>>> hi everyone this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler. death, the sentence for the boston marathon bomber. >>> the crash, new questions about the moment just before the train jumped the tracks the engineer talks to investigators. >>> on the offensive, isil makes a strategic gain in iraq and threatens to destroy a world heritage site in syria. ♪ so give me one ♪ >> king of the blues, from mississippi sharecropper to worldwide sensation the life and lasting music of b.b. king. plus our special report derailed, how safe are america's trains? ♪ >>> dzhokher tsarnaev was sentenced to death today by seven women, five men. it was unanimous. while some wept the young defendant was stone faced. >> john it took 14 hours over three days for the jury to come to this conclusion as the judge read back the sentence some jurors were crying as for the convicted boston bomber he did not show any emotion as he heard the jury give him the death penalty on six counts. sentenced to death, witnesses inside the courtroom say dzhokher tsarnaev seemed stoic

i'm john siegenthaler. i'll see you back here monday night. the news continues next with barbara serra. >> off the terrorist. cuba and the united states take a step closer to normal diplomatic relations. >>> reflected. seth blatter wins a fifth term despite the enormous candles surrounding him. and stepping up, kenyan grandmothers go back to school so they can help give young orphans

i'm john siegenthaler. underwater. >> homes have been completely wiped off of the map. >> new floods and record-setting rain in texas and oklahoma. the number of homeless missing and the dead on the rise. moment of truth. if s the newthe new offensive to beat back i.s.i.l.'s advance. shrouded in secrecy. an american journalist, tried behind closed doors in iran. the hidden proceedings and the judge. >>> plus moving pictures, the compelling and compassionate photography of mary ellen mark. we begin tonight with a catastrophic flooding in texas. the governor calls it the worst the state has ever seen. the death toll is cliexg and cleemg and climbing and dozens are missing. heidi zhou-castro is in wimberly texas tonight. heidi. >> 46 foot tall wave of water came down the blanco river. lifted off its foundation. here in wem wim ber li wim wimberly is where this started before memorial day but is not where it is continuing. >> this will allow everyone to respond even more festival to the challenges you face. >>

i'm john siegenthaler. seeking the truth. mothers told their babies had died. did the hospital give the babies up for adoption? new details from st. louis. federal investigation into baltimore police after the death of freddy gray. the new u.s. attorney general steps in. warning signs accusations of a cover up behind the deadly ice cream listeria outbreak. plus susan sarandon the award winning actress, talks about her mission to help the people in nepal. and we begin with an almost unthinkable question: was someone at a st. louis hospital secretly selling the babies of black mothers? since our first report more women have come forward saying they gave birth at the same hospital and were told their newborns had died. were they lied to? if that is true, what happened to their children? the state has opened up a special hot line for potential victims. diane eastabrook reports diane. >> reporter: hi john, the city has been flooded with calls after it heard about a st. louis woman who was recently reunited with a daughter she thought had died at a st. louis hospital

i'm john siegenthaler. speeding. new information and new questions from last night's deadly train crash. survivors speak out. >> i'm not sure, you could just feel things hitting you. >> the engineer at the control stays silent. >>> taking a stand. the vatican rks the recognizes the state of palestine. what it will bring to the holy land. >> i think this is going to be a rebuilding that goes on for a very long time. >> susan sarandon and her mission to help the people of nepal. considering how fast the amtrak train was going. in excess of 100 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit. it's remarkable that the death toll from last night's derailment is not higher. tonight it stands at seven with hundreds of passengers injured when the train jumped the tracks in philadelphia. already focusing on several factors in the investigation. jonathan betz is still on the scene. jonathan. >> this is still an active scene as investigators try to piece together how this quiet train ride could suddenly become so chaotic. >> som

i'm john siegenthaler. arctic drilling the white house approval, a big win for oil. critics say it's a bad deal for the environment. >>> broken windows, the controversial police tactic under fire. >> it works. it is essential, and it will be continued here in new york city. >> a new debate over race and reform in new york. >>> watershed moment. [ cheers ] >> activists threat to sue over a killer whale held in captivity for more than four decades. >>> plus the striking images offering a new perspective on our world. ♪ >>> and we begin tonight with a decision that has delighted big oil and infuriated environmentalists j. a federal regulator has conditionally approved a plan to allow drilling for oil and gas off of the shores of alaska. it is raising fears of another disastrous spill. and in a place where the impact could be far more devastating. shell says it would like to begin drilling this summer. activists say that will jeopardize a sensitive ecosystem already threatened by climate change. >> there is n

i'm john siegenthaler much the missing newborns, allegedly stolen in st. louis. the anguish and anger as the mothers come forward. the troubling new report on america's health care. light and shadow. residential buildings rising higher in new york, stunning brightness for some, darkness for others. plus. legendary from church choir to chart topper. one on one with music icon, dionne warwick. new information tonight about a troubling story we have been following out of st. louis where dozens of black mothers may have been lied to, told their newborns had died, instead their newborns were stolen and put up for adoption. diane eastabrook is in chicago with more. diane. >> yes john. the city of st. louis says it's getting dozens of dozens of calls from families where they feel their family members have been illegally adopted from the homer g. phillips hospital. trying to identify adoption records from centuries ago. >> seeing her mother for the first time over skype is raising hope for similar reunions. >> when i saw her moving and her mannerism and everything, i sai

i'm john siegenthaler. state of emergency. new flood warnings in the state of texas and oklahoma. >> now we are still looking for people mittsing from hayes missing from hayes input county. >> money ball segging selling the world cup to the highest bidder. generating so much anger from american indians. plus mountain view, take a look at the largest photograph ever taken, the size of a football field with an incredible story behind it. is we begin with catastrophic flooding in texas. just two days, the water has swept away homes roads and people. it will take months to rebuild. now the task is to find the missing and mourn the dead. now there's the threat of more extreme weather. fear it will only add to the suffering. robert ray reports from houston. >> wednesday residents worked to clean up the damage. from the string of deadly floods that have left houston at a standstill. >> the water was so high, my whole family were on the bed kind of like an island. >> for college student david deadenburg memories is all he has now. >>

. >>> for a look at what is coming up lisa fletcher is in for john siegenthaler. >>> coming up we'll have more on ash carter's remarks saying iraqi soldiers had no will to fight in ramadi and we'll look at the significance of more u.s. military hardware falling into the hands of isil. >> we are sick from a chemical that was used during the war, and we need to be taken care of. >> navy veterans exposed to agent orange during the war are being denied benefits because they served on ships. >>> plus the humpback whale many types could soon be taken off of the endangered species list. why activists say it is too soon. >> i'm tony harris in new york. thank you for watching this news hour. lisa will be back in just a couple of moments. and then at 9:00 eastern it is "faultlines." and for the latest news any time go to aljazeera.com. have a great evening, everyone. we'll see you back tomorrow and we'll leave you tonight with some of the sights and sounds of memorial day 2015. ♪ [ taps ] ♪ >> most americans don't fully see, don't fully understand the sacrifice made by the 1% who serve in

john siegenthaler is off. >>> use of force, a police officer acquitted. a community demands answers. more protests and anger in cleveland. >>> malaysia's mass graves. >> we have discovered 159, which we believe to be graves. >> evidence officials say of on epidemic of human smuggling. >>> endangered or not? a new debate over the future of humpback whales hitting activists against big oil. >>> plus hit maker -- ♪ >> he wrote some of the biggest songs of the 1970s, one on one with country rock icon. >>> there were more protests today in cleveland over the acquittal of police officer michael brelo on manslaughter charges. on saturday a jury cleared brelo in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black couple after a high-speed chase in 2012. dozens of protesters today were arraigned on misdemeanor charges. >> i think using terms like a lotters and thugs is unjust. >> i feel like this will send a message to other people and show that that it's a good cause and whatever cause it is to come together we can do it. >> meanwhile the city of cleveland has reached an ag

. >> john terrett thank you very much. >> thank you. >> john siegenthaler joining us now with a look at what is coming up at the top of the hour. >> thank you del. drilling for oil in the arctic. the obama administration has approved it. what activists are doing to stop oil rigs from heading north. place a whale, and the debate over whether she will be moved from the miami after 40 years of captivity. also in los angeles more than a million people live in poverty. and now there is a move to give more than half of them a raise. and looking at the world from above, how one man captured pictures of some of the earth's most treasured designations using a drone. those stories and a lot more coming up in about three minutes, del. >> thank you, john. >>> google says humans were to blame for a string of accidents in its cars that don't have drivers. >>> hi everyone this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. arctic drilling the white house approval, a big win for oil. critics say it's a bad deal for the environment. >>> broken windows, the controversial police tactic under fire. >> it

john siegenthaler as the night off. probable cause. six officers charged in the killing of freddy gray. tonight a closer look at those explosive allegations. >>> plus taking command. a defining moment for baltimore and its prosecutor. but who is marilyn mosby. and reaction to the day's stunning new development. an entire city clamoring for answers came to a momentary halt as baltimore's chief prosecutor addressed the death of of freddy gray. when marilyn mosbying finished, the reaction was swift stretching from the white house and all across the country. we begin with john terret in baltimore. >> mr. gray's death was a homicide. we have probable cause to file criminal charges about. >> reporter: a cheer the whole of baltimore heard. charges against six police officers involved in freddy gray's arrest april 12th. all six charged with assault. four with manslaughter, the most series charge against officer caesar goodson reckless heart murder. delivering a detailed account of what happened, freddy gray's pleas for an inhaler and medical h

john siegenthaler, al jazerra. >>> i am antonio mora, thanks for joining us, for the latest news any time you can head over to aljazerra.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story." have a great night. >>> daily life is getting worse. in the thousands they leave places where they are neglect today places they are not welcome. for them, the risk are starving or drowning on boats packed with desperate migrants is better than the intense suffering they face at home. but the countries to which people are fleeing are far from figuring out what to do next and for now provide reluctant mercy. desperate journeys is tonight's "inside story"

i'm john siegenthaler. adoption battle new borns allegedly stolen from their poor mothers. >>> risk and rescue. thousands pulled from the mediterranean. why the migrant crisis keeps growing. >>> never-before-seen images of shipwrecks at the bottom of lake michigan >>> plus singer song writer social activist judy collins talks about five decades of making music and making a difference. >>> and decades ago in st. louis dozens of black women were told their new borns had died after childbirth. it turns out their babies may have been given up for option. >> reporter: an amazing story. this right now is a retirement community, but back in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s it served as a hospital primarily for st. louis's black community. recently a grandmother learned that the daughter she thought died in 1965 is actually alive and well and living in oregon. this is the moment the 50-year-old was reunited with her birth mother via skype. until just a few months ago, price didn't even know her daughter was alive. the staff

. >>> for a look at what is doing up at the top of the hour john siegenthaler is here. >>> coming up the attack in texas, what police say about the alleged gunmen and the person being hind the cartoon contest of the prophet muhammad. >>> and with a crowded field of g.o.p. hopefuls we'll take a look at the money they have to spend to get national recognition, and how that run could shape their lives in positive ways even in they lose. >>> also my conversation with judy collins. she talks about her social activism and her place in history. >> and that's when i opened my mouth and sang ♪ where have all of the flowers gone ♪ and the judge said we don't sing in here. >>> it sounds like one of the avengers but hospitals are using robotic exoskeletons to help rehabilitate stroke parents. parents just need to climb in and a computer will help with the rest. >> reporter: eight years ago amanda suffered a stroke. she managed to relearn how to walk but never regained the full use of her arm and hand. she's now undergoing a treatment which uses robots to help patients relearn physical moveme

john siegenthaler is on assignment. weapons banned. [ gunfire ] >> following the debates over how police use force, president obama is now limiting military-style firearms and equipment sent to local departments. >>> standoff in seattle. >> there is only one solution! >> at the port that could serve as a launch point for arctic oil drilling it is now a flash point in the battle over the environment. >>> adrift the fate of the humpback whale many types could soon be taken off the endangered species list. >>> plus desert dancer the inspiring true story from iran defying repression and risking it all for a dream. ♪ >>> the obama administration is taking steps to stop what critics have called the militarization of police departments. the debate got a lot of attention last summer when police used armored vehicles to face off with protesters. mike what changes are being proposed here? >> reporter: david you are absolutely right, you invoke those images of the streets of ferguson last august those heavily armord vehicles. po

. ♪ >>> hi everyone this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler. death, the sentence for the boston marathon bomber. >>> the crash, new questions about the moment just before the train jumped the tracks the engineer talks to investigators. >>> on the offensive, isil makes a strategic gain in iraq and threatens to destroy a world heritage site in syria. ♪ so give me one ♪ >> king of the blues, from mississippi

john siegenthaler as the night off. probable cause. six officers charged in the killing of freddy gray. tonight a closer look at those explosive allegations. >>> plus taking command. a defining moment for baltimore and its prosecutor. but who is marilyn mosby. and reaction to the day's stunning new development.

i'm john siegenthaler. speeding. new information and new questions from last night's deadly train crash. survivors speak out. >> i'm not sure, you could just feel things hitting you. >> the engineer at the control stays silent. >>> taking a stand. the vatican rks the recognizes the

i'm john siegenthaler. underwater. >> homes have been completely wiped off of the map. >> new floods and record-setting rain in texas and oklahoma. the number of homeless missing and the dead on the rise. moment of truth. if s the newthe new offensive to beat back

i'm john siegenthaler. the u.s. removes cuba from the state sponsored terror list. a significant step in warming relations with havana. hastert allegation he. s. to silence a sex abuse allegation. new documents and allegation of forgery in an emotional case of a mother who says her baby was

i'm john siegenthaler. state of emergency. new flood warnings in the state of texas and oklahoma. >> now we are still looking for people mittsing from hayes missing from hayes input

i'm john siegenthaler. seeking the truth. mothers told their babies had died. did the hospital give the babies up for adoption? new details from st. louis. federal investigation into baltimore police after the death of freddy gray. the new u.s. attorney general steps in. warning signs accusations of a cover up behind the deadly ice cream listeria outbreak.

i'm john siegenthaler much the missing newborns, allegedly stolen in st. louis. the anguish and anger as the mothers come forward. the troubling new report on america's health care. light and shadow. residential buildings rising higher in new york, stunning brightness for some, darkness for others. plus. legendary from church choir to chart topper. one

siegenthaler about music and what influenced his career. >> i would imagine it was the beatles in the early 1960s as i have two older sisters and they had all that beatle music in the house. that was when i thought you could actually perform and i think watching them play was a big deal. i also heard my father playing the guitar. >> your father was a famous musician when you were very young. >> yeah, it was right after the beatles and all that that when i was about six or seven or eight that my mother one day i'll never forgot it, she put my clothes in my hands and said go tell your father you are going with him today and i'd watch them play studio music or a demo whatever. >> you started when you were six? >> start on a banjo what i was six, because that's the instrument that my father'sing bels taught me. ♪ >> what's it like to grow up in a household where everybody's playing shinstrument and singing. >> the key was that it made it enjoyable. music was always something that it's never been a job because we did it all the time and that was their entertainment from when they were ki