Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children follow the harvest ac
Party sweeps to a landslide victory in the deli state elections. Hello, the u. S. Has confirmed the death of kayla muller, the american aid worker held hostage by Islamic State of iraq. The 26yearold was captured in august 2013. Last week, isil said she died in a Jordanian Air strike. Who is vowing to hunt her captain tors and bring them to justice. Confirmation of her death came just hours after a candlelight vigil was held for her. These students had been holding out hope for the worker would be found alive. And well. Live now to washington d. C. , al jazeera correspondent and tom, how is the family get confirmation of her death. Well, according the the white house, it was the family that first received a private message of her death and that according to the white house was confirmed by u. S. Intelligence subsequently. The white house says that they do not know the time, nor the cigars of the death. And the family simply said they were heart broken by the news which they had feared
International lenders. And indias Common Man Party sweeps to a landslide victory in the delly state elections. Hello, the u. S. Has confirmed the death of kayla muller the american aid worker held hostage by the Islamic State of iraq. She was captured in august 2013 in the syrian city of aleppo. Announced by president obama who vowed to hunt her captain tors and bring them to justice. In her home state of arizona the crowd holding a candlelight vigil hoped that word of her death was wrong but my morning the news was confirmed. The white house said its intelligence agencies has verified her death though not the or the time, they also challenged the assertion she is killed in a Jordanian Air strike. There is no evidence of civilians in the target area. Prior to the coalition. And that certainly would call into question the claims that are are made by isil. Isis and isis alone is the reason she was gone. Put isil had dend maaed an exchange the release of an alleged member, now serving an
Fields of america. Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children fo
Vehicles and sat us on the frond front line in vehicles where artillery rounds rained around united us. Moving into the deadliest laces on earth with camera in hand. This is real money and im ali velshi. Americas Public School system fails to make the grade in many ways. What to do about it is where the fierce debate begins. By now you need know the flash poits opinion. Points. More charter schools. President obama proposes 5 increase in discretionary funding for the department of education. But most spending is determined at the state and local level so the thinking is that this extra federal money will be offset or will offset some of the cuts the states made in recent years. Meanwhile, more choice this the form of socalled education savings accounts, this would send state money to hundreds of thousands of families, depending which state were talking about. Parents can then turn around and design their childs education and use that public money for tutors, home schooling even private