and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got their man as if i end rios montt who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year the g

people really believe that made in america equals jobs made in america. and on my thought on a former segment, you talk about regulations and free trade, we can go into all of these different talking points, but my main message of the film is simple. consumer demand can change the course of this country, and i think if that's a simple message that you can follow without getting tappinged up with all of these tree trade and fair trade regulations, people can follow them. and that's why they're responding so well to my film. >> responding to global citizens and awareness. taylor, factory labor conditions, u.s. brands like nike and panasonic, it causes people to think twice before buying them. and is there a comeback? speaking of sustain ability, dave, we'll go to you with this. how will consumer activism be sustainable and long-term? ensure that it goes beyond helping with american products and american workers, but also helps the environment and social issues? >> here's why it's going to work. i have to remove these. the reason it's going to work, there's

/america tonight. you can join the conversation with us we are on twitter and we are running our own facebook page. look for us there. good night. we'll have more of america tonight, tomorrow. ♪ >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz. investigators searching for what went wrong after a deadly train derailment in new york. the city's first in decades. >> we lost four new yorkers this morning. we have 11 critically injured, in hospitals. i ask all new yorkers to remember them in your prayers tonight. >> in the ukraine - protesters are taking over buildings in the capital, demanding the president step down. >> a set back for gay rights. the european union's newest member votes to ban same-sex

you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. and remember, you can check us out 24 hours a day, just by going to aljazeera.com. is money the secret to happiness? we'll explore what makes us happy, and why. >> lisa fletcher is out today, but we have our man as cohost. with all of the tweets and facebook messages, and omar, does more bling make you happy? what did they say? >> they have different ideas of whether obtaining more wealth brings happiness. we have elizabeth saying: >> for those of you at home, we want you to be part of this conversation. and let us know what makes you happy and what the connection is between money and happiness. >> a wife and jacked up truck. happiness, it's the most valued human emotion, for some, it's a strong sense of wellbeing, and for others, they think that more money will make them happy. >> what do you want out of life. >> to be happy. and to live a long happy life. >> what's going to make you successful and happy? what will make you feel successful and happy? >> right now, money. lots of mone

check check >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster. here are the top stories. >> president obama says the u.s. will try again to help americans get out of violent-plagued south sud sudan. a rescue mission on saturday was called off while four members were wounded. their aircraft came under fire. there has been clashes on the ground between government forces and rebel troops. >> there has been renewed violence in the central african republic. 30 were killed in bangui, including a peace-keeping shoulder when fighting erupted between muslims and christian rebels. around 1,000 people have been killed this month. >>

/america tonight. you can join the conversation with us we are on twitter and we are running our own facebook page. look for us there. good night. we'll have more of america tonight, tomorrow. ♪ check check >> this is al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. we are following developments out of thailand where ain government protesters and we are looking at pictures out of bangkok. the prime minister is safe after being escorted out of a police compound stormed by the protesters. >> she is still believed to be in the count rich elsewhere riot police respond with tear gas and water canons. this is the eights day of protests in which two have been

>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following. >> investigators say extreme speed was at least one factor in sunday's deadly train crash in new york. the passenger train took a curb at 82 miles per hour when it derailed, nearly three times the speed limit. the ntsb says it's upclear if the speed was a result of human error for faulty equipment. four died, dozens injured. >> bangkok police have taken down barriers and barbed wire around their headquarters and are allowing anti-government protesters into the government building. the mood is meant to ease tensions and avoid more classes between demonstrators and the police. thousands of protesters are in the streets of kiev. ri ot police beat dozens of protesters. the president said police ore reacted. demonstrators are set with the president for not signing an e.u. trade deal. >> smartphones and tablets are thought to have driven a third of traffic in cyber monday. >> those are the headlines. seen in more than a century. >> they're standing

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the rural drain and america. ethan, why this law that closes schools? >> i think it's a response by the legislature and the government to deal with ever increasing costs in education in alaska. we had boarding schools up until the 1970s, in which the case went to the supreme court and it was decided that the state had the responsibility to educate every child in alaska, and so high schools popped up in all of our villages, and now the state has enabled it so that if the population drops under 10, your school goes into closure over a four-year period. and lessens the budget thing because oftentimes the money is spread out throughout the district. but i think it's a response to save money because the state is not increasing dollars for education, especially in alaska. the costs keep rising consistently. our oil costs go up, and people need to put this all in perspective. they think we can go from one town to another and bus 50 minutes away. no, my community, i'm in average registerinanchorage. and the only way i can get there is to fly in an airplane, whi

. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. the president and first family set off for hawaii where they will enjoy over two weeks of vacation. the president held a year end news conference. >>> the bodies of two u.n. peace keepers killed in south sudan have been brought home. hundreds of people have been killed in the past few days. brinksmanship via fax machine. north korea threatened south korea of merciless attacks via fax. south korea faxed back vowing altercation he. >>> law violates the constitutional due process. utah is already issuing licenses to same sex couples. remember, you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight" an al jazeera exclusive. part 2 into our exclusive. life behind bars, . >> one week after incarceration, they found him hanging from a sheet. most horrible call i've ever received in my life. >> faith and forgiveness. she lost her faith but not her love. >>> ron burgundy, how sometimes lines are blurred. >> i'd say lighten up. there's a whole revolution happening in televi

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technow on al jazeera america >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america al jazeera america is growing and now more americans are getting the high quality, original, in-depth reporting al jazeera america is known for. >> to find out more about al jazeera america go to aljazeera.com >> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about the protests in ukraine. the white house strongly condemn the action against demonstrators and urge the country to return to the path of integration. we want to hone in on the story and whether outside pressure --as we heard we have a society divi

this is a bad move for america. it's a bad model for america. and we'll come back and revisit the story for what is next for detroit. i don't know what the up side is. they're taking, they're going to take money away from people who have worked for the city for years. all of a sudden, they're the problem. i think they're going off the voting block, i think there is race involved here. i think this is about going after unions and collective bargaining and setting up a new model for all cities to recreate the way they want to privatize things around america. this is the conservative utopia. this is what it is all about. reverend doctor wendell anthony and lee gaddees, we will revisit the story. i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. >>> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of your screen. share your answer on ed show and facebook. we appreciate what you do there. >>> coming up, scott walkers thinks he's tops. your kids' christmas list. >>> plus, working hard or hardly working? wait until you hear how many days congress work

america. and the republicans are, you know, always carrying on about how small business and rural americans, they're about to stick it to them if they dismantle the postal service, let me tell you. >> and congressman, does your legislation deal with this prefund at all? >> oh, absolutely. it just says they've already prepaid more than enough. when that ends, we work out a settlement on their overpayment for retirement. this would make them quite solvent for a number of years, give them the money they need to transition to -- into new lines of business, give them authority to get into new lines of business. in europe, some of the postal systems will say, hey, you've got junk mail, you can sign up for subscription, they'll scan it, they'll send it to you as e-mail. you can look and say oh, recycle it or say open it or say deliver it. the postal service saves money, because they don't have to carry it around. i mean, let them do some new and innovative things. but you've got to keep the six-day d

>> welcome to al jazeera america billion i'm john siegenthaler in new york. extreme speed was one factor in deadly crash in new yor new yor. four people died, dozens of others were injured. >>> the obama administration says after weeks of problems the healthcare.org website is finally fixed. >>> an estimated 131 million americans will have spent about $2 billion by the end of this cybermonday. that would be a record day for this traditional monday. a power blackout has plunged venezuela's capital of caracas into darkness. several years of electricity cuts but for years the capital had not been directly affected. there is no word what caused this blackout. those are the head lines. i'm john siegenthaler. america tonight with joie chen is next. you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. we'll see you later tonight. >> on "america tonight": abused behind bars, saving taxpayers money by treating prisoners with a kind of primitive care not seen in more than a century. >> they're standing there ripping open that little package of sugar and filling that wo

that is the headline, i'm tony harris, "america tonight" with joie chen is next. >> on "america tonight", bis buzz, behind a legalized cash crop now hit a new high. >> at the end of the day, it makes me a little bit giddy. >>> also tonight the arc of greatness in our everyday lives. how we take for granted these extraordinary views. and the artists behind them. >> it's almost as if they were dropped here from the 14th century building some of the greatest buildings our country has ever known. >> and footsteps. >> tracing the past, an ancient art and the experienced spirits aging to lead its rebirth. good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm joie chen. in the state of colorado, recreational pot smokers, beginning on wednesday marijuana users will be able to buy the drug legally without having to show any medical need. about 20 pot shops half of them in denver are expected to open for business with more following in the next few weeks with local approval. america tonight's lori jane gliha takes a look at some of the unique enterprises that are springing up to provide recreational pot pr

>> be welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york and here are the top stories. colorado authorities say a high school senior apparently holding a grudge was behind the latest school shooting. 18-year-old carl pearson was looking for his teacher after a disagreement. a 15-year-old student was shot be flown to the south africa eastern cape and will be buried in qunu. >> robert levinson was not a government employee the government says when he disappeared in 2007. multiple reports say plefnson walevinsonwas a government contn he vanished. >>> foot of snow, new york, new jersey, connecticut expecting as much as six inches. those are the headlines. remember you can fet the lat late-- good get the latest on al jazeera.com and i will see you next monday. >> on "america tonight" an open wound. one year after the newtown pain. >> in the midst of our grief, we have come to realize, that we want our loved ones to be remembered for how they lived their lives and how they touched our hearts. >> the you south kor

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of america. you probably all got something in your house that was made in east liverpool. until very recently it was the crockery capital of the country. in so all your resources and that's probably one made in east liverpool. none of the 400 had been reduced to about two. broker downtown on the right bank, the west bank of the ohio river, up north where ohio and pennsylvania and that tiny little sliver of west virginia all need. it is important for no obvious reason except when you drive from east liverpool eastward toward the bridge of the ohio he noticed -- if his past in a heartbeat, an obelisk on the side of the road. that obelisk is use the important because thomas jefferson as an act that he passed before it became president in 1785. hughes the important act in the making of america, and that was the land ordinance of 1785. after that point in the eastern united states is the model of land ownership, the model enjoyed our suffered in the british island command spelunking is where the arist

david kay johnson is a columnist for al jazeera america. he's a pulitzer prize winner reporter, and recent book "fine prin print:how big compans use fine print to rob you blind." i may be overstating the tax that we may go somewhere with tax reform, but people hold up these dumb ideas that we should have a flat tax and the poor don't pay tax and the rich pay all the tax. it is a fact that the rich pay most of the income tax in this country. >> that's correct, but many of the rich pay little or no tax. if you're very wealthy, if you're bill gates or billionaire you can borrow against your assets and interest rate is 2%. so why would you pay 15% tax. warren buffet a few years ago revealed that his tax rate was within what i guess what it was. he had a company that was sold and cashed out, he had no choice but to take the money. wealthy people can live free of the income tax and many do. >> people at the lower part of the income scale pay a bunch of taxes. >> especially state taxes. >> when you earn that little money, you need more of it. >> t

>> only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're covering for you. the grim remembrance of the sandy hook across the united states, and another school shooting. >>> and a procession brings nelson mandela's body home. >> it's been one year since that tragic day when 20 children and six teach percent killed at sandy hook elementary. president obama and the first lady lit 26 candles at the white house and observed a moment of sigh glens a year ago a small peaceful town was shattered by unspeakable violence. 20 school children and six teachers were taken from our lives forever. it has filled us with grief. the victims were educators and kids who could have been any of our own, and the hearts were broken for families who lost a peace of theipiece of their hea. >> let's go to "moms demand action," a gathering. what is this event about? what is happening there? well, richelle, "moms demand action" was started a year ago the day after sandy hook incident took place where 26 lives were cut short. these moms have ga

dive deep into these stories at >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york. parliament calls for new elections. protestors say that's not enough. in ukraine, a symbolic gesture. as protestors topple a statute of a hero. >>> and early venezuelan elections, as that country struggles.

change their reports america's organ partners saying america's next if they were in syria appears to have got even a little nervous for the doc to get out as phone calls interventionism just murder by another name get a joins us it's great to speak to you so if the u.s. stops intervening what about all the other poor people in the world waiting for the u.s. to bomb and save the intervention is an easy. call also disaster and this is something that we see in iraq and afghanistan we let to let. find a way if we maybe got this. one to believe it. to walk out and i did it when my wife wants something from me you know she knows how to tie humanitarian imperialism using schuman rights to sell war a key note book on the subject hoax poster boys for intervention kosovo and yugoslavia was actually prove the opposite horrific consequences of u.s. interference in fact by its very definition in the us intervention all to most sickly means a country is no longer exercising national sovereignty although democracy washington claims to be imposing the will through a few minutes here and imperialism

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al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> some fence mending ahead of next month's planned peace conference in geneva. they will decide who will be able to attend meetings, one sticking point being iran. >> we didn't reach an agreement with iran, and of course, it's known that we, the united nations welcome the participation of iran, but our partners in the united states are not quite convinced that iran's participation is the right decision. >> he also said that iranian officials told him even if they are not present at the conference, they will still work along with the un. james bayes live right now in geneva. james is everything ready ahead of next month's planned peace conference? >> well i don't think things are quite where they wanted them to be. still there is that debate over whether iran will be there. the ambassador you heard just then would like the iranians there. he wants everyone who has an involvement in syria to be there. they hoped to have a list of the two delegations they were

there are many shades of homelessness in america. nearly a quarter of the homeless in our nation are children. 36% are families, and 19% of homeless adults actually have jobs. for many of these fellow americans, changing the cycle is not easy. for a look at what it's really like to be homeless, meet julia cooley, a 33-year-old teacher's assistant in atlanta that lives with a 4-year-old son. >> right now it's about 10 to 6:00, so my bus should be coming up the hill. i'm commuting a total of five hours every day. i'm homeless because i'm place to place, and i don't have the stability. i take time to spend time with my partner sometime and then i spend time with my grandparents. can you say rise up? >> rise up. >> one of the common myths about homelessness is that a homeless person is typically sleeping under a bridge or on the street or suffering from mental illness. the reality for the families we serve is that homelessness is about women with children who have no place to go. >> today is a big day. i'm going to pick up my new keys to

tonight on al jazeera america there's more to it. an america tonight special report. as states try to save money, are prisoners paying the price? >> what are you talking about, he's dead. >> an exclusive investigation into prison health care. >> fault lines investigates... fracking >> shale gas development could actually double the economic growth rates in the province. >> this is our land for thousands of years... >> do you drink money? you must have a lot of money to drink... >> as tensions rise, and protests turn violent, where will the debate lead? >> the situation was no longer peaceful or safe... >> they were bashing my head with their boots... they had their guns on me and everything.... >> how much more real can this get? >> fault lines only on al jazeera america >> i'm phil torezz, coming up next on techknow. >> hike! >> america's favorite sport is under fire. >> now, that impact simulated 100 g's of acceleration in your brain. >> it's the opponent no player can see. >> so the system is showing real-time impact. >> can scien

what is hurting america are helping america, i would like to sell these things. thank you. host: denny, independent caller, top to you think is the news story for 2013? caller: i think the snowden things, the spying on americans and the loss of our rights under a long and protracted war that our founding fathers warned us against that we would lose our rights in a long a protected work. here we are and i'm hoping everyone will wake up and not let our liberty slide anymore. host: what you think should happen in 2014 on that issue? caller: i think everyone who voted to keep the patriot act should be kicked out of office. host: there've been proposals about the patrick leahy. he has teamed up with jim sensenbrenner, a republican from wisconsin. yes, i think they're disgust ofare of the the american people for that think anyone who voted to renew the patriot act is unpatriotic. and should be voted out of office. host: what do you think the president should say on it? his reached to make and talk about recommendations. what you want to hear from them? caller: i want to hear his

. >> deeply polarizing, using the hashtag #ajam stream, we talk about, we don't get oil from north america. if true, why destroy our land. peter talks about the farmers, talk about the land that's going to be condemned. the flip side, oil will be moved one way or the other, all these name callers they should grow up and then anna says my support for this pipeline is based on the current geopolitical reality. we'll somehow figure this all out in 26 minutes. >> they're stacked up. how do people debate. the key stone southern leg is supposed to be ready in 2016. this part of the pipeline still has to be approved by president obama, since it crosses the border. activists and land owners, say, it's not going to be going in without a fight. >> what's at stake is civilization at the baseline. >> adds to higher carbon emissions contributing to climate change. will provide much needed jobs and energy independence. meanwhile, land owners feel, they are caught in the middle. they can take a payout or face eminent domain which can force them off of their land and out of their homes whether they agree

>> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america o. >> you want to build a huge pipeline through the farms, fields and valueys of america's heart land? then tar sands and the keystone xl pipeline are for you! and state department oil services can make it happen. thanks to my former deputy campaign director who now works for transcanada pipeline i'm on board with the board room! >> obviously that is from an environmental advocacy group. we are talking about the keystone xl pipeline and the politics of all of it. so jairc jairch to 2012 election, obama was whether he was p

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next what happened when mandela came to america? and we talked to the queen of soul who sang for him then. ♪ >>> the impact of that effort was felt well beyond those borders, especially here in the united states. you met mr. mandela on his first visit. >> it was 23 years ago. long before he chatted with a young reporter, this historic figure moved a nation. >> nelson mandela. >> for many who heard nelson mandela speak it was not so much his oratory skills. >> nothing will stop our date with destiny. >>> but a story that inspired. a story so familiar and intertwined with america's past but also painful. >> racism will not survive. >> it was just four months after he was set free from prison that nelson mandela set foot in america for the first time, an eight city tour starting in new york. it was magic. it was as if malcolm or martin were still alive and the nets had won all in one day. >> nelson mandela was able to achieve, demonstrated what in fact can occur. >> one american who like mandela knows the high price of equality, cong

. >> what's driving america's wealth and income gab and why does it matter? joining us to answer those questions and i guarantee you many more is policy analyst as r. street institute which supports free market and limited government. ronald is the director of the program on justice and peace at gorge town university and derek hamilton from the new school in new york. thanks to all of you for joining us. lori, explain the difference between wealth inequality and income inequality. >> income inequality one get your paycheck and it adds up to your income over the year. we know there's in equality between a c.e.o. and a worker at mcdonald's, wealth, your house, stocks, car, bonds, anything you have in your financial portfolio that you can use to work for you. as the wealth inequality is far larger than income because the people at the top have more wealth and their wealth continues to work for them a, where the middle class, their wealth tend to be in their home and cars and the the lower tends to have no accumulation at all. >> does one matter more than the oth

"america tonight" with joie chen is coming >> on "america tonight" a winning team, the president picks his own olympic squad, not to compete, but to contest the rules at sochi. also tonight, the longest journey in the prison system, and the few given a second chance at a way out. >> you know, i know the reality that i could have -- i could be killed, because i'm seeing peoples around me get killed, ok? >> and on the run, those harried travelers in the airport, not all of them are headed to grandma's house. some are going for gold. >> i think i paid like $92 in taxes, maybe, something like that. >> $92 to go around the world. >> yeah, miles are great. >> good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. as the olympic movement has seen so many times before, the worlds biggest athletic stage often becomes something of a political theater, as well. think berlin, 1936, mexico city, 1968, moscow, 1980, and so it is again this year. just weeks ahead of the start of russia's sochi olympic games, the biggest controversy has been that country's anti gay laws. president obama has been press

it lead to a changing face of america. in 1776, almost all americans had lived on farms and farms in 1790 when hamilton proposed the first of his economic measures. but by 1840 in new england, one in three in new england's labor force was working in a factory and that was a harbinger of widespread change throughout the 19th and 20th centuries but if hamilton won in that respect he lost in other ways. in the very last letter that hamilton wrote a couple days before the duel in 1804, he writes our real disease is democracy. and he calls democracy in that letter a poison. that was what jefferson was trying to boost as he made clear in his inaugural address. poignantly near the end, hamilton, who realized that his day had perhaps come and gone, wrote every day prove to me more and more than this america world was not made for me. jefferson's world was changing too. he had wanted, he had favored an arcadian america in which most people lived on farms, and he envisaged that lasting for generations as the country expanded all the

many around the world felt that america was capable of everything. it was reflection of using the past and future to use policy today. >> tevy troy, showing strength by not showing how strong you are? >> i think they would appreciate the compliment. but i think something else was going on. president obama gave the speech as a nationally televised addressed. he was going on late night talk shows and appearing on deejay shows in the midwest and south, and he shows up and tries to talk about syria in a serious way, and it seems that the american people weren't interested and moved on. and without the american people, it was hard to pursue other options. >> i think that's true. if the congressional vote had gone ahead that might not have succeed: that tells you there wasn't a sense of let's pull back a little bit. when the president said what his predecessors said, let's take action in the middle east, he looked over his shoulder and found not everyone was with him. that's the times we're in. >> and stopped over in europe because they thought edward snow

"america tonight" is up next on al jazeera america. >> good evening i'm joie chen. thank you for joining us for the weekend edition of "america tonight." we begin our conversation with a resource crisis of sorts in texas. oil is plenty. but water, a basic necessity is harder to come by. the problem started two years ago when the first fracking trucks arrived in town. for the people in town some were striking it rich. others realised that turning on a tap can no longer be taken for granted. >> keith has been fixing water wells in texas for 50 years. business is almost too good, and not in a good way. >> we are as busy as we want to be, i'll say that. i could stay running all day and night if we wanted to. water wells all over the county are drying up. >> i have seen shallow water, 40-80 feet go. never seen any as deep as these - they are 600 feet and they are dry. some is to do with the drought. not all of it. >> today he is working for a rancher, shutting a dead well that was used to water cattle. >> all the shallow water in this country is pretty well gone, thanks

has that made america great food get the promises that we may . get that time the investment that folks have gazed in and balanced budgets on the banks over tax everything's that. is that the question about revenue for cities becomes a secondary question and everything becomes about long term in austerity measures as opposed to talking about prosperity now jobs now increased revenue now in building up cash flow now that city of detroit has a cash flow problem maybe a tax collection problem but this long term debt conversation really really changed the terms of the debate and i think it i think we're trending in the wrong direction it was speaking of trends would it be reasonable or or fairer to say that from the thirty's until the eighty's roughly the mid reagan revolution that we were in a birth to a cycle america's cities were growing america's middle class was growing and that basically during this era of reaganomics and particularly over the last decade or so that we've got in the other direction our cities are being stripped of their wealth o

and yes, it helps america's export business. they say, don't you want to help european and chinese people? >> oh, yes, they want to pay for it. and that is the issue and that's what our constitution s. if the government wants her raisins, pay for it. other crop subsidies, corn and cotton, tobacco, and they give them money, peanuts, not the rain farmer, they took our raisins and didn't give us a dime. they gave us a slap on the back to come back with more raisins next your. john: when the ideal world be they don't take your raisins but they don't give the other guy's subsidies? >> we don't need subsidies. we need to get these subsidies off our back and market our own raisins without interference. john: marvin horne, thank you very much. my next guest says americans are right to criticize what we call capitalism. and also, clint eastwood and his chrysler commercial. ♪ >> we pulled together and motor city is fighting again. ♪ ♪ >> there has to be some kind of a rebellion between the people that have nothing and the people tha

>> and now, "bbc world news america." newsis is "bbc world america." the death of nelson mandela brings a sense of loss around the world as people paid tribute outside his home in johannesburg. crowds take to the streets in so weto to remember their former leader. example nelson mandela has left for the rest of us to follow. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. since last night when the world learned of the death of former south african leader nelson mandela, the tributes have been flooding in. we learned from president jacob zuma that mandela will be given a full state funeral on sunday, december 15. the white house has confirmed president obama and the first lady will travel to south africa next week to take part in memorial services. we will have full coverage and area begin in johannesburg -- johannesburg. >> they come from all walks of life and all communities to pay respects outside the home of nelson mandela. the sense of bereavement is palpable. to some, almost private and personal. together,so a coming a

. >>> made in america. clothes made in america again. and tonight, you can trace your jeans to the farmer who grew the cotton. make it a merry christmas for american jobs. >>> good evening to you on this chilly night. they are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stretching 2,000 miles from the heart land to the east coast. 124 million americans across 16 states, in its grip. look at what some families face this weekend, cars, no match for the slick icy highways. neighbors pitching into help out. power lines dangerously caked in ice. so are the car windows. sidewalks turned into skating rinks, roads icy enough for sleds. our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight. and abc's steve osunsami starts us off in arkansas. >> reporter: black ice. white ice. they're calling ice friday, stretching some 2,000 miles across the middle of the country. turning roads in illinois into ice rinks with massive blowing snow, shutting down more than a dozen airports across seven states, and killing at least six people. in northern arkansas tod

reporting al jazeera america is known for. >> to find out more about al jazeera america go to aljazeera.com >>> welcome back. we now continue our reporting about the overlooked victims of sexual assault in the military, the male service members. according to the pentagon almost 14,000 men say that they have been abused sexually or harassed. but as we heard earlier, many survivors keep their assaults secret for decades and face years upon years of emotional distress. military leaders have made some strides in addressing the issue, but there are still no specific programs for men. in the second part of her exclusive report, "america tonigh tonight"'s lori jane gliha goes inside the first veterans affairs medical center to open its doors to male survivors of sexual assault. >> just beyond the calming waves off the coast of tampa, florida is the first veterans facility to address the issue of male sexual assault. >> if you're dwelling on what's going on in your own head, it's hard to relate to someone else or have them relate to you, right? >> the men and women in this classroom at the bay pine

and also -- >> they wanted a small america. >> they wanted america to be small, hemmed in by hostile powers on all sides, at odds with britain, poor and dependent on france, right? well, that's not what happened, and the reason it didn't happen is because john jay, you know, with this stupendous geopolitical understanding and imagination and with this stupendous american initiative and entrepreneurship just said, wait a minute, you know? i know i'm here to serve my nation's interest, and i think i know what my nation's interest is. and i'm going to do it. so it was just miraculous, what he did. >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> then comes hamilton, about whom you have written so eloquently. and you know that i've learned that you should tell the story of the founding through short biographies from you, because you've written a shelf of magnificent ones, and you've been my kind of model all through this. >> well, you were my editor. >> yeah, but -- [laughter] >> i didn't have a hell of a lot to edit, you know? sometimes you'd get flawless copy, and that's what i got. and on hamilton, of course, y

guns in america. al jazeera america focusing on the violence, the laws and the political debate. >>> an american missing in iran was working for the cia on a government mission. >>> and this scene could be playing out in several states over the weekend. another big snow storm headed our way. ♪ >>> tomorrow marking one year since the sandy hook ac

america i'm stephanie sy, inside story is next. but it's hardly alone in its efforts to solve the burden of runaway debt. i'm ray suarez. bankruptcy lessons learn and the real impact on people's lives. that's the "inside story." >> in the 1950s, a gm ceo famously said what is good for our country is good for general motors, and vice versa. as the auto industry sank it took it's capitol of detroit with it. today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a tough day for all of us here in detroit [♪ music ] >> once the nation's fourth largest city, the heart of the auto industry and the soul of america

products are going to the hemisphere but central america needs gas. if you are seeing how wide the formations are next go, when you meet the demand you concede 20 years out that mexico could be a supplier to central america. a lot of the problems we have with your -- with fuel, oil dependency in the caribbean and central america could be resolved by cooperation between mexico and central america. it has not been a source close enough for that territory to get gas. colombia has talked about it but i think 15 years out we are talking about not only north america but also hemispheric energy immigration. mexicans can play a very important role in that. >> we could go one for a number of hours but i am going cap the -- i am going to have to draw to a close. an announcement -- for those members of the press would like to interview the other secretary and our other guests we can meet in the back of this conference room. an expression of thanks for all of you for participating. it has been an amazing thing to watch in mexico, not only from a point of view fro

in america. generosity bringing a season of hope. >> i never felt such joy in my life. >>> good evening to you. as we come on the air there is a fast moving story that sounds impossible. a truck carrying highly radioactive material was sitting at a gas station in mexico when thieves seized it and drove away. as of this moment the truck has been found and a mexican official says so has some of the radioactive material. let's get the very latest on what is happening at this hour from abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. pierre? >> reporter: mexican officials have told us tonight that the truck has just been found with at least some of that extremely dangerous material. all day u.s. officials had been on heightened alert concerned about the highly radioactive material stolen in mexico. this medical device used in the treatment of cancer patients had been missing for two days. inside it, cobalt 60, a radioactive material described by authorities as "extremely dangerous," potentially leth