>> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> brittany menard's decision to take her own life last year. sparked a national debate. >> brittany didn't wan't to die, the brain tumor was killing her, she simply took control over how that process would go. >> now see what her husband is doing to keep his promise to change "right to die" laws nationwide. america tonight only on al jazeera america. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close to the isil position >> who is in charge, and are they going to be held to accout? >> but know we're following the research team into the fire >> they're learning how to practice democracy... >> ...just seen tear gas being thrown... >> ...glad sombody care about us man... >> several human workers were kidnapped... >> this is what's left of the hospital >> is a crime t

jazeera america start wees with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> there are many in the intelligence and security community, including among british senior staff who would argue that the frontline is where the rough stuff happens and maybe we just have to grin and bear it. the balance of security and foreign policy interests are such that kenya is still viewed as a necessary ally in this region and until that changes we are going to have to swallow this stuff for the foreseeable future. >> but could western governments be held legally responsible for the actions of the men they trained? >> the first person to get rid of is the leader. >> we showed our interviews to the head of the international bar association. >> sometimes whether we go you eliminate or we spare this person. >> its clear based on these interviews that there's at least prima facie evidence to suggest that these third party countries are involved and therefore they all have responsibility to investigate. >> they are training the intelligence pe

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america tonight only on al jazeera america. >>> under arrest. police have finally caught a man suspected of fatality shooting nine people at at a church in the u.s. state of south carolina. >>> hello and welcome. you are watching al jazerra. i am richelle carey. live from our headquarters in doughdoha. also coming up on the program. knowledge deal, thousands protest in athens as bailout talks end without an agreement fueling fierce that greece may have to exit the euro. >>> doubts about a new peace accord in mali. we

al jazeera america. last november the city banned fracking inside its city limits. local officials said they couldn't resolve problems linked to oil and gas. problems like pollution and traffic. denton residents complained about the health effects of having drilling links near homes and schools. texas's new law is banning the ban on fracking. showing how important oil and gas begame in a state like texas, and hour the balance of power was tilted. >>> in texas, energy is king, oil and gas helped the lone so far state's economy expand at twice the rate of the u.s. now texas may be in danger, transitioning from the job engine to its anchor. in march, texas lost 25,400 jobs, the most in the country, and the biggest job loss in four years. the big reason, the price of oil plunged more than half since its peak. many in texas need to do everything they can to keep the oil industry thriving. not etch feels the same way, particularly those in a town called denton, outside of dallas. this is oil country, we are sm

america tonight only on al jazeera america. >>> in the heart of boston's south end research on some. deadliest diseases will begin in the n i.e.d. l. ronald heads up the building, and has assembled a team of virus hunters. their mission - to keep a step ahealth of dangerous pathogens. it's not hard to predict the next breakout, but there's a animals. >> they are spillover. not common in humans, but when we come into contact with infected animals, we don't have immunity to them. >> when viruses jump species, it's called zoouno sis, and transmission is more common. researchers believe that patient zero, for the outbreak of ebola, was a 2-year-old in guinea, and came in contact with bats, while playing in a hollow tree. the director of tissue imaging, and a microbiologist who species. >> we want to develop tools to understand the evolution of these pathogens, what signals might there be that says the virus is acquiring the ability to infect different species. >> reporter: in order to study how the pathogens evolve he uses recombatant technology. genes from jelly fish are fused with the

chaising bail only on al jazeera america right now... >> al jazeera america you and welcome back. it took decades for some uf of our nation's bravest soldiers who served with extraordinary shallor valor to get reiteration. never receiving the highest honor, the medal of honor. melvin morris was one of them. an african american one of the first green berets honor delayed, how he faced death to bring back a fallen colleague. >> chi lang, vietnam. september 16th, 1969. what happened on that day? >> going back to that day, september 17th, it had been kind of routine. we go out and make contact but on that day it was a little bit different. >> staff sergeant morris was leading one of three groups of south viet flam ease fighters into a little known hamlet of chi lang. they were supposed to investigate and then clear the area. >> just by watching the helicopters they're fighting back and so we moved on in out of the village into the tree line. and family as soon as we got is into the tree line, the whole world opened up. >> hundreds of people firing thousands of rounds. >> reporter: vie

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tonight," tomorrow. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. >>> heavy fighting in and around two major syrian cities as rebel groups launch major attacks. >>> hello there, from al jazerra's head quart nurse doha. i am laura kyle. also ahead. >> we are one step ahead. >> the unites nations warns that 10s of millions of people at risk of starvation. >>> new talks between greece and its creditors get around way after negotiations breakdown. and nepal's government a

only on al jazeera america. >> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america al qaeda in yemen says it's leader nasser al-wuhaishi has been killed in a u.s. drone strike. ♪ ♪ welcome ba al jazerra, i am in doha. coming up in the next half hour, isil suffers its biggest serious setback in two years as kurdish forces take control of the key town. >>> anan egyptian court is expected today deliver its final verdict on the death sentence for deposed president mohamed morsi. >>> and a u.n. reports its own peacekeepers have been

al jazeera america. >>> in the u.s. a recent study found that if you are born in poverty the chances of climbing the socioeconomic ladder are very slim. in philadelphia, a city riddled by poverty and violence and drugs, the situation for many seems hopeless. there's one local hip hop star who made it out of the rough section of north philly, and as "america tonight" sara hoy reports, he's a beacon of hope and inspiration. [ sings ] >>> lesley always wanted to be heard. growing up in one of the nation's poor cities, there were times he felt invisible. >> i wanted to be seen, i wanted people to hear me. i had a time. i wanted my voice to be heard. and definitely it was hard. it wasn't an easy thing. it just motivated me to keep pushing and pushing. >> after his parents split, he turned to selling drugs to make ends meet. fighting his way from notorious north philly to become freeway. one of the city's best-known rap artists, a journey as rough as the streets that forged him. >> when i was growing up, the corner boys was t

. >> "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. gay marriage. what does that say about the power of the vatican and the pope. >>> they wanted to pope to be something he may not be. yes, he has a great story and a great history and he's doing a great job of reaching out. but nowhere has he said he's going to change doctrines. >> so is he a secular pr face? >> i don't know anything about the vatican. i'm an athiest and the whole religion thing is bizarre to me. >> first, we ask if the u.s. is a super power in decline. this is third rail. >>> is america in retreat? many say yes. >> a red line for us is we start to say chemical weapons. >> once you draw that line, the credibility of the united states is on the line. >> the united states is now number two. the chinese economy just overtook the u.s. >> that's going to be the sun setting on the american century. >> there is no alternative. >> there's no question it's a much worse world order if nobody is providing that leadership and the americans are best situated to do so. >> tonight we have ambassad

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> he was electro-shocked and tortured. >> decades of corruption abuse, and torture, by chicago police... >> you think people make a distinction between cia, black ops sites, verses torturing a thirteen year old kid from the south-side? >> people realize that torture is torture. >> lisa fletcher brings you an in depth report chicago torture >>> is china hacking america? yes according to just about every u.s. official. the latest victims are millions of current and former u.s. federal government workers. personal information including social security numbers were stolen in a cyber attack on the office of personnel management. u.s. officials mostly speaking anonymously blame hackers in china. the breach includes background checks on people seeking u.s. security clearance meaning highly sensitive information on sex lives, drug habits and financial woes and psychological problems may be in the hands of a foreign government. china denies any involvement

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. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> it's 5:30am - workers are lining up to board buses that will take them to the fields for the day. after negotiations broke down, farm worker leaders moved on to talks with the federal government, to try and persuade them to help... ...and meanwhile, pickers returned to work, unable to go any longer without a paycheck - even if it wasn't as much as they'd hoped for. with the strike over, we wanted to see what a day was like for workers in san quintin. so we went to visit the fields of one the largest growers in the valley - berrymex... ...better known to u.s. consumers by their distributor - driscoll's. the workers hands are basically the starting line of the track that leads produce to it's ultimate destination - the consumer. >> in the states everything is so automated you

only on al jazeera america >> police in the u.s. investigate a possible link between a racist manifesto and a man confused of shooting nine people at a church. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the program. al jazeera calls for the release of its journalist arrested in germany under a warrant issued by egypt. >>> implementing the mali accord may prove to be a challenge. and the work marks

home for original documentaries al jazeera america presents only on al jazeera america journalists have been found dead after an air strike by coalition forces. they disappeared may 20th, allegedly abducted by houthi militia men. they were then taken to an quake monitoring situation that was bombed. the paris based media freedom advocates, reporters without borders blamed the houthis for their deaths. their channels said they were used as human shields. houthi rebels released casey coombes, he had been abducted for two weeks. bbc fm radio broadcasts into rwandan have been blocked by rwanda due to abuse of press freedom. following "rwanda's untold story", broadcast last year, an investigative croup was set up. the film suggested that the president and rwanda patriotic front had a hand shooting don a plane that triggered the genocide. the number of tutsis killed has been questioned. a spokesman reported: p fake news websites are proliferating and public and media confuse stories for genuine articles. the latest is jack warner, former vice president of f.i.f.a., indicted. he tried to defen

america tonight only on al jazeera america. >>> why did you do it? >>> deadly church shooting in the u.s., police arrest a 21-year-old man as president obama again speaks out over gun control. >> at some point we, as a country, will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. ♪ >>> hello, i am darren jordan in doha with the world news on al jazerra. also in the program. thousands of greeks greeks rally against staying in the european i don't

jazeera america only on al jazeera america. >>> it's been over three weeks since amtrak derailed in philadelphia. investigators are not sure what caused the accident the the train as travelling faster than it should have. investigators found no sign of trouble with the tracks, the signals or the breaking system. the train engineer who was injured cannes remember anything about the accident. with no evidence to point to, officials are blaming each other and amtrak officials. paul beban has our report. >> reporter: his voice cracking with emotion, the head of amtrak vowed to make rail travel safer. >> i believe the greatest contribution that railroaders can make to the industry is to implement ptc as rapidly as possible. i promise you that by the end of this year this system that will enhance safety will be complete and operational on the n.e.c. >> reporter: ptc or positive train control is the technology that could have presented the derailment on the quarter line near philadelphia. amtrak installed it along parts of the track from boston to washington, but not where train 188 went o

. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> he was electro-shocked and tortured. >> decades of corruption abuse, and torture, by chicago police... >> you think people make a distinction between cia, black ops sites, verses torturing a thirteen year old kid from the south-side? >> people realize that torture is torture. >> lisa fletcher brings you an in depth report chicago torture only on al jazeera america >>> you're watching "inside story", i'm ray suarez. at the close of the last presidential campaign, hillary clinton conceded defeat and says her supporters put 18 million cracks in the glass seal, standing between women and the oval office. clinton held the first major rally of a run for the white house. paul beban covered the rally on new york's roosevelt island. >> that is why i'm running for president of the un

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only on al jazeera america the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now use of force? -- in deadly use of force? nine states have no laws on it whatsoever according to amnesty international. if an officer feels that his or her life or the life of another is in danger, the use of force is appropriate. paul beban's experience at the washington state university use of force lab. there are many gray areas he learned in which to shoot or not to shoot. >> reporter: so this simulation is going to measure my reaction to the simulation, whether or not i use force appropriately and all the while what my braifn i brain is doing. so i'm just going to be watching here wheys happening and reacting. >> put yourself in the shoes of the law enforcement officer. use force only when you feel your life or the life of a citizen is in threat. the spouse is abusive and there are weapons in the house. this is one of the faster paces, simplified shoot-don't shoot scenarios. (bleep) (bleep). >> sir sir sir. >> (bleep) (bleep) (bleep). >> sir sir sir.

only on al jazeera america. >> the policemen who kill. for the first time, members of kenya's death squads speak publicly about assassinating suspects. >> kenya's counter terrorism strategy is edging the country into conflict, creating a generation of angry and alienated muslims. >> kenyans shot dead in cold blood. >> they're becoming a threat to global security. so do the elimination. >> al jazeera has been given confidential documents revealing the intelligence that drives this extra judicial killing program. intelligence that may have been supplied by western security agencies. >> aljazeera investigates whether global powers are conducting a proxy war in africa using a rulebook from israel. >> a part of that prevention sometimes is to kill the terrorist. before the trial. >> president kenyatta - has already faced charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court he could soon find himself in the dock again. this time for ordering the killing of muslim clerics. >> for years kenya has been rife with allegations of a

talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. should the u.s. end their alliance, with saudi arabia, and, later in our panel is the incident making the world less safe for women, and. saudi arabia is everyone of the values holds dear. >>> and no alleys to the region, we still have reasons for relationships. they need more executioners, to keep up with the number of public beheading. >>> and they kill all jews and hate the chris cans, and, 28 pages. 9/11 inquiry establishes a chain of liability, nearly every element, points to saudi arabia the united states, have never pushed saudi arabia, we have strike that is he teegic interests. >>> it helps keeps other regional powers in check. >>> it is america's bestfriend. >>> in the middle east, the enemy is still my friend- >>> tonight we have the for emergency policy to the general, and, top diplomat, and, saudi born activist, executive director for democracy in saudi arabia . >>> thanks for joining us, is it >>> no. is it time to end the relationship? >>> no, it is time to put pressure on them to emba

fault lines invisible hands only on al jazeera america >> only on al jazeera america. >>> this bit of land on florida's virginia key is home to a hurricane simulation lab at the home for marine and atmospheric science. it feels like a giant swimming pool. >> roughly the size of a large swimming pool. >> reporter: dr brian house runs "sustain" - short for: surge, structure, atmosphere interaction facility. why is it important to recreate the conditions in a chamber? >> there's a couple of things that we are keen to figure out. what causes hurricanes to intensify, to go from a cat 3 to a cat 5 in less than 24 hours, and is important not just for hurricanes, but climate change issues >> reporter: we were invited to see a full-speed demonstration. >> there's no computer model that gets to the physics of what's when the high wind is ripping the top off a wave. >> reporter: researchers want a better understanding of the transfer of heat from the ocean surface and sea spray to the atmosphere. what wind speeds are we at now? >> at the equivalent 80 miles per hour category 1 storm. >> reporter

. >> the new home for original documentaries al jazeera america presents only on al jazeera america running for their lives. fire rips through a water park in taiwan injuring more than 500 people. hello there i'm shiulie ghosh you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up on the program yes votes. the greek parliament votes in favor of a referendum over the bailout deal. >>> a tribute to the victims of friday's massacre in tunisia. >>> how the internet could change the lives of cubans. the greek parliament has decided to back i prime minister alexis tsipras' call for a referendum on the european bailout. planned for next sunday. the decision hasn't been welcomed by greece's euro zone partners. they have refused to extend the bailout of june the 30th. greece needs to make a $1.8 billion repayment to the international monetary fund by tution. thereby tuesday. there is a real fear that the banks may run out of money. barb biphillipsbarnlbarnaby phillips reports. >> the prime minister, alexis tsipras, say the referendum was a chance for greek people to take back their own destiny.

only on al jazeera america. photos ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "techknow." we're talking deep ocean. it really is the final frontier of exploration here on earth and scientists are just now beginning to understand what lives down there and how it all works. these scientists are not the only one interested. >> that scientific research of a whole lot of research down there in terms of the minerals and metals there is a rush to bring all of that to the surface. >> you know that rush is a delicate and potentially really contentious issue, because we know so little about that environment so it's tricky. >> tricky or not deep sea mining it is coming potentially within the next two years and it might bring a lot of issues with it. let's take a look. >> these days the new gold rush isn't in the hills. it's in the deep. hydrothermal vents two miles down. verified by the submersible alvin in 1977. and no one knows it better than scierchtscientist cindy van dover, she now consults with the undersea mining ind

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talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "techknow" investigates climate change. >> i can really feel it vibrating now. >> it's science versus politics. >> do you know what this is? it's a snowball. >> from a city in the grips of climate crisis. >> neighbors were coming down. everybody was helping each other, pushing the cars. >> to the epicentre of a political debate. >> carbon pollution is co2, and that's really not a polutant it's a plant food. >> we go to the front lines of a debate that may not be decided. >> they're gonna raise the sidewalks... >> that must be what - two feet? >>> until it's too late. >> as mayor, i don't have the liberty or time to debate why climate change is happening. >> dr. shini somara is a mechanical engineer. >> with all of that innovation do you think i

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>> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> investigating a dark side of the law >> they don't have the money to puchace their freedom... >> for some...crime does pay... >> the bail bond industry has been good to me.... i'll make a chunk of change off the crime... >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... chaising bail only on al jazeera america >>> now to four fast ford and america's own migrant -- fast-forward and america's own migrant crisis. our borders saw an influx of unaccompanied children pouring in from central america. this time last year u.s. officials from grappling with what to do with tens of thousands of migrants searching for new home, lori jane gliha talked to a teenager that made the trek. >> reporter:

only on al jazeera america. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello from doha and i'm jane and coming up, in the next 60 minutes and they suffer a stunning setback at the mailbox and have a grueling tax of building a coalition. china says it's making significant progress on human rights but we talked to people who tell a different story. a forgotten war we

america tonight only on al jazeera america. fading fast. greek priems alexis tsipras says demand by greece's debtors are incomprehensible. even the european union, if it fails to reach a bailout deal. the tough stance by creditors without a deal greece will not be able to make its debt payment its next one, $1.8 billion, due on june 30th. the deadlock is over austerity measures. lenders are demanding steep spending cuts and tax heights but greece says it can't absorb more pain. as you recall i recently visited greece to see the situation firsthand to find out just how the country got to this poifnt. point. it's a little after 11:00 p.m. on a saturday night in the central neighborhood of gazi athens where few would believe that anyone in greece is suffering from austerity or a five year recession. >> in 2011 we started feeling downhill. it went very bad in 12, 12 was the bottom. the business isn't anything like it used to be. talking 50 to 70% down. >> the greek government had been spending on a spending spree lealeading up to the 2004 olymp

only on al jazeera america >> i'm under water on this mortgage. i overspent. i went, you know, overboard on many, many things. never thinking that it was all going to be taken from me. >> babysitter bills, stuff like that. we're all struggling. >> i'm finding that it gets more complicated after you retire. >> it's not the best right now. i'm trying to do as much as

only on al jazeera america. g. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now place in the south china sea is raising tensions between u.s. and china, and raising questions about how far the two countries were willing to push the conflict. china is building artificial islands in in reefs on the arch pell ago. they are 600 miles from the coastline and closer to other countries laying claim to them. like vietnam, malaysia and brunei. this is significant. according to international law, a country's jurisdiction over territorial parts extends over 12 nautical miles. china is clearly outside the boundaries. in the images, you can see how far the island grew. the image on the left, you have to zoom in a little bit near the top of it, is from march 31st, 2014. the one on the right is from august 7th. that's dramatic progress in five months. here is the latest image. a close up taken on january 30th this year. tuesday, china announced that the land building part o

al jazeera america. tertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america john henry smith joins us with a look at what is happening at 8 o'clock. >> good evening, we'll take you back to south carolina emotions were high outside a church where nine were killed. there were protests in columbia and jonathan martin and del walters are in charleston. and a deeper look at the gun control debate renewed by the church shooting in the next hour >>> honduras is a major drug route for cocaine into the u.s. three years ago four people were killed there in an operation involving u.s. drug enforcement agents. relatives and human rights activists say they had no links to drug trafficking. paul beban has been following the investigation and has this report. some of the video is disturbing. >> reporter: on the night of may 11, 2012 a long narrow river boat was motoring up the river in a nearby corner of the honduras river. it was headed for a jungle outpost. most of the 16 pe

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talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> away journey from south to north, we take a closer look at that mass movement and extraordinary images from history that carry meaning even today. >> when i left in september, you know, had one suitcase, i was just a little country girl scared, all night i didn't go to sleep, because i was scared. was hungry. >> in 1956, the then 20-year-old ida taylor boarded a train and said goodbye to the only place she called home, the family tobacco farm in oxford, north carolina. in search of opportunity, taylor left the difficult and thankless life on the farm behind her. >> it's hard. it's work all the time. at the time, there was no money. at that time, the train ride one way was $4 and train from north carolina to philadelphia. i worked at a navy factory. you had to do 100 white jackets a day. >> maybe be $40 a week, taylor started a new life for herself. what she didn't realize then was that her journey was part of a much larger movement, one that's been calle

only on al jazeera america i'm soledad o'brien and you're watching talk to al jazeera. my guest this week is is actor wendell pierce. >> what was it like to do selma? >> selma was a blessing. >> how so? >> it was-- very spiritual to be on the very-- to be in the very place where so many people-- really-- did extraordinary things. and one of the most profound moments i had doin' selma was standing on the edmund pettus bridge after we-- we had finished filming. and i could just feel and hear the people say "make sure you tell our story." all the souls at the bottom of that alabama river are sayin' "just tell our story. make sure they don't forget us." >> interesting times 'cause it seems like the story is relevant again. >> yeah. well, you know it's a continuum. and what happens every once in a while, the veil is lifted and we're reminded of the barbarians at the gate that there's a ugly part of hatred in human nature. that is always something that we have to vigilantly fight against and know and that people will rationalize violence in ways that-- you know-- is just ugly

talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> the vast majority of alleged police brutality cases in baltimore go un-prosecuted. according to former detective joe crystal, a code of silence inside the police department contributes to the problem. in october 2011, crystal found out what happens when you break that code. >> this is prentiss place. you can see it's mostly vacant homes, back here. i believe this was the house right here. >> crystal and his colleagues chased after drug suspect antoine green and arrested him after he broke into this house to hide. >> i could hear the bang and the scuffle. it was obvious to anybody -- cop, person, 6 year old child, what went on at that point. >> what had happened? >> we found out later on from the trial, that green was assaulted while still in handcuffs, by officer williams. they take green out, his shirt is ripped, i noticed he was limping profusely. >> crystal reported the inci

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only on al jazeera america >>> hello, this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm david schuster. it's official. another bush is making a run for the white house. jeb bush promises to fix what's wrong in washington. we'll have a full report on his speech and examining the reaction. >>> fired for getting high. colorado's top court upheld the right to get rid of workers that smoke pot even though they legalized marijuana. >>> a former archbishop is ordered to stand trial as another