Transcripts For ALJAZAM America Tonight 20140723

In gaza more violence and tough talk. What we are seeing with hamas is another instance of islamist extremism. Hamas is like i. S. I. S. Hamas is like al qaeda. Hamas is like hezbollah. Hamas is like boko haram. For many palestinians and israeli mothers they are burying their children. World leaders demand diplomacy to end the blood shed. Israel is top a ceasefire. Will hamas agree. And a social experiment 20 years in the making. Two kids from the inner city one black, one white, both dreaming for a better life. When they start out they are cute and cuddly, you want each and every one to own the world. And you know sadly that that will not happen. Stunning results of a study that raises the question when you come from the main streets is the American Dream dead on arrival for some . Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im adam may in for joie chen. Five days after Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was shot over eastern ukraine, a fullscale Investigation Continues to be hindered by rebel fighters, a lack of security and evidence tampering. Theres a lot of information. Most of the victims remains will be flown from ukraine to the netherlands. A dispute erupted between experts and rebels. 92 bodies are unaccounted for. The u. S. Released intelligence to support its claim that the plane was hit by an s11 missile fired from rebel held territory in eastern ukraine. And european leaders, people, imposed new sanctions on Russian Companies and individuals, threatening tougher measures if russia does not rein in the separatists. Sheila macvicar has more for us. Reporter finally the train bearing the bodies of the dead and the flight data recorder are under separatist control. Its the first chance to log and identify the dead. The beginning of what may be a month long process to return the victim to their families. Theyll be flown to an airbase in the netherlands. As soon as the victim is identified, the family will be informed. Nobody else. That can happen quickly, it can sometimes take weeks or months. But there is more evidence of a lack of care separatists have taken with the crash site and the bodies. Separatists say they loaded the remains of 282 people on the train. Dutch investigators say there were only 200. With 298 people on flight 17, that may mean remains of 100 people have either been taken elsewhere or still lay in the fields. New satellite images show the scale of the crash scene 12 scare miles. On the ground today the smell of decc aremains in decay remains. There were few guards, despite promises to secure the premises. Red and white tape was torn away. The state of the wreckage is important. It will tell investigators what happened to the plane. What kind of missile took it down. Theres reports that debris have been cut into pieces and removed. We saw workers using a power saw to get a closer look at the fuselage. We cant draw conclusion, its not a role, but an orved observation that we made. In australia the countrys p. M. Was blunt. After the crime comes the coverup. What we have seen is evidence tampering on an industrial scale. Obviously that has to stop. This is what a secured crash scene looks like. The wreck of pan am 103 near lockerbie scotland brought down by a bomb, a plane meticulously reconstructed. A thumbnail size fragment key to identifying the bombs timer. Anthony was a scientist leading the investigation of the victims remains. He says getting the same level of evidence will be difficult. Theres no accuracy, no continuity, no detail. To retrieve the situation, identification is not going to be a problem. Taking it further from that, in terms of reconstruction of the incident, thats a different story. Late today. U. S. Intelligence says their intelligence that shows a missile was an fa 11 launched from a buick missile launcher. Adding that russia bears direct responsibility for rebel training and support. What u. S. Officials do not know if it was Russian Military or trained rebels. Ukranian sources say this is likely the missile launcher loaded on to a truck on its way to russia. Russia faces new sanctions. Russias president Vladimir Putin called that unacceptable. But in spied of strong condemnation from european leaders, they are divided over how much pain they are willing to take to punish russia. France says it will go ahead with the sale of one of00 million hightoke war 6 million hightech missile. Lets bring in sheila macvicar, theres so much new information to go through. Lets begin by talking about the black boxes. Where are they, where are they headed and what are the investigators hoping to learn . The two black boxes were turned over by rebels, they are in the possession of investigators, and are on their way to the u. K. , the air Accident Branch there, farmbre, which has experience in looking at the data. Theyll be analysed quickly, and we should get a read out within 24 hours as to what they have to tell us. The information will be interesting to see what that tells us about the cause of the accident. St intelligence determined what they believe is a few things. They have the ignition of the rocket launcher, when it basically turns on. They have the trajectory going up and the path of the plane as it comes across. They identified the point of impact. This is a missile that doesnt explode on impact. It explodes in proximity. What happens to the plane. The plane is hit by shrapnel, a lot of shrap them, and with such force that the plane depressure ices and disintegrates, which is the result we see on the ground. In the initial seconds after the explosion of the war head continues to fly through shrapnel. Thats some of the pitting that we have seen on some of the fuselage and other parts that are on the ground, that investigators have been interested taking a look at. Be spoke to former ntsb investigator, who told us based on images he has seen, backs up what you are saying, that the plane broke party, and he believes the passengers went into a free fall and may have survived a few seconds before the plane crashed down into the ground. What the black boxes will tell us well know from the black box what else the flight was at. Well know there may be some reaction in the cockpit. Theres a voice recorder. We may hear some kind of sound of an explosion, depending upon where in proximity to the voice recorder that missile went off. Will those responsible for the downing of the airliner be brought to justice. Well turn to the deputy dean of a pennsylvania lawsuit. Will there be a crime, will someone be held accountable . Theres an enormous crime, Holding Someone accountable is high. We have to identify who ordered the plane to be shot down, who pushed the button, and find the people who may be in russia or disappeared into the chaos of ukraine. If the russians determined, supplied the missile technology, what do they need to do to hold russia accountable. Do we need to know that a russian hit the button, if they trained someone to hit the button. If a russian soldier ordered or launched that missile, russia would be responsible. That seems unlikely. What is more likely is ukranian rebels trained by russia did so. The question is whether russia had effective control. That is the word na the International Court of justice used in the past, to hold a country responsible. More than supplying, equipping or training the rebels. Its about operational control. If they were monitoring the operation, that would be enough. That is what this investigation will have to focus on. How much control if any. When we talk about justice in this case, are you talking about criminal justice in the sense of bringing people to trial, individuals to trial, or are we talking about assigning a blame. We are talking about both. Theres one Aspect Holding the individual perpetrators responsible. That will happen in a dutch or malaysian court. Given who was involved in the incident. The other is Holding Russia responsible as a state. Thats an effective control. A lot of pieces of the puzzle to put toot. William burke right and sheila macvicar, thank you so much. Now to the turmoil in gaza, 15 days of fighting killed hundreds of palestinians and left 27 Israeli Soldiers dead. In the face of escalating violence and a ballooning humanitarian crisis secretary of state john kerry flew to cairo to work towards a ceasefire. So far the exchange of air strikes and rocket fire have intensified. The f. A. A. Cancelled all u. S. Fights to the airport in tel aviv for 24 hours after the hamas rocket landed. Israel attempted to step up results by land, air and scene. The death toll rose above 600. More than 100 killed from children. A u. S. Girls school used as a shelter was directly hit by israeli shelling. The number of displaced palestinians has now climbed past 100,000. Al jazeeras Nick Schifrin is on the ground. Could you bring us up to date on the latest there. Good evening, we have a continued israeli bombardment a few minutes ago, three blocks from here. The targets are the same. The people that fire rockets, the rocket launchers, and a lot of tunnels. Israeli officials telling me they believe theres over 100 tunnels around the gaza strip of fighters trying to get from gaza into israel, and that is the main focus of this Israeli Campaign. You may be able to hear the thumps behind me, firing from the scene, warships firing into gaza behind me. Clearly the Israeli Campaign stepping up along the boarder. And the rockets themselves are flying more than 50 rockets so far today from gaza into israel. We can hear that. We understand that al jazeeras offices took a hit. Can you tell us what happened . Yes, this was a little after 9am when two prejudice ect isles through into the projectiles through into the offices through the windows. The thumping continues that you can hear. They landed in an area of the office where no one was standing or seated, and the belief is that no one was intended to be hurt by those project isles. They were about that big or so. They are similar to what israel has used to give warning signs to families in homes, that they will destroy in the future, flash bangs, people might know, designed to scare people but not hurt them. But the israeli military, ive been pressing them, say they cannot confirm or deny that a soldier fired that into the office. It does come a day after israels top diplomat said that al jazeera should not broadcast in israel and called us a mouth piece for hamas. Those are quite loud landing a few blocks away. Clearly the bombardment continues. Intense there right now. Any reaction to the shut down of the airport . Yes, this does not please israel to say the least. They have really taken pains to demonstrate that the iron dome system protects the country from rockets, that this is a safe country, but this peerses that notion pierses that notion. Its a 24 hour blan by u. S. And ban by u. S. And other airlines. Immediately israeli officials pouncing on it calling it unnecessary and not necessary to hand terror a prize. They said the airport was safe, guarded. We saw images of that airport closing down when the rocket hit nearby and people running in panic as officials closed down the airport. Thats what the airlines are responding to, the fear and pap irk, and after the incident in ukraine. None of the Airlines Want to take a risk. It will be interesting to see if they expand it and what the impact is. Thank you for joining us. Once again the fa 824 hour ban include all u. S. Flights to israels air terminals. The following suspended flights. Diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire intensified. In tel aviv Binyamin Netanyahu net with u. N. Secretary ban kimoon. He wants both sides to stop fighting and search for a solution. Binyamin netanyahu is certain that hamas it not willing to end the conflict. Stop fighting, Start Talking and take the root causes of the country, so we are not in the same situation in six months or a year. What grievance can we solve with hamas. Their grievance is we exist. They dont want a 2state solution, or any solution. They arrived from egypt where they sat with the u. S. Secretary of state. Casualties are mounting. What led israel and hamas to get to this point. Lets join speak to our next guest. People saw this building up for some time, many are surprised how quickly it got to this point. In some respects its a variation on an old theme, that is an israeli hamas competition, in the wake of israels withdrawal from gaza in 05, and hamass takeover of the gaza strip in 2006. We have a situation in which hamas represented a minority, a significant manority of the Government National movement. Sought to acquire hi diagramming ectry high draj ectry weapons. What is the end game. It has no strategy, other than maintaining control of gaza. It has no strategy to liberate palestine or to succeed in negotiations. No, its about organizational survival, and trying to maintain control of gaza. It entered the conflict with israel weak, financially bankrupt, and politically under pressure from hab as and from the Mahmoud Abbas and the egyptians. What is the end game for his rail. What do they want . If they could, if they closed their eyes, and hamas did the same, theyd wish to be fundamentally destroyed. They cant. The israelis are looking for a degrading of weapons capacity, destroying as many rocket launches and depository of the weapons. I dont think the israelis have any illusions that this will end with a permanent solution. What they are looking for, and hamas may be looking for this too is a more stable arrangement lasting more than a year and a half. You could probably secure that if, in fact, you found a tradeoff opening up gaza economically, and a mechanism to ensure that tunnelling stopped, and there would be no height trajectory weapons. That will require a lot of ingenuity and different partners. The qataris, egyptians, and israelis, working on a longer termed ceasefire. Thats the most you can achieve. If you can get it. Thats the big question, when or if that will happen in the future. Thank you, erin david miller, for joining us. Pleasure. On america tonight. Its shocking that patients dont know how long they may or may not have to live. And whether or not they have a curable versus an incurrable cancer. End of life care, is it best for you or your doctor. How some patients are choosing their open best medicine. Our continuing coverage of the downeded malaysian airliner flight. From an aides advocate to that 12yearold boy who loved soccer. Everyone liked him. He was very polite. Very friendly. He always played the best possible match. America tonights Lori Jane Gliha in the netherlands introduces us to some of the faces behind the tragedy. Appear if you have a bill, you know American Health care is expensive. You may not know that all the extra money may not be helping you. It may be harlful. In this indepth report, michael oku visited a team of doctors determined to change that. Every day in every hospital across the country, patients and families hope for small miracles. Would i have to have surgery . Thats something we left the door open for. Reporter here at the Veterans Administration hospital in california, Timothy Blumberg is being treated for esof goal cancer. While the yauts provides some of the worlds advanced medical care, its also the most expensive. Last year alone, we spent 2. 8 trillion on health care. About twice as much per person as canada, new zealand and france. The rate at which Health Care Spending is growing in the country is absolutely not sustainable. Reporter according to this professor, if nothing changes, we wont be able to afford the care we need. Mill stephen runs the research center, or circumstance, which has a novel idea. Cheeper care can be better. What is the purpose of the center . To design and demonstrate Practical Solutions to the growing unaffordability for health care in the United States. Along with his treatment, Timothy Blumberg is helping to test a model with latestage cancer. Is your primary goal to fight this, making sure its all of their system. Blumberg meets regularly with health care coach. The role is to provide the big picture to help patients think about how Cancer Treatment will fit in with the way they want to spend the rest of their lives. Can i learn about what it is that you want to do . I want to do more travelling. I want to spend time with my kids. Im getting emotional. Reporter what are they getting from you, that they dont get from someone else . They get someone helping them through their care. With me they are discussing things, what they are feeling, what they want to do, what they understand is their prognosis, what they understand are the side effects. Do you take inhalers in. No. Oncologists designed the programme to try to change the way we treat and over treat some of americas sickest and expensive patients. Its easier to say oh, lung cancer, lets give you these two or three drugs, and have a treatment plan put into place with chemotherapy orders signed than to sit with the patients and families and go though the difficult conversation. Reporter a difficult conversation that may help patients understand when treatment is unlikely to cure them. Right now they undergo painful chemotherapy. Its shocking that patients dont know how long they may or may not have to live. Patients dont often have side effects. Its in the emergency room and be hospitalized at greater cost. We pay for the costs. Not only from heart break, sometimes we have a tonne of heart break when we see a patient has passed away. When they have stated to me that they wanted to die at home. And the undue burden on society. Reporter patel believes with better understanding of the zees, up to 70 of patients choose less aggressive, less pain i just decided to go through the treatment. A former army Police Officer, he is suffering a recurrent sye coma and lost a leg to cancer. Now we are taking advantage of the fact this im still here, trying to do something while i can. Why have you decided not to have chemotherapy is this. It made me sick and within a week, we had to stop it. So as difficult as it was, i just decided not to go through with it. You want to have the highest quality of life for as long as you have life. Correct. With the little bit of time i had left, my wife and i had plans of maybe doing some things before my departure. Cancer is big business. In the United States we spend for than 127 billion a year on Cancer Treatments. About 40 for drugs. Not only that, in the last decade the price for cancer drugs has doubled, with brand name treatments costing 10,000 per patient her month. So along with helping patients enjoy a better quality of life, dr patel believes if fully implemented, her model, including a care coach, a hot line to avoid emergency rooms, and nurses providing chemotherapy at home, could save the Health Care System about 30 on treatment of latestage cancer. So about 50 billion a year would be saved. Reporter given the tops, perhaps they shouldnt have been surprised that few hospitals or cancer groups wanted to test the approach. We estimate that that will reduce chemotherapy treatments by 1520 , coming out of the income. People you are looking to to implement the care model. I heard that multiple times by groups. This is great. We want to do the right thing by patients. My operating budget in the end will be depleted. Chemotherapy is how we keep the practice going, how we keep the hospital running. Not only are the drugs costly, as a result of the payment system, twothirds of income comes from administer drugs. That is a problematic way to pay any health professional. Its a conflict of interest. Isnt it . I think it yes, i do think it is. Reporter data on patients seen at the v. A. Will come in next year. No matter the result, the team is certain that the Current System is broken. Do we need to change the way we pay for cancer care . Absolutely. We need to change the way we pay for cancer care and every other type of care in the country. We need to gear it to what it is that the patients and families are looking for, which is impressed physical and mental wellbeing. If we are successful in this endeavour, we wouldnt only see the reduction in Health Care Spending, but most importantly wed see improved quality at the end of life. Care at the end of life that matches what patients want. Was there anything you want to do at home with the family . How they want to live the last few days or months of life. If you have concerns, call me. Thank you for everything. The doomed Malaysia Airlines flight, and the true cost of conflict. Theres so many victims, its a tragedy, very, very individual member of the family, and the friends. Its huge. America tonights Lori Jane Gliha puts a face to some of the innocent victims caught in the middle. Its always good to dream. Is the American Dream just that a dream for certain americans . Now a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight the Affordable Care act dealt a blow by an Appeals Court ruling. A group of Small Business owners argues it gives subsidies only that those buy through the state markets and not the federal marketplace. The court agreed. More than 4 million buying coverage from the federal exchange could see premiums increase. The Justice Department will appeal. A california produce Packing Company issued a recall over listeria contamination concerns. The recall involved packaged fresh fruit such as peaches, in effect tar eens. Listeria claims 300 lives every year. Detroit is a step closer to overcoming bankruptcy. Still employees vote in favour of a plan slashing their pensions. It keeps alive a settlement and protects the art collection. It has to be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Back to the continuing coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash. After days of uncertainty, friends and family are awaiting the return of remains. Half killed were from the netherlands, thats where Lori Jane Gliha spoke those in mourning. Reporter sometimes theres an unforgettable face in the crowd, one that stands out for a special reason. When you look at his smile too, was that he how offs looked . Yes. For danny, that face belongs to a little boy on his soccer team. Steven, the kid who played midfield. Very good football player. Everyone liked him. He was very polite. Very friendly and always played the best possible match. Red cheeks. Very nice. Just like his parents whom we know. We used to know well. Reporter outside the amsterdam skip ol airport where mourners left candles and bouquets. A reminder has been left for the 12yearold smiling face, so hes the one that stands out. Reporter what is the Yellow Jersey . Its his jertiony. He jersey, he played with number six as the midfield. The soccer manager drove two hours from belgium, paying his reports to the athlete that perished during the vacation. He placed 16 flowers on the memorial in honour of the boys teammates that couldnt attend. Can you describe what it was like in your heart, what you felt when you did that . It was very hard to tell. I think i will only realise a few hours later, i think. Its just upreal. Unreal. When you arrived here, when you saw the memorial and how large it had grown, what went through your mind . Yes, theres so many victims. I am sure that my Three Friends were mice people. Everyone loved them. But i am sure that these other people were nice as well. Its a tragedy for individual members of the family and friends. Its huge. You have a chance to see the memorial. No, i havent been there. Its heart warming. Paul last chatted with his brother on the phone, the day before he boarded flight 72. The 32yearold was heading to an aids Catholic Church in aids conference in australia. He is an outspoken guys, and i thought i knew my brother well. But in the last few days after the incident, and with all the reaction from friends and family and colleagues, i have a better understanding of how he touched so many lives. Im close to a point where i say i think he was a remarkable person. Remarkable he was. This is video of him in turkey. He worked on democracy projects in egypt. Sierra leone, malaysia and spend time in ukraine. He was there as an election observer on behalf of the Foreign Affairs and european union. And he believes this country, like others, would be better if you have democratic processes that work. Reporter paul says his brother was proud of the ukraine elections, but crew frustrated with rising tensions in the region. He felt sad about it. One of the most important things that i tried to take on bored and remember is that he believes very much in dialogue. He believes in understanding. He had friends on both sides of the russianukranian border. The last thing he would have wanted is conflict or this incident to fuel the conflict further. Reporter paul says if his brother was alive hed talk about the peaceful resolution. The tiny voice of my brother in this situation would say that he would ask everyone to think about the next steps because before we know it, we see the situation further deteriorate. That will not bring back my brother or bring peace to my family or the people of ukraine. Pims death, in the country he worked to help bring about a fresh start is not a sad irony. He is using it to spread his brothers message that dialogue is more effective than force. Its helping him to cope with his loss. I think the real face of warping is yet to start warning is yet to start. Achieving the American Dream. When they start out they are cute and cuddly. You want each and every one of them to own the world. But you know sadly that that will not happen. Next on america tonight why turning the dream into reality may never happen for certain americans. We tell our children about the American Dream. Is it dead . A groundbreaking study shows it is for huge segments of the u. S. Population. Researchers at John Hopkins University found if you are born poor in america. Escaping poverty is nearly impossible is skin colour makes a difference. I travelled to baltimore to see how two children of poverty ended up in life. They were drug dealing, shooting, posterity. Reporter this man is talking about his childhood home. West baltimore. The corner. That pretty much was my neighbourhood where i grew up in. Reporter the corner was the scene of an hbo mini series based on a real baltimore neighbourhood plagued by openair drug violence. I hate to say it, i wouldnt raise a dog in that part of town. Edgrew up in another depressed baltimore neighbourhood, pig town. It had high crime and poverty rates. My mother was a single mother on welfare. We had no money. My mother never worked a day in her life. All she did was selling dope. That was it. The things that my mother let me do. Reporter like what . Sell dope at the age of eight. Reporter eight years old. We sold it out of my house. Thats how we made our living. As an adult and you look back at being raised in that environment, how did that impact you as a kid . I always wanted better for my children. I would never look down on my upbringing, because it taught me a lot, showed me a lot. It made me more determined in life. It showed me that life is short. Theres no guarantees, no promises. Reporter they were both in part of a study when they were in the first grade. Three decades later, the long shadow has been published, a dismal view of the chances of escaping urban poverty. When they start out they are cute and cuddly. Each and every one of them you want to own the world. And but you know, sadly, that is not going to happen. Reporter professor Carl Alexander and a team tracked 800 children, surveying them through school and following them into adulthood until age 28. Half were scrd urban considered urban disadvantaged, living at or near the poverty line. Reporter you followed up year after year. I thought it was cool. I never had anyone send letters in the mail. Theyd call me and send me a postcard for my birthday. It was cool someone seeing how i was doing, concerned about what i wanted to do. My goals and aspirations. What did you say your goals and aspirations were . When i was younger, law enforcement. I was strongheaded on law enforcement. Despite the goals expressed by the children the research concluded that 4 of urban disadvantaged students went to college and completed a 4year degree. The vast majority of students returned to their poverty stricken neighbourhoods after school. Kids that grew up in low income distressed neighbourhoods had lower levels of completed schooling, lower status jobs and earnings as young adults. Another stunning discovery, theres a big distance. We call it white privilege. Thats the theme, and its disruptive. Its not an evaluative statement for us. It is what we see. Among working class males 45 of whites had trade jobs like plumbing and construction compared to 15 of blacks, and the white males made twice as much money. This is the most lucrative sector, industrial and construction crafts. There are social Network Advantages that favour men in accessing the employment that goes back generations. And this man never finished college or got the Police Officer job. He has a clean record. You might say he ended up in gaol. I do corrections. Ive been in corrections for 15 years. Reporter how do you like it . I still like it. Reporter how is the pay . It could be bet erl. Its good. How are you doing. Finchs salary is below the state average. He and his wife live here, in a baltimore inner city row house that shares a wall with a vacant boarded up home. His children walk to the park in a lowincome dangerous neighbourhood. Reporter you grew up in an impoverished area. You are living in an area that has a long way to go. Right. Reporter your kids, where do you want them to end up . Where they want. Reporter where they want. My son talked big. They have out of this world aspirations. They want mansions with 10 rooms and seven bathrooms. Reporter they want the extreme American Dreamt. Exactly. Reporter do you feel you are living the American Dream now . Yes. Thats what it is, its a diagram. You got to be able to take the dream and make it a reality. Reporter edended on a different edclineneded up on a different path. He and his wife are raising four children, they have a house, an rv and season tickets to the jets. Edsays he made it big even though he never went to college and served time in prison. Reporter how did you replace the income that you used to make selling drugs . I always had an interest in computers. So i taught myself how to build computers, fix computers, and i just knew that that was something that i wanted to do. Because i could take and spend an hour on a computer and make 200. Thats the closest thing to selling dope. Its sad to say, but it is. The clines run a Computer Repair shop in baltimores trendy neighbourhood. They worked hard for success. Edis surprised how well hes doing. You look back. And you are doing that. Can you believe where you are, you are in a house with your family. I shouldnt be here. I have been in so many situations growing up. I have been standing on the corner and people blew the guy next to mes brains out. So every day is lucky for me. All right. This one is done. I never forget where i came from. I know where im going. Thats the difference between me and them. They dont know where im going. I know where im going. Every day i try to better myself. In the research group, edcline is a rare exception. One in 12 children raised in poverty see this type of financial success. We have been told if you work hard and go to school, you can achieve the American Dream. Is it possible. Its fascinating. You pull yourself up by the bootstraps. The world is available for you. In some abstract sense everything is possible. On the ground, it doesnt work that way. The prospects of moving up in the United States, in relation to where you started in life is limited here in the United States than in most of the industrialized countries throughout the the world. The Research Shows children who receive Early Childhood hesitation and attending school have better odds. Breaking out of poverty involves some forces beyond government control. Family is a potent choice, and family advantage and disadvantage is part and parcel of that. It doesnt go away. We cant mess with families in roundabout ways. We can fix schools. Its asking a great deal from the schools that originate beyond the schools. Its a big difficult set of issues here that will not be resolved quickly or easily. The finches may not have achieved their American Dream. They have not given up. Their children are making the honour role. Quons wife has taken twoons, as a hairstylist and a home nurse. They hope some day the family can move into a better, safer neighbourhood. To me my dreams are about everything. It makes me i do whatever i do, i do it. Well, the study found that children raised in the middle class have a better chance of improving upward mobility. Looking ahead. One mans journey from poverty to power. I lived in a house, no running water, no electricity. Candles. And you worked in the fields. 10 hours a day. Three hours a day. Can you imagine that. In america. No. He has the scory to tell. Sheila macvicar talks to mayor for life marion barry about his childhood, remarkable career, and the book he hopes will set the record strait. Al jazeera america. We understand that every news story begins and ends with people. The efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. We pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. Thousands of riot Police Deployed across the capital. We put all of our Global Resources behind every story. It is a scene of utter devastation. And follow it no matter where it leads all the way to you. Al jazeera america, take a new look at news. Cornell University President David Skorton is a College Education worth the price . Discusses the purpose of College Students allow yourself to dream. Its very, very, important and his post university plans the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me. Every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. Talk to al jazeera only on Al Jazeera America finally the malaysian airliner hits home for many frequent flyers. Steph is dutch herself and flew the mh17 route. She shares her thoughts on this tragedy tonight. Im trying to remember how many times i flew from amsterdam to kuala lumpur and onwards in the past 17 years since living in indonesia maybe 30 times or more. Locked up inside the plane with the music, magazine and movies. Ive felt a sense of protection. As soap as i boarded i entered a different world, unrelated to the world outside. A world with happy families on an exotic holiday. Children in choking outfits. And europeans. Dutch and john eastern. A world of excitement. We are in here for the next 13 hours. Lets make the most of it. How many times did high talk about my new life. I made new friends at 30,000 feet, and tried my best indonesian on passengers next to me. Its that small world, familiar to me. Travelling to bali, toothpaste shop in a dutch shop, and a magazine id buy at tripoli. This protective world for once met the real world outside and is in shatters on a flowery field in eastern ukraine. I believe most airtravellers like to imagine themselves in relation to the inside of the brain. Or flying over mountins, silent territory. If we see ourselves in a small tube. We probably would not fly as much. The truth is, this world has come toot. We land at the other end without being touched by the world beneath. I recall a few times i thought about the wars and conflict down there, about the possibility they could hit me at this height. I remember finding it strange my plane flying over afghanistan while the war was going on. I thought the pilot would know best. In the last knew days many images come back to me. One of the strongest is the british girl i met after a bomb attack in bali. The party dressed burnt, makeup on her dirty face as a last reminder of the evening before. She was looking for a boyfriend, probably one of the 102 death. I thought about her, after seeing images of another holiday shot into pieces at that field in donetsk. The terrorist attack in bali was different to what happened to mh370. Similarly two different worlds came together, a world that was safe, happy, full of expectations, and a world of hatred. Vengeance and conflict. Ive regularly travelled back and forth between the two words, in a position to escape trying these past dates i have realised that there was no such world. Al jazeeras correspondent. That is it for us here tonight on america tonight. Dont forget form on the programme, from poverty to power. Sheila macvicar sits with the former controversial mayor of washington d. C. , marion barry. 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