Washington. Time is running out. And even the most idyllic settings. The tirty trut dirty truth and t to you. Its not easy to work 16 hours continuously so they can get a fresh glak o glass of mil. And on a high note symphony orchestras face deep deficits and shrinking audiences. Our whole culture has been changing. People are wanting to school, to engage in very different ways. But is it a recognize weem oa refg . Thanks for joining us. The weekend edition. They went to work every day putting their lives at risks. Tens of thousands of employees who worked for the federal government at the countrys Largest Nuclear waste site exposed to be Nuclear Waste for decades. They are entitled to benefits, but in this america tonight investigation, correspondent Lori Jane Gliha found so many had been denied benefits for so long, time is no longer on their side. On the tiny family farm in terry wattenburgers farm. Hopefully, its a female, so not another rooster. I have copd. I have cancer on the bottom of my lung. I have cancer back up here again. Reporter a few years ago, another tumor drove doctors to operate. I have little holes and stuff but just how skinny i am, you know, its just hard to, on this frame, its hard to put on weight. Reporter wattenberger blames his condition on hanford, a federal facility thats the most contaminated Nuclear Waste site in the country. I dont know anything else that would cause that. Everybody goes out there because the money is supergood. And its not worth it. Its not worth it. All this is stuff that i need. Like many hanford workers hes fighting to get medical benefits from the government for himself and his wife. But so far hes had no lucks. When you filed the claim asking for benefits did you receive the benefits . No. What happened . They deny you. What do you worry with the about the most . Leaving her. If i i wont know it. She will. At hanford, washington where 200 million is being spent hanford was this 546 square mile dertz desert site. To produce plutonium for the first atomic bomb of world war ii. Last reactor shut down in the late 80s. The federal department of energy hired thousands of workers to help with the massive cleanup still going on today. Dale gear worked at hanford for nearly 30 years. How often did you walk around with no mask at all . Most of the time, almost all of the time. How often did you think of your health . You sure wonder what you were breathing in. His job included making sure million gallon underground Storage Units filled with chemical and radioactive waste, acted correctly. Now, suffering from copd. I cant mow the lawn anymore without fear of collapsing. Even going up and down a flight of stairs. Recognizing the risk to the workers in 2001 congress set up a fund that helps pay medical bills. Gear applied for benefits. Ive got this one from my providing doctor. Theres no other explanation for his elevated heavy metal levels other than occupational exposure at the Hanford Nuclear reservation. Even without a doctors rm help it is hard to get approved. Youve got denial letters for five years . Thats what theyre waiting to do. They dont want to take care of you. They want to you die. Related to his diagnosed degenera tiff brain disorder called toxic encephalopathy. The illness is the result of contact with toxic vapors. That one says that my claim for toxic encephalopathy is denied. So far hes been unsuccessful. Theyd rather have my die, because if me die. Because if they let their finger oift of the dike, theres probably going to be a lot of people that fall into this category and they dont want to let that one out because there are at least 6,000 Nuclear Workers that had 600,000 Nuclear Workers that had the possibility of being infected by this. The dpafnl department of ened not wanton to be on air interview. But on average i. T. Takes only 166 days to get a decision. But thats not what we heard from the workers we spoke to. A 2010 Government Accountability assessment found the claims process on average took one to three years and for some, as many as seven. So many workers say the time it takes to process a claim is time they dont have. I take one day at a time. And thats just about it. Jerry furson worked as a pipe fitter on the hanford property for nearly 30 years. He suffered exposure to lead, mercury, cadmium and now deals with the effects of toxic encephalopathy. Its pretty stressful. Ill start off to get something down the hall and ill forget what it was before i got down the hall. On the daze that days that his plims are jerking all over, limbs are jerking all over, thats hard for me. But the mental aspect is worse. He cant remember how to run the microwave, he cant remember how to you turn the oven on. Medical condition, 80 whole body impairment. He eventually received medical benefits including consistent inhome nursing care. We could depend on the nurses to see that he was getting the right medications. On time. That the doctors appointments were coming when they needed to come. But when furson recently requested increasing nursing care, he was sent to another doctor, that said he did not have an occupational disease and does not need in home nursing care. Can you tell me how long you have received in home nursing care . We started in 2011 and we had until september 5th. From 2011 to 2014 has your husbanhusband gotten any better . Oh no. Has he gotten worse . Oh yes, much worse. Furson has been without any nurses since september. How can they do this . They tell us one thing and do one other thing all the time. That is really heartbreaking because they have said they will take care of these guys. How much do you feel that the federal government is helping people who have worked for federal contractors like yourself . As little as possible. The department of labor said in their written response, we realize that employees at covered facilities may have been put in harms way putting their health in danger. Our desire is to pay all employees or survivors as soon as possible. Terry wattenberger doesnt believe it. He said he was never even seen by the person that rejected his claim. What would you say to the department of labor, the people who would look at your future claims . If we sat down and talked they would probably oh, okay, i totally understand. They have their own doctor that looks at all these reports and stuff and without even seeing you he makes a decision, so you know its not really fair. For terry wattenberger, whose health is deteriorating, the challenge is proving his case. Although he was exposed to chemicals, the government says there is no toxin that can be linked to his stomach cancer. And this denta denial says, he d not have contracted that from hanford. Even though i hurt how do you do that . I just try to put it and not worry about it. Just one day at a time. Reporter for now, unable to work and with mounting bills he focuses on his family and his farm and worries about the future. Lori jane gliha, al jazeera, pasco, washington. After a break, america tonights Lori Jane Gliha continues her investigates at hanford. After whistle blowers sounded the alarm, some say they faced retaliation. Why theres now fear to speak out at the most contaminated Nuclear Waste site in american. Hundreds of days in detention. Al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. Thousands calling for their freedom. Its a clear violation of their human rights. We have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. Journalism is not a crime. Before the break, america tonights Lori Jane Gliha introduced us to the thousands of former workers at washington state, who told her of the terrible injuries they suffered after risking their lives on the job. Hanford is the most contaminated nuclear site. In the second part of her story. Lori jane gliha tells us about whistle blowers who did speak up and say they paid the price. Reporter heading up this part of the Columbia River is like a journey into the past. Miles of open space, mysterious structures, remnants of the early day of the cold war. What was that . One of the early reactors built in the 1940s. In hanford, washington, where 200 million is being spent, the door is being locked but tight. Known simply as hanford, workers produced pursue tone yum for the worlds first atomic bomb. For mike gefrey, it was where he spent most of his working lives. We took the fuel from the rods and extracted the plutonium. Now decommissioned, the site is a part of a vast cleanup effort. He worked in the area known as the tank farms, the series of Massive Underground storage tanks Holding Millions of gallons of the countrys most contaminated Nuclear Waste. First built in the 1940s many of the shell tanks leaked and contaminated the groundwater. Federal contractors built stronger double shell tanks that were supposed to hold the waste. Jeffrey, found the first leak in a doublehull tank something that wasnt supposed to happen. We always knew we were looking for something, we didnt expect it to lap. I was the one that found it. It was almost as if it wasnt happening. By law it required immediate reaction. How soon after you let people know did anything get done about it . It was a year. I expected something to immediately happen. I expected there was a process in place. Dangerous radioactive waste, no waste had reached the environment yet but the discovery of thing leaks proved that the situation was wrong. Wrps refused to investigate further. Claiming the leaking material was rainwater. Even though it registered as radioactive. I didnt feel like i could do my job anymore because i wasnt i didnt feel like i could be vocal in presenting problems. Disillusioned, gefrey left the job a few years short of retirement. It took a year for wrps and the Energy Department to publicly admit gefrey had been right. Still the tank has not been pumped. Gefrey is among a chorus of voices. More than 50 tank farm workers say they have been sickened by the tank farm systems. They just had four more exposures yesterday. Are they doing avery good job . No, not at all. America tonight spoke to another worker who felt too threatened by his company to go public. Being just recently, workers must wear half face rest operators, and workers can use supplied air tanks if they choose top. Critics say its not enough and the wave of sickened workers has led to s sickened workers. They have to put money into sickened workers which they dont want to do. They dont want to install the filters that would capture and treat voas vapors. Its been recommended they do that since 1992. Tom carpenter founded hanford challenge. A nonprofit. Through the freedom of information act, he found chemicals recorded at hanford many times. Everyone just says ndma. They found that the concentration limits were 13,000 times the oel. So they found that this chemical was emitting 13 thousand times what it should be in order to be safe for a human . Exactly. It goes page after page of these kinds of things. Where you know there are 3,000 times, 3700 times the permissible limit. 2,278 times. Several assessments in the last four years, and has given them a failing grade. Carpenter says workers who speak out are punished. Im sure the message is clear. Dont get caught, talking out of school. He points to his client, shelley doss, fired by the same contractor, wrps. Who came forward to announce failures of federal environmental rules. Doss said wrps repeatedly failed to beings report failures. Thats required as part of your permit, your license. Come on dogs. Doss says managers proclaimed her for reporting these failures, took away her work and then fired her. It was a horrible feeling to know that youre being laid off, for doing your job. And doing it right. And it hurt. It was humiliating. 23 years, my entire career, shot. They just destroyed it in one fell swoop. Reporter the company claimed do doss was let go becae of a layoff, not retaliation. The Labor Department ordered wrps to reinstate her immediately and pay back wages and penalties. Finally after three long years i had been vindicated on everything. I mean every single ruling was against wrps. Every ruling was on any favor. They even found that they black listed me. Reporter but the decision was not enforced and the company is appealing. I still am not an employee, i still have back wages, were still in the litigation game. America tonight asked for a response. In a written response the Energy Department stated there are established programs for employees to ray safety and other concerns with improved procedures and processes that help facilitate interactions with workers. Wrps declined to comment on whistle blowers, even with a department of labor decision in her favor doss says its just a slap on the wrist from wrps. In my ruling they were ordered to pay me in back wages 200,000. Well, wrps signed a contract extension worth 1. 5 billion. Them having to pay me back 200,000 it Means Nothing to them. What do you think needs to change there . They really need to be severely find when these things come out to where it sends a message not only to that corporation or company but to all other companies. If you guys are going to participate in this type of bad behavior, you will be punished. Reporter mike gefrey still misses the work he did at hanford but not the fear of speaking up. A lot of people voice concerns and they are afraid to voice the issues. You get a few people that do push them and they are removed from their positions. Gefrey says he can now speak more openly for himself and the colleagues he left behind. Lori jane gliha, al jazeera, pasco, washington. When we return, well keep our america tonight focus on ebola. At the epicenter of this modern playing, the dire warnings of a still spiraling disaster in west africa. A leader in the fight against ebola in liberia speaks to america tonight. Focusing on what matters to you what are the issues that americans need to know about . Everybody needs healthcare. Lower taxes. Job opportunities. Reporting from the Battle Ground states. Alaska. Kentucky. Iowa. Local elections with National Impact were visiting with the people making the decisions. Covering what it all means for you. The mine shut down, it hurts everything. I just keep puttin one foot in front of the other. Were fighting for the future of our state for straight forward unbiassed political coverage. Stay with Al Jazeera America well, much of the nations ebola focus has been on dallas and the nurses who became infected trying to help a patient there, thats a relatively limited health crisis. But in the hot zone of west africa, the disaster is escala escalating. An ordinary, everyday occurrence. In the capital city monrovia, people gather to watch the red cross carry away yet another victim. Now months into this modern plague carried out methodically. Workers leave the infected space and move on to yet another corpse. The official death toll lies at 4500, the w. H. O. Has long acknowledged thats a low ball number. Some cities see spikes, some underreport. A new england journal of medicine report estimates that at the current rate by november 2nd the number of confirmed and probable cases in just three countries of the hot zone, guinea, liberia and sierra leone, will exceed 20,000. Because even though caution and care are much higher nine months into the epidemic, life must go on even in the most afflicted areas. So crossborder traffic helps ebola to keep moving and spreading despite every effort to stop it. The World Health Organization projects the infection rate could hit 10,000 new cases a week by december 1st. A new u. N. Effort to coordinate the fight called unmir set targets to target 70 of cases in west africa and safely bury 70 of the dead within the next 60 days. And yet even with that modest goal, the head of the new team warned the u. N. Security council that he is in his words, deep by worried. We are fighting is to prevent unavoidable deaths. If we do not put in place the necessary emergency response. The fear is echoed at the epicenter of the outbreak, liberia whose representative pleaded for action. The government is racing against time to establish new Isolation Treatment Centers community centers, which remain the single most critical need. Because if you cannot take in people who report the disease, you can do nothing. You cant do a contact tracing, you cant do a management, you cant do anything. The needs are urgent and great. Liberias heliberias health miy estimates that a month from now it will need 60,000 body bags, 2 million protective gloves and over half million protective goggles. We are distributing kits to affected communities, basically inthaicting to people what to do should anyone in your home get sick until the Health Care People get there. This will significantly impact the rate at which this transmission is occurring. Brown maintains his country is doing a better job particularly in tracking down the infected and those who have had contact with them. Over the last few weeks we have been able to trace out of 7,000 people who are under active surveillance we are seeing 89 of them every day. What this does then is to give community an increased sense of ownership and engagement that is necessary to give people a level of comfort that they do need. Comfort hard to come by in liberia, the country ravaged by decades of civil war was just starting to enjoy an improving economy and new opportunities. But that was before the outbreak. Morale is low but also we know that and are confident that all of our people and many of our people will not contract this virus. But at the same time, all of our people have their livelihoods literally put on hold. The pleas for International Attention and assistance could not be more urgent with every voice warning that time is fast running out. Throughout the outbreak the one consistent message from u. S. Health officials and government leaders is that ebola can only be spread by close contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. Now that is meant to be reassuring and it has guided officials as they lie out protocols for ebola care. But now comes a warning from officials who work directly with the virus. What if the best advice officials have offered so far is wrong . On a crisp afternoon in new york city, it is hard to imagine the risk of a mutated viergs virus,o could be spread far more easily than Health Care Workers have thought. So far there is no evidence that it has happened, but several have stepped up to warn it could. The possibility for airborne transmission is not zero. And the longer the epidemic proceeds, the greater the chance is for airborne transmission. With his team at purdue university, biologist David Sanders has been working with ebola for more than a decade. He meant to use it as a carrier to bring other molecules into the body. What he learned confirms his knowledge now, that the ebola virus can attach itself to the lungs. What we were able to show is that the virus enters into the lung cells from the air side. The receptor receptors are on te side of the lung cells as influenza virus uses to get into the young. It could be easier to spread than Health Officials realize. Suppose i breathe. A molecule . Thats possible. The virus may have to change in order to be less subject to december case ition odesiccatio. Sanders isnt a lone wolf in raising the possibility of easier transmission or mutation. Infectious disease writer james osterholm, wrote an article. Swatted down about by the nifs National Institutes of health, cdc and w. H. O. There could be a disconnect between what first line Health Care Workers believe and what scientists see in the laboratory. Most people who were commenting were unfamiliar with the literate. They were alarmingly unfamiliar with the scientific literate which says this is a real possibility. Where there is consensus, an urgent need for a va vaccine similar to what has been tested by the nih. Sanders says it cant come soon enough. It would have been developed by now had the budget money been there is that the case . Yes. By sequester, by the lack of growth in the nih budget, absolutely. We know that a number of the vaccines and the treatments have been successful in animal models. We dont have the human trials. So we simply dont know whether the vaccines would or would not have worked at this time. Theres no question that research on ebola has been damaged because insufficient amount of money. There is no question about that. By politics . Im sorry . By politics . I it isnt funny but it may be expensive and controversial but investing in more research is getting more and more urgent. With 9,000 cases and counting worldwide, the virus is already moving too fast to keep up with. If thats possible we can prepare for that now before it happens. So for example if you have 10,000 cases, theres a certain probability. But if we have a million cases that probability is multiplied by 100. But we cant just say you know its wrong to tell the public this is not a possibility we dont need to worry about it at all. Im especially concerned as the number of cases glow. And we will keep grow. We will keep close watch. As the four people in the United States continue their treatment and dozens more remain under observation for any sign they were exposed. When we return a healthy bite but a dirty past . What would you like americans to think about the next time they go and buy apples . That they remember the workers, those that bring these fruits to their table. That we remember the conditions we work in each time we eat an apple. America tonights Christof Putzel, why buying an apple real means doing the right thing. Iowa has never sent a woman to congress. I wanna squeal i approved this message i need your help midterms, the series begins only on Al Jazeera America new york city prides itself on its food scene. Its home to some of the best restaurants in the world and its considered the leader in the farm to Table Movement. But if consumers knew how their fresh locally sourced food got to the table they might think twice. America tonights Christof Putzel brings us an indepth look now at the down side of going local. Reporter across new york state, the picturesque state is dotted with over 10,000 farms but behind the idyllic red barns theres a picture that is far from perfect. Translator we try to do the work well. It is not easy to be working 16 hours continuous that they can have a fresh glass of milk. Reporter it took jose coyote perez two weeks to cross the desert from his home in mexico. 13 years and 16 jobs later, he is working a grueling 16 hours a day to support his family of six but he is one of the lucky ones. Translator now in this job it is very different because we receive overtime and two paid sick days. Reporter other workers are not so lucky. I fount there are labor abuses everywhere. But outside of of just being labor abuses, the way the law is structured, workers dont have the right to overtime pay. They dont have the right to a day of rest and they dont have collective bargaining protections. So what this means is you could work a 90 hour work week, seven days a week and just get straight minimum wage. Reporter maggie gray researches employment in the labor industry. One of the new deal legislations that gave a lot of us the weekend, minimum wage, the overtime pay, that secluded frarm workers a that excluded the workers. Now being felt by a new group of workers. We have a large category of workers would who are undocument ed, ripe for comploitation because they are exploitation. The new juan crow means the constant threat of deportation. Organizing for change is too risky for most. But for workers like coyote perez, it is woort it. What would you like to change . That this country would consider us as people that are helping to produce life and propel it forward and they would allow us to stay here helping farms to produce milk. Even those who oppose us drink a daily glass of milk. Reporter on a dairy farm just north of buffalo, jose is preparing for his shift at work. He was afraid to draw too much attention at work so we met up with him at on site housing. We were fearful because of police and that doesnt allow us to go to the store freely go shopping. It keeps us a lot more private. Reporter jose canias and others are just starting to speak out. Translator i worked on a farm where we work in bad conditions. Unsafe jobs. There was a lot of insecurity. And that motivated us to organize our colleagues. Start to promote a program that was related to safety and legality in the workplace. Reporter do you think it will work . Translator i hope so. It is my dream that this works. Reporter one of theyre main goals, to pass the farm worker fair labor practices act, protecting the farm worker for overtime pay and a day of rest. Canias says its fear that causes many undocumented workers from speaking out. We are here in this country to harvest fruits, apples peaches and other things. But then we live here with fear. Even though we are here day after day working. Were not criminals, were farm workers. Reporter one undocumented woman was so fearful of repercussions she oant agreed to speak if if she only agreed to speak if we hide her identity. Translator we feel that people take advantage of us because of the immigration situation that were in. But we dont have any option but to accept the work, how it is. Its very stressful, tiring, it hurts. A lot of apple pickers in the morning when they wake up their hands are numb. They cant move their fingers. Reporter for ten years shes worked in the same farm in the same conditions. Now shes joined a campaign thats demanding more than just Legal Protection for farm workers. For them its also about respect. And what would you like americans to think about the next time that they go and buy apples . Translator that they remember the workers, those that bring these fruits to their table. That they remember the conditions that we work in each time they eat an apple. Reporter new york has the second most profitable local food economy in the country. The farm to Table Movement favoring locally grown food has been a boon to farmers. The local Food Movement has really helped local farmers a great deal because theyve cut out the middle man, right . You cut out the middle man by having a farm stand, selling direct to restaurants. That means a lot more money in your pocket. But unfortunately those gains have not been passed on to the workers. Reporter the campaign for farm workers rights have been resisted by the New York Farm bureau which represents farmers interests. It opposes giving the workers a day of rest, an estimated 120 million increase in yearly payroll. Our workday is whatever it takes to get the job done. Local farm owner like maureen, theres no overtime requirement. Were price takers not price makers and we have to compete. Im already have the highest input cost of any other state in the country. To farm in. And to add this would just put a nail in the coffin. Maureen an 11th generation farmer provides benefits many other farmers dont but paying overtime is something she says she simply cant afford. Wed have to limit hours so we could compete. Time and a half should be a national issue. If it was all across the country, then fine. But a state by state, no. Reporter right now only seven states manned overtime pay for farm manne mandate overty for farm workers. Translator the biggest challenge is that i will be separated from my family. Thats my fear and thats what ive always been afraid of. Reporter what is it like living with that fear every day . Translator its something that tires you. It school consumes you, you cans on what you have to do for yourself daily. It blocks part of your mind because its always present inside you. Reporter hes anxiously awaiting an Immigration Court date next year, one that will decide his future and that of the immigration worker in this country. Christof putzel, buffalo, new york. Ahead. Sir mix allot and the symphony . The definition has been opening up what we think Classical Music is has never been a frozen fixed either repertoire or mode of presentation. But is Classical Music striking the right chord for a new generation . Im Randall Pinkston, in the next hour, an important measure, as the ebola outbreak, and in our week ahead segment a little more than two weeks before mid term elections, courts around the country are still weighing in on a number of new voting laws. All that straight ahead. Finally from us this hour, the sound of music and how to keep the new generation engaged in it. Of course young people love their music but what would get them into a more traditional sound like Classical Music . America tonights too adam mat peabodpeapeabody conservatory o. When i was sixth grade, by mistake Andrea Bocelli was speaking, i remember the beginning. I thought, this is cool reporter and now he wants to make it his career. The 20yearold attends the peabody conservancy, one of the top music schools in the nation. When i first started off i swore up and down i was going to be a rapper. My grandma bought me a keyboard when i was about ten years old and i went crazy. Reporter a scholarship got him into peabody. The historic campus far different than the neighborhood he grew up in. I only had friends who just didnt make it, you know, who just didnt, like. Reporter what happened . Some of them passed away, some of them are in jail now because of bad decisions. But i also think man what if they just had an outlet like i did . Reporter but fewer students are getting that outlet. Attendance at peabody is dropping and that mirrors attendance trends at professional classic music venues across america. Its been a decline of a little over 1 a year for each of the last 10 years. Actually 2003 to 2012 for classical attendance. Is down 10 . Offer the last 10 years. What if that trend continues . Our history has filled for people who have said, the death of Classical Music is around the corner. Which of course we are still here. Which doesnt say we dont have challenges. President of the league of american orchestras. Right now, labor disputes has the atlanta orchestra in a lockout, min jams, detroit, san francisco, denver, and others have forced serious financial problems in the last two years. What has been happening is our whole culture is changing. People are wanting to school, engage in very different ways. So thats a really big challenge. All the performing arts are facing. Its really important one for orchestras as well. In the fight for an audience, many orchestras are now changing the way concert goers engage in Classical Music. Adding videos, celebrity appearances, or even mixing in more popular music. Is one of the great things about the time we are in now is the definition has been opening up. What we think Classical Music is has never been a frozen fixed either repertoire or mode of presentation. Is this a real evolution . It seems that way to me. But now were seeing programming thats directed to younger people, particularly with an appetite for new music. People with an appetite for more interactivity in the concert. So you know a chance to hear from the artist. Even programming that changes the whole nature of the concert experience. Thomas dolby knows a thing or two about new music. Blinded with science best known for his single, she blieded me with science identity, dolby is on a new mission, helping classical students market themselves and navigate the music. There is an assumption that the Classical Musical audience is less open to having sorts of cross media forms of presentation for the music. Because theyre slightly older, slightly less tech savvy, and so on. That at the end of the day becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. If you choose not to use the media that are popular among young people, then young people are not going to listen to your music. Dolby is a professor of johns hopkins. Hes inspired to help students find the next new thing and think outside the music box. You might get a brilliant young composer or instrumentalist, who becomes an international star, despite the industry, not going through usually system. Just because their brilliance is exposed to millions of people using the technology we have today and they bypass the whole industry. Not to steal a theme from your hit song but what i think were talking about is the integration of science into Classical Music. Can you say that right please . Science. Come on science. Fred bronstein just took over as dean of conservativary of cof music. Ill be very frank. I think conservatories tend to be have tended to be not just to be, but very conservative places, very singularly focused. Learn your instrument. Singularly focused. Bronstein came to the Peabody Institute after a successful career leading the st. Louis orchestra. We really focused on community and education and so i think the way i would articulate it is, of course we raised money because you have to do that. Reporter but to raise money you need to fill seats around today, that means going global. To where the market is strong. Like china. Onethird of students at peabody are international. Its an exploding market there. What you are seeing in chien is, youre seeing china is you are seeing a proliferation of orchestras. The opposite of the rest of the world actually. Seeking new sounds and new ways to market himself. You have written jinx les for commercials. You sing at a lot of big events around baltimore. Music director at your church. Uhhuh. What else can you possibly do at the age of 20 . A lot isnt it . Just trying to do a lot that i love. [ singing ] and hoping and audience will support him. You going to write something . I plan on it. Shake it up a little bit . I plan on writing some really cool stuff. Yeah. I want to be a classical singer whos bringing some beautiful to the table. One note at a time. Adam may, al jazeera, baltimore. Fantastic. Some of the piggest names in Classical Music will be in baltimore this week for a symposium on the future of Classical Music. Thats america tonight, looking ahead, faith and fitting in. What makes it tough for a kid to learn. America tonights michael okwu reports on the challenges of the faithful keeping the faith on the program tomorrow. And remember if you would like to comment on any stories youve seen tonight, you can log on to our website, aljazeera. Com americatonight or join the conversation with us on twitter or facebook. Good night. Well have more of america tonight, tomorrow. America votes 2014 battle for kansas only on Al Jazeera America this is Al Jazeera America, im Randall Pinkston in new york with a look at the top stories. The woman aboard a cruise ship who had some contact Thomas Eric Duncan does not have ebola. More clashes in hong kong between police and prodemocracy demonstrators, with accusations outside forces are to blame for some of the unrest. Kurdish forces in kobane push back i. S. I. L. At least for now. How will changes in voter laws impact the election. We exami