Some of the nations biggest Civil Rights Act visits and thousands of protesters to a tiny town in louisiana. Sara hoy with a look at the young men known as the jena 6. I dont believe justice was served in this case, not at all. I believe it was resolved, but not justice. Now eight summers later their story raises questions about fairness and race and our system of crime and punishment. And, free as a bird mans mission to protect the sacred and mighty bald eagle. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im adam may, joie chen is off. We begin with a oneyear anniversary of one of the worst rail disasters in modern history. Dozens of people died when a run away oil train sped into the center of a small canadian town. The train derailed and exploded. America tonights Sheila Macvicar travelled to that town in quebec to see how the community is rebuilding. One year on in the center of town theres an ugly scar. A constant reminder of the night of july 6th, 2013. The six city blocks wiped out. The 47 lives lost. A peaceful, hot summer night. To this. Oh, my god. With no warning. I thought at this moment, okay, all night. Kareem blanch et was driving when she saw a massive fireball in her rear view mirror, the explosion and again and again of the tank. The people everywhere. The sirens of police. It was just apocalyptic. A train with 72 tanker cars hauling 2 million gallons of oil from the field. A train with no engineer on board. When the brakes civiled the train failed, the train rolled out of control downhill into the center of town. Investigators awhen the train say when the train came down the track it was travelling at 63 k hr. 63 miles an hour. Hits this quur curve. The cars slide. There was the cafe. The cafe thats a nightclub where blanch et was supposed to work. Where her friends were. I was in front of the disaster. I said no, its impossible. I want it to stop now. And rewind and never happen. Reporter its so shocking. Yes. The wait es i was supposed to switch with her, she died. So i always saw some of this and think she died at my place. Its strange to im sorry. Massive devastation. This is what we were faced with when we arrived. This was like driving into hell. It was. There was nothing comparable. This was the 9 11 to canada. Tim has been a professional firefighter for 35 years. He leads the volunteer force at rapingly maye rangely maine. These are neverbeforeseen pictures taken by one of his crew from inside the blast zone. We saw towers, we didnt know what they were. What kind of building it was. He said it wasnt a building, they were the tank ards, they went in so hard they embedded and stood up and exploded from the oil. Into the nightclub. Into the nightclub. We said were there a lot of people injured . They said to, there was one injury. You lived or died. Its so big. I lost 30 friends. And customers in the same night, and employees, friends. Its too big. I cannot swallow it. Reporter even now. Even now. Reporter yannick was the owner of the music cafe. One mere on, hes trying to rebuild, not just his cafe, but his life. Reporter are there other people here . Its the same. Its the same. Its so small here. The tragedy is so big. We talk with someone, he knows another, he lost a friend, a daughter, a son, another lost his father, his mother. Everyone knows everyone here. Reporter crude oil doesnt normally explode and burn. This, from the backend fields did with such force that the canadian Prime Minister scribed it has a war zone. Train wheels were blown off. Tanker cars plit open like soda cans. Oil igniting and exploding, blowing apart the water system. No one would be set up to handle a blast of the that proportion, we dont have the money oequipment. No Fire Department has. This reminds everyone of the disaster that almost wiped their town off the map. Translation its a tragedy of unbelievable magnitude. It was the heart of the town which was somehow gone, decimated. The impact of the explosion is still being felt. Translation more than 700 lost their jobs, some are under shock because they experienced it closely. Reporter dozens of businesses are closed, many suffer trauma, theres been suicides and divorce. Theres the fear of contamination, 1. 5 billion gallons of fuel were burnt. The tracks in the town were never meant to transport hazardous foorls. In the last five years it increased exponentially. In 2009 there were 500 cars of crude oil. In 2013, 160,000. Thats an increase of almost 32,000 . A boom echoed in the u. S. Every day. Rolling in, carrying millions of gallons across america. For the fire chief, the business of moving oil in milelong traipse is a worrying trend. The Rail Industry has not been regulated since the 60s. We are shipping millions of gallons daily over the tracks, going by homes, local neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals, thorough ways and people are sound asleep. The trains are rolling through at night. In the wake of the accident the canadian government imposed more regulations, including forcing the Rail Industry to update cars used to transport petroleum, standard unchanged since the cartses were introduced four cars were introduced four decades ago. The United States has yet do the same. At some point it will happen again and therell be another new story and more fatalities and people will feel bad. We need to have the people in charge, the federal regulators, those that obvious see transportation, write regulations to make sense, keeping the people safe, and regulations. There are trains rolling through, but they are carrying goods that the city is assured are safe. There are plans for a bypass, but that takes time to build. Meantime, theres talk of letting trains with dozens of Petroleum Tanker cars roll through the center of the town. That has people here reliving the worst nightmares. I think we are not. Translation we dont deserve this, with all that happened here, all that we lost. Im concerned the train has to pass somewhere, but town. The mayor acknowledges that many in the town are uneasy about the proposed resumption of shipments, but since the new rail line opener they promise the trains will be as safe as possible and moffat the slowest possible move at the slowest possible speed. Its a small town but a lot of people will lose their home, family, trend and job. Nothing will be the same. Coming up next bridging the gap. At the height of the summer driving seven, a warning about the 60,000 bridges in this country in desperate need of remare. An indepth repair. An indepth look at crumbling Aljazeera America presents the killing of journalist is a question directed to society they are impartial. 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People are all over the place. Send everything you got. The bridge over the river fell place. Where, sir . 35w over the mississippi. Theres hundreds of cars down the river. Send everything you have got. Lindsay was 24 in 2006, show was stuck in traffic. Frustrated and anxious to get home after a long day. Bridge. I got to about the middle of the bridge when i heard a clank. It was a very distinct sound of metal breaking. What did you see . My cars was in an immediate free fall, going the bottom. It was full of water. Do you remember sitting there you . My car went in and the water came up as quickly as the car went in. By the time the car stopped moving, i was drowning. To her surprise and against the odds lindsay floated, reaching the surface of the water. Thats when she saw the scale of the destruction. A construction worker saw me, called me to a section. Bridge, an incline that was climable. He took a broom that had fallen and fished me out of the water and told me to sit by the median. Thats where i sat for about 45 minutes. When i need to i come here. Reporter seven years later a memorial has been erected honouring the victims of the minnesota bridge collapse. 13 columns remembering 13 lives lost overlooks the new i35 w bridge. Lindsays name is here, with 145 others who survived. How did you get out of your car sni. D the unanswered question. I dont know. I have chalked it up to whatever else. I dont know. I accept i dont know and may never know. I did. Thats the part that matters. Reporter a formal investigation into the collapse took more than a year. The National Transportation safety board said the cause of the tragedy was a design flaw in the gusset plates, metal squares connecting one beam to another. At the time of the collapse the bridge was listed as structurally deficient. Engineers ruled the brim was in need of critical maintenance, but safe enough to remain open. How much bridges in the country are deficient . We have 60,000 structurally deficient bridges, with physical problems. And to put that into perspective, one in nine bridges in this country. One in nine. Casey is with the American Society for civil engineers. Every four years they evaluate the sit of americas infrastructure. The most recent report card gave the nation a shocking d plus. While the bridges were graded a c plus. How did we allow this to happen in the country to get so many deficient bridges . Like many categories, we take the things for granted. Perhaps we think theyll last forever, we can defer maintenance. The reality is the trust fund theres a trust fund supporting bridges, roadways and transit system. Theyll go bankrupt. Congress has a challenge before it now to fix the trust fund and this has to be done by the end of the assumer. It sends 35 billion to states. Its a primary source of funding. Few. It could be drained to zero by august 1st. President obama is calling on lawmakers to support 300 billion in additional funding. Its time for folks to stop running around saying whats wrong. Roll up your sleeves, lets get to work and help america re build. Thats what we should be doing. Reporter in the shadow of the Nations Capital sits the fret rick douglas bridge, designed to last 50 years, its a critical artery into washington d. C. , and 14 years overdue for replacement. What are the problems with this bridge . It carries 77,000 cars per day in and out of the city. Its a critical way in. Its showing serious signs of age and wear and tear. I read a report that described parts of the steal, and under parts of the steel. Its a visual depiction. A state with the worse record for safety is pence vainia with one in four bridges structurally deficient. The icon yirk birmingham bridge is one of them. Dan ses ner is with the department of transportation. Theres not too many more years of rusting that that could do that would be acceptable before you have a safety issue. Reporter it had a scare . 2008 when a rocker beam that supports the bridge slipped. Portions of the bridge were closed for nearly a year. If you took this bridge out of service, 25 of capacity to cross the river would be lost, a Significant Impact on commuters and business in the pittsburgh region, and would have a lot of impacts on people. With federal funding in departmenty act 89 was passed, setting aside 40 million to overhaul the birmingham bridge much. The project is eligible for federal funds. The lack of federal fund if we didnt have state funding we wouldnt talk about the fact bridge. While bridges can be fixed, lindsay says her mental scars will last a lifetime. She credits art with helping her cope with the drama of that day. One of canvas, the back brace she wore for months. Are these some of the names . Amazing. I have all the names of the 13 victims who passed away. And numbers and things that are kind of important to historical nature of it, i wanted to capture what i remember. I remembered flames, tangled beams, and the truck on fire. And the people on the island with me. The rebel. It was a cathartic process for me to really put that memory in real visible form for myself. Lindsay says she deals with posttraumatic stress disorder, and survivors guilt. But says the biggest loss of all was to her faith. My world view now comes with the assumes that things will fall down. I can see the cracks and all of things that are wrong with our infrastructure and buildings and all the different ways that we dont care for stuff like that. I dont trust that things will be safe. President obama called for action on that trust fund. 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An intimate look at what our kids are facing in school and beyond 15 stories, 1 incredible journey in this envelope is my life right now. Edge of eighteen coming september only on Al Jazeera America now to crime and punishment. Its been a decade since jena louisiana was thrust into the spotlight. Six black teens were arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating up a white class mate. The case pitted black against white. In an exclusive sara hoy returned to find out what, if anything, had changed. Robert bailey junior, michael bell, brian pervis, theo shaw four young men part of a group of defendants known as the jena six. A racially charged case that divided the nation. It just happened. Reporter the teens were charged with attempted murder then battery following a 2006 schoolyard fight that left a white classmate unconscious. I know what i did, but when i heard the term attempted murder, im thinking man, attempted murder,. Michael bell was the first of the six teens to be tried and convicted in adult court. A ruling that sparked anger across the country. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase the jena 6. Anger. I wont say hate red, but a lot of pain. Reporter now a 24yearold student at Southern University in baton rouge, bell wants to set the record strait. Its important for the country to know what happened with the jenna 6, that they stood up and said they had nothing to do with it, that i did everything. Its important for everywhere to know what happened. If you had a part in it you should have stated that you had something to do with it. 1. Released in 2007 after his conviction was overturned bell agreed it a plea deal, sentenced for 18 monthless he was given credit. He attempted suicide after an year. It didnt bother me but people judged. I wanted to live a normal life, put that behind me. Have a family. I have a daughter who is three. Reporter the followed months of continuation after three nooses were found hanging from a tree, known as a hang out for white students only. After bell was found guilty he faced 22 years in prison. Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of jena with alsharpton and Jesse Jackson leading the charge. Even then senator president obama weighed in on the controversy saying in a statement . I wouldnt have known about this, i didnt know about it or do nothing wrong at the center of the brawl was yourselfin Barker Justin barker, who lives near jena. Eight years later he is married with a baby girl. He suffers jaw problems and attacked. At that time i didnt know what it was. It didnt blow up until alsharpton and the buddies came in and the story was turned off of me getting jumped on to getting them out of trouble, you know. I mean, its like they didnt go nothing wrong. Like i wasnt worried about them jumping on mean, and they were just worried what they were charged with. It was probably a little harsh, attempted murder, but they still should have got charged with something, you know. In your opinion, do you think they should have been charged with attempted murered . Well, yes. Yes. That may have been a little harsh, but somebody sits and stomps someones head or kicks them in the ribs when they are unconscious on the ground and kicking them in the face, and stomping you, i mean, i dont know what else you would be trying to do. Beside kill someone when they sit there laying there. Back in 2007, protesters said the case illustrated racial bias in the justice system. Here we are in 2014, and some civil rights advocates say the trend exist. A law center in alabama helped to coordinate the Defense Strategy for the jena 6. Its a nationwide problem. Louisiana leads the pack. We have the highest incarsiation rate in the country, in the world. One in 86 people in louisiana is in gaol. Our incarceration is five times higher than iran. A report found that minorities, especially blacks, are overrepresented in all phases of the juvenile justice process. Although black youth are 16 of the population, they make up 38 of all detained youth. When we look at the population of prisons, you know, we see mass incarceration. I prefer hyper incarceration. What we are looking at is concentrated populations being disproportionately represented in prison. When we look at the statistics, its absolutely disproportionate to their population within gaol. One in three black males in their lifetime is expected to be under criminal justice supervision in their lives, one in three. Reporter the case puts a spotlight on Racial Disparities in the justice system. Africanamerican youth overcharged, tried as adults, charged for things that should be dealt with in a school house, its not unusual and not relegated to jenna, it happens countries. We need to understand that race is a part of how we operate. It comes into play in different aspects of the criminal justice system. We have to look at it wholistically and see to what extent we can make small changes in a number of areas to reduce the potential for racial bias. Following the protest in jena charges were reduced for the remaining five teams. Robert bailey junior, jessie ray beard, carr win jones and theo shaw pleaded no contest to battery in 2009. It brings back a lot of memories. Reporter 25yearold brian lives in dallas with his son, started a tort company and plans on releasing a book. I believe the case was resolve, i dont believe it was justice i fight for adversity. I make new routes. Robert bailey junior lives in louisiana, near his almaam arda, gram line university. There was no jena 6, he says there was a jenna 1 and feels he was hung out. Do you share a similar concern, does that make sense to you where hes coming from, is he a scapegoat . It made sense if you are in his shoes. You know the issue. He did more time than anybody else. He didnt see what we saw, the 20,000 people on the streets. He didnt see or witness that. He didnt witness the meat of the whole case. He was incarcerated during the media. It will make you feel solitude. Bailey, a 24yearold father of two, graduated in may and starts grad school this summer. He says the jena 6 case is behind him. Im not mad at no one about nothing. I have no problem with nobody about anything. No beef with nobody about anything. Im still here. I wont say i didnt hope, i prevail. At the time he was arrested in 2006, theo shaw, unable to afford the 130,000 bail spent a total of seven months in gaol. I thought my life was over, i thought the system is packed against me. This community is against me. The school, the students. Today shaw works for the same nonprofit that helped to defend him in 2006. Hes a Community Advocate for the southern poverty law center, visiting prisons and juvenile detention centers. Despite moments i felt hopeless, i did condition to be optimistic that i would leave the gaol for a day, regardless of how long i was in there. I wouldnt have the opportunity to leave and use my voice on behalf of others. With his site set on law school jaw was determined to move on. Linked by their history, shaw is. I didnt think i would be here without their voices. Age tating the system for a just outcome. As i leave the office, if i get on the street car or bike, i think about the ways in which it can be a bet the colleague or person. Thats america tonights sara hoy. Next a scouts duty to live with honour and honesty, challenging the boy scouts to on tech know, imagine getting the chance to view the world. The brain is relearning how it sees again after decades in the dark, i couldnt get around on my own a miraculous bionic eye. Im seeing flashes great tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. 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Now there is a new threat humans are moving into their habitat, causing combat injuries as eels are fighting over each eagles are fighting over each others territory. We go to an ooel sanctuary yea where the eagle sanctuary where the u. S. Army spent millions to protect the eels. The water is where the eagles like to hang out. The ground has been able to coexist, because we have so much territory. We have tens of thousands of acres of shore line supported by the Water Resources nearby. Potentially the largest concentration of eagles on the eastern United States, and the largest concentration on a military installation. After world war ii, ddt was introduced as an insecticide for agricultural crops. It didnt outright kill the eagles, but interfered with their absorption of cal sillium and calcium and resulted in them laying thinshelled eggs. And when they sat to incubate the eggs they cracked and didnt hatch. They were to the point of extinction. As the population increases, they are territorial. If too many are in one space they fight we found some on the ground with talon injuries. We found a number of eagles that have flown into power lines. We have undertaken a number of measures to protect the bald eagle. Mows sisiblely that you see are flight diverters, flappers, so the lines are visible to the eel. The eagle sees the reflector and diverts the flight up over the line. Also, where we can, we ferried the powerlines. Any injured eagle we find. If we can safely capture it, we do so and drive it to a clinic that specialises in birds and bird rescue. A facility is tristate in newark, delaware. The eagle in the came was brought to us from maryland. We suspect it was injured in a territorial dispute with another eagle. She had a significant lassarating injury towards the end of her right wing. When i saw her out in the cage, i thought i dont know, shes not using the wing very well. Now shes flying from one end of the cage to the other. We are optimistic that well be able to release her soon. The best part of rehabilitation is when we return them to the wild. A lot of hours go into rehabilitating each patient and to open the hatch and have the birds fly out or open the carrier and have the bird go into its natural habitat is the biggest reward there is. Its a great day when we return a bird to the wild. Its a good day. Yes, it is beautiful, beautiful birds there. Finally from us on this 4th of july Holiday Weekend as many of you are probably beaching it with family and friends, we dig into the sands of time and meet an artist that embraces the notion that nothing lasts forever. I call myself an earth escape art. I go to natural areas and work with natural materials to create my work. What i do is brink my equipment to the beach and work with the wet sand during the low tide. Its changing texture and colour, and i use it as my paint. When i come to an election i assess it. What is possible. I see the beach i have to work with. I didnt have much beech, it was narrow. Perfect for the sick. I started with my first stroke to set the line and needed to figure out the next time to keep it even. I do a line down the middle. You do a rake. I was putting a message inside the artwork. This one has an aztec inspiration. I created an alphabet and did crack lines, making it feel like it was an old piece of lock kafbed and cracking. Sand is very tactile. I can feel it with the whole body. I can hear the sound of the rake going through the sand. It makes a nice sound. I love working with the beach. I get so much canvas and i listen to the ocean at my side. I get to walk bare foot in the sand and release my concerns and cares. I love that. One of the benefits of working on the beach is that i can leave my mess, and the next high tide will wash it away. When it comes back, i have a fresh canvas. I draw my inspiration for the designs around me. I look at things with an eye towards how can this look on the batch. When i see something cool, it could be an interesting pattern, crack lines in the rock, clouds. Im drawn to japanese and chinese and other cultural depictions of the elements. And i really love pattern. When i first started to do the artwork i did geometric ones. They look like crop circles. That was the only way to make a large thing and get it to look right. When i was designing it i was creative and putting things toot. There was a things together. There was a flow. On the beach i translate it and follow steps and make it happen. Its fun. Doing it is fun. The ephemeral nature of the art connected me to the awareness that life itself is ephemeral. This will not last more than a few hours, maybe a few minutes. From the bigger scope, anything i do will in the last. A wave could wipe out half of it. Its happened many times. I feel blessed to have the life i live right now. I get to make a living doing what i love to do, where i love to do it, engaging with people who love what im doing, i cant imagine how things would be better, i feel such gratitude for that. Its interesting. Thats it for us here on america tonight. Join us this week for pot wars. Lori jane gliha explores marijuanas momentum in a state that is anticipating a legislative battle on the cusp of marijuana dispensaries opening. Her report on america tonight. Remember, if you would like to extent on the stories you have seep together. Log on to the website aljazeera. Com. You can get our team, get a sneak look at the stories and tell us what youd like to see in a nightly Current Affairs programme. Be sure to join the conversation on twitter or our facebook page. Hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of july weekendful goodnight, see you next consider this the news of the day plus so much more. We begin with the growing controversy. 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