more rain. >>> and an anthrax square involving the u.s. military. the pentagon accidentally shipped live streams of the virus across state lines and around the world. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. new fallout from the u.s.-lead investigation into corruption in fifa. the governing bodies in europe are calling for sepp blatter to step down. the president held an emergency meeting today about what to do next and europeans say they were clear. >> translator: we went to his office and renewed my advice to him to go and that he should resign. in that he should realize the moment was not a good one, and to have the courage, honesty and grandeur to realize it wasn't good. he said michelle

melissa chan explains. >> the vatican and its new era under the progressive leadership of pope francis. one of his missions - bringing the church closer to the people. part of that strategy the canonization of serra. he would be the first latino saint in the united states. the missed fatherhood of serra were beautiful places. for some native americans they were prisons, essentially forced to work in the fields for the missions, forced to stay in the missions and forced into christianity. the mission settlement wiped out local population, whether by disease or the barrel of a gun. best estimates say 100,000 indians died in the decades following. for indians, the impending canonization of serra is an affront. >> we talk about serra in the negative. there's no one that talks about serra in the positive. >> reporter: they are tribes vastly downsized as a result of european arrival across the continent. gatherings like this allow american indians to celebrate, and also, in many ways, cling to what is left of their culture. >> for us it's different. we look at it as our people were devastate

melissa chan has more. >> one of pope francis's missions bringing the church closer to the people. part of that, bringing junipero serra to sainthood. setting up a systems of missions along the coast spreading the gospel in his distant outpost of the spanish empire. the missions father serra established were just beautiful places but for some native americans these were prisons essentially they were forced to work in the fields for the missions, they were forced to stay in the missions and they were forced into christianity. the mission settlements wiped out local populations whether by disease or by the barrel of a gun. best estimates say some 100,000 indians died following the establishment of the missions, serra's imed impending canonization is a negative. european arrival across the continue nent, cling to what's left of their culture. to many here spanish rule destroyed them in california. >> for us it's different. we look at it as our people were devastated you know, what happened and it affects our culture, our whole livelihood. >> he's been a symbol of oppression, a symbol

melissa chan reports. >> the vatican and its new era of progressive leadership under pope francis. one of his missions, bringing the church closer to the people. part of that strategy, the canonization of the first latino saint in the united states. >> what he means to the pope is here is the kind of evangelizer he hopes we all can be. >> he brought christianity to california shores, setting up a system of missions along the coast, spreading the gospel in this distant outpost of the spanish empire. 200, 300 years later many remain active. >> the mission he established were just beautiful places, but for some native americans these were prisons. they were forced to work in the feeds for the missions. they were forced to stay in the missions and pored into christianity. >> the mission settlements wiped out local population whether by diaz or by the barrel of a gun. best estimates say 100,000 indians died in the decades following the establishment of the missions. for indians the pending canonization is an affront. >> we talked about him in the negative. there is nobody who talks abou

melissa chan joins us from baltimore. melissa. >> reporter: morgan, to a certain extent it is too early to see. it is quite early to see if things will actually kick off. we have been traveling around the city shortly after the announcement that they would consider freddy gray's death a homicide and it was largely peaceful. here is what the residents of baltimore out and about had to say. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> reporter: celebration and relief from the local people after the announcement of the prosecutor in the morning. >> we know from other cases happening in 2015 and 2014 officers don't even get indicted so that's an amazing milestone for us. we're still going wrong. >> where this indictment police officers aren't holding people accountable. this is our time to make systemic changes. >> the community knows this is the first step in a long process they believe sphreg deserves. they see it just -- that freddy gray deserves. they believe this is one battle won. >> it helps us elevate the conversatio

melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco. >> thousands of cases could be affectand listeria at a major ice cream producer and reports the problem existed long before recent shut downs. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler. federal investigation into baltimore police. the justice department steps in. fda report on a deadly bacteria in ice cream the troubling accusations dependence a major u.s. company. speaking out oscar win are and activist susan sarandon on her new role helping some of nepal's neediest. plus flying high, a vintage celebration of ve day 70 years in the making. loretta lynch was sworn in as the new u.s. attorney general last week. on the same day the streets of baltimore erupted in violence. the arrest situation followed the arrest of freddy gray. today, attorney general lynch said the justice department is stepping in launching an investigation into baltimore police. lisa stark has more. >> reporter: john, the department is launching a pattern and practice investigation on baltimore whether they violate the civil rights of those they are swo

. >> melissa chan was in baltimore when news of the charges broke. some hope that will ease the anger building in the black community for decades--for decades. what have you been hearing today? >> well, it's 7:30 p.m. in the east coast. it's early to tell if things are kick off, it's friday night after all. we've even peaceful rallies. people honking their horns. this is one resident had to say. >> we know from history of other previous cases happening in 2015 and 2014 officer don't even get indicted. this is a major milestone for us. we're still going strong. >> we're holding people accountable. i think it was the state attorney who said this was the time to make systemic changes and this is our time to bring peace and bring more wholeness to our community. i think this is so important. things have been so divided for so long. >> of course, even the people are excited and relieved. they do understand that this is just one battle won in a greater war. this is a national conversation, and of course the fact that this is going to be considered a homici

melissa chan has more. >> reporter: in 2012 some parents decided to sue a school distribute for failing to include information about sexually transmitted diseases and ways to prech pregnancy in -- prevent pregnancy in the curriculum. the context was a law saying that it sex education could not contain bias material. the judge had to decide whether teaching abstinence only was appropriate. the debate is not about what you feel is right or wrong the the acau decided to fight within the confines of science. the judge's decision is considered a big deal for opponents of abstinence only. 37 states require the ipp clues of abstinence as part of sex education, and 18 states require discussion of contraception in sex education. in california each distribute makes a decision. many places include contraception as part of the curriculum. >> we know half of kids by the end of high school are active - through survey studies. so we think it's important for kids that choose to be sexually active, they need education, resources so they don't get pregnant unintentionally or s.t.d. >> while the debate co