Attracted to the motor city. Hello, im del walters in new york. It is night fall in south korea, rescue efforts now underway off of the coast where a ferry capsized. Dozens of rescue boats and helicopters scrambling to the scene. Passengers saying they heard a loud bang and then think ship started to sink. South korean officials confirming at least four are dead and hundreds of others are missing. Harry fawcett joins us now. Reporter its midnight here in the port in gendoe, and the coast guard are telling us this operation will continue through the night. There has been a slight pause, but they are planning to fire star burst shells into the area above the search site as they continue to look for anyone who may still be alive. Day, throughout the day, it has been a day of confusion. Initially we were told that the majority of those on board had been saved. Parents of School Children who were on board this ship, 325 School Children on their way to the Resort Island told that all of their children were being rescued. Then there was massive revision by the south korean officials and they revised down the number to 174 so at least 280 still uncontracted for. And given that this search was on a concentrated area, it started while that boat was still rolling of. The fear is that the majority of the people will be trapped inside. Do we know what the passengers were told to do one the ferry started to sink . Reporter initially, the students who were on board were saying they were told to stay put, to stay inside the ship as it started to roll of, and then there was a public address system announcement telling them to jump into the water. Now we heard from one father here who was very angry about that, and said if these young ablebodied people had been given the correct instructions, more would have been able to save themselves. I should say as well and we have to treat this with some caution, because there are all sorts of rumors flying around here, but a couple of family members have run into the area behind me saying there have been Text Messages that they have heard about from other parents that their children are still alive on board and they have been texting either friends or parents. We have no independent verification of this, but it speaks to the atmosphere around here. Heir ri thank you very much. Well, there are major new developments concerning the crisis in ukraine. The nato secretary general saying they are planning to beef up forces to protect its allies in the baltic states. Calling for a peaceful resolution, but saying they are making plans for nato just in case. We will have more planes in the air, more ships on the water, and more readiness on the land. For example, air police and aircraft will fly more soldiers over the baltic region, allied ships will deploy to the baltic sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere as required. Meanwhile the represents on the ground are unfolding hour by hour, and city by city. Kim vinnell is in donetsk where prorussian forces are gaining ground. Reporter at least six armored personnel carer riers rolled into to donetsk, and were greeted with enthusiasm by the locals. Translator the ukrainian paratroopers switched to the peoples side. You can count for yourself how many of us there are. The selfdefense army. Reporter elsewhere they continue to occupy the government building in donetsk. They took over the building ten days ago and declared a peoples republic. They say they are not separatists but rather locals from donetsk who want more autonomy from kiev. Some people say they will boycott president ial elections if their demand is not met. Witnesses say the occupiers are armed but have not yet made any demands of the authorities. This man said were not going to open fire first. If they make the first move it will be very bad for them. Ukraines Prime Minister accused russia of being behind the unrest and demanded that it withdraw. Translator russia has a new export, aside from oil and gas, russia is exporting terrorism to the ukraine. Reporter the Ukrainian Defense ministry has yet to comment on reports some of its troops have defected to the prorussian side. Franklin Regional High School reopened its doors today one week after that student went on a wild stabbing spree. Alex hribal is accused of using two large kitchen knives to attack the students. There is outrage in Southern California today, two convicted criminals wearing ankle bracelets have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of four women. Reporter the body was discovered in march on a conveyer belt. Police wont say where the bodies of the three other women were found. But last fall, all three vanished from the streets of a rough santa ana neighborhood. Santa ana police say after they learned a body was discovered they contacted police there. The break came. Reporter police say gps data lead investigators to the two suspects who were both wearing ankle monitoring devices. Utilization of gps coupled withed a additional evidence lead us to these men. Reporter the gps tracking system the men were wearing is supposed to alert police if they go outside of the parameters of their parole or probation. At a news conference, the police couldnt say how the two men may have raped and killed at least four women while they were supposed to be, being monitored electronically. The Orange CountyCase Highlights problems and limitations with trying to track the month and whereabouts of convicted criminals while back on the streets. While gps can tell authorities where the person is located, it cant tell them what they are doing. Earlier the Probation Department admitted to widespread failures with its gps monitoring. A devise would show they were at one location, and they were at a location far from where they were supposed to be. I am didnt know about the gps monitoring on them until earlier today. Im not fond of it now. It seems that it does not work. Reporter both men face charges that include special circumstances, which means they could receive the Death Penalty if convicted. Genger london, al jazeera, los angeles. The Oscar Pistorius murder trial is going to take a break after tomorrow. A defense witness testifying that his girlfriend was reaching for the door when she was shot. The judge says the case will resume on may 5th. The whereabouts of more than 100 girls abducted from a school in nigeria is still a mystery. Here is the latest from the capitol. Reporter unfortunately the whereabouts of the 100 or so girls that were kidnapped remain unknown. The security services, the military and the police in the area have mounted a manhunt for the asays ents. Apparently 10 to 15 of the girls who were abducted did manage to escape apparently overnight as they were driven away, they managed to escape because some of the vehicles broke down. They ran into the bush and returned to give information to the authorities about what happened, describing their asays leapts as masked men. No group has claimed responsibility, but it does look like the work of baca haram. We have never seen anything on this scale in terms of mass abduction. Coming up, opportunity, thats what some entrepreneurs say they see in the motor city. And Freight Trains are in high demand at this hour, and thats causing a lot of traffic, delaying goods that you just might need. Lots of people puffing on those ecigarettes think they are safer, but theres a new study that finds the nicotine vapor could be just as dangerous. For decades people have been leaving detroit by the thousands, leave agaping hole for people trying to find jobs as many people also in businesses are leaving the city as well, in our series five days in detroit, bisi onileere found some young entrepreneurs that are refuelling the city. Reporter in detroit signs of progress. Downtown has gains 10,000 new workers since 2010, hundreds of Small Businesses have opened. Emilys new clothing lean, home slice is one of them. Okay. Turn a little bit this way, please. Reporter at 27, she knows there is the skilled but still Affordable Labor pool. Affordable too, the office space. With rents 25 lower than other rates outside of the city. I can see the opportunity that is available here. Its exciting place to be. Reporter exciting yes, but its also about building a successful business. In 2007 michigan eliminated its 4. 95 tax opSmall Businesses to help spur economic development. This is also a plus for anyone looking to launch a Small Company there. Thats what dan ward is doing. They are able to create something really amazing out of lines that may not make any sense to us. Ward who group up in the suburbs is cofounder of detroit labs a company that designs and builds mobile applications. With a clientele that includes bigname companies, in three years detroit labs has gone from four employees to over 50. Chicago, new york, l. A. Why detroit . It just really made since. There is so much opportunity here. Reporter located in what was previously an abandoned building, its part of a new wave of innovators setting up shop and companying the landscape. In 2007 the Central Business district has a vacancy rate of 33 . In 2013 it dropped to 26. 5. Detroit historically is blue collar, and i think that translates really well to tech, it translates really well to entrepreneurs, because if you are going to be an entrepreneur and especially in tech, you have got to be able to work. And thats the one thing that detroit really offers that its part of our heritage. Reporter made in detroit, these young entrepreneurs are showing it is not just about cars and trucks anymore. It is everything. Bisi onileere, al jazeera, detroit. Your 401k is smiling. The dow up 92 points. Visa and Procter Gamble are todays big earners so far. Gm claims most lawsuits are for accidents that happened before 2009 when it declared bankruptcy. The auto makers facing about 1500 lawsuits at the time of the filing. Gloog l glass went on sale yesterday and quickly selling out. Each pair cost about 1,500, google says the glasses will go on sale again later this year, the cost, though, will be much lower. Were using more and more trains these days delivering the goods you need, and thats good for the economy, but theres a problem. Congestion. Well do everything that can be do to are store service levels. Reporter traffic jams snarl Freight TrainService Throughout the midwest. At a hearing, government officials focused on two primary rail lines. At issue weeks or even months longs service delays, costing millions of dollars in lost revenue. Steve heads a group of rail customers advocating for more reliable service. All of the groups that ship goods by freight rail that are located in this upper midwest part of the country are being effected. Reporter the problems began in 2013 with a surge in demands of training carrying goods. A bumper crop in wheat and corn left farmers scrambling to get their goods to market. The heavy traffic put a strain on the system, especially along the northern corridor. Service delays only multiplied when record snowfalls forced railways to reduce speeds and delay trains. And the slowdown continues. In an email to al jazeera, bsnf Company Spokesperson stressed. But bringing in extra crews, he claims service is already improving. But some rail customers have been warned. More has been moving, but currently were sort of in a backlog situation with respect to grain and coal, and its going to take some some time to sort of work some of that backlog off. Bnsf has also announced plans to spend approximately 1. 6 billion for new equipment this year, with another 900 million going to rail expansion projects. But for customers like steve sharp real change will take an act of congress. There are only two industries that enjoy a brood exemption from the countrys antitrust laws, and thats the railroads and baseball. And we dont have any quarrel with baseball. For a second straight day that u. S. Navy underwater drone searching for the missing malaysian plane has come up empty. Technical problems forced them to bring the sub back to the surface. On tuesday it was cut sort also after exceeding its depth limits. A veteran of the war in afghanistan now will receive the militarys highest award. 21yearold kyle white will receive the medal of honor, in a battle that lasted almost 20 hours, whites platoon leader was killed, while injured he called for help, made radio contact and brought in helicopters. Its the location that makes this piece of work so special. Also im tom akerman in washington, where the smithsonian is welcoming its newest attraction, 66 million years after it roamed the earth. The story of the trex in d. C. Coming up. Welcome back to al jazeera america. Im del walters in new york. These are your headlines at that hour. Dozens of boats and helicopters are still searching for passengers off of the coast of south korea. The ship was en route to a Resort Island. South koreans government confirming that four people are dead at hundreds still missing. Tanks flying russian flags rolled through the streets of Eastern Ukraine today. The old bones of a trex finding a new home. Tom akerman takes us behind the scenes of a larger than life exhibit. Reporter five days after leaving by truck from montana the 16 crates containing the trex arrived at its new home. Kathy, the ranchers who won fame by discovering the fossil in 1988 was as excited by the event as any tourist. We thought we were all kind of done with the hoorah. And now it is just as much fun this time around. Reporter visitors will be able to watch as the staff unpacks, and scans the bones and the dawn sore will be displayed up right. The smithsonian is billing this acquisition as one of the largest and most complete trex tos sells in the world, but perhaps not as big as the one it allowed to get away. This is sue and the Star Attraction at chicagos field museum. But the nations trex was found on public land so it came free, it will form the centerpiece of a new dinosaur and fossil hall. The worlds known number of dinosaurs is more than doubled since 1995, so theres new species being discovered and they tell us a lot about the nature of the planet. Microbes have been loaded on the space flight awaiting launch to the International Space station this week. They will be compared to micro organisms already found on the space station. Highpressure is building across the northeast, but ill tell you one thing, all of that sunshine can be deceiving. It is going to be a very cold day. 26 degrees cooler in new york city than it was at this time yesterday. 32 degrees coolers in philadelphia than it was this time yesterday. Here are our highs for today. New york city will climb to a high of 48 degrees. Normally another this time of the year, we should be pushing 60, almost 70 degrees across this area. It did not accumulate last night, but it was chilly out there. Across minnesota right in the twin cities into wisconsin and also in to the up of michigan. We have quite a bit of snow coming down. By the end of the day we could see up to a foot of snow in some locations. Especially along portions of i94. We are looking at blowing, drifting snow, visibility is diminished to less than half a mile. Be careful if you are travelling there, you can see the system rejing into wisconsin. Not atypical for this time of the year, we see snow storms during april. Were in a transitional stage as we head into portions of may, well see temperatures obvious ri rise. Winds gusting up to 26 in minneapolis, 33 in omaha. 56 back towards denver, but tomorrow morning it will be very cold out there, especially in minneapolis. 29, 24 in fargo. So be careful out there. Minneapolis climbs to a high of 24 degrees. Houston at 70. Seattle a little bit cooler. Their high reaching 57. And we do have a system bringing heavy rain around the seattle area right now. And snow across the Washington Cascades not looking at an abundant amount of snowfall. Thank you very much. Well artwork that appeared overnight in england is believed to be the latest work of the renegade artist banksy. Edward snowden linked the nsa to phone tapping just last year. His first work appearing in south england in the early 1990s. He did it again. Thank you for watching al jazeera america. Im del walters in new york. Inside story is next. You hello, im ray suarez. In the past several days millions of you heard the bad guys, the vandals, the thieves may haur