Shrouded in secrecy. An american journalist, tried behind closed doors in iran. The hidden proceedings and the judge. Plus moving pictures, the compelling and compassionate photography of Mary Ellen Mark. We begin tonight with a catastrophic flooding in texas. The governor calls it the worst the state has ever seen. The death toll is cliexg and cleemg and climbing and dozens are missing. Heidi zhoucastro is in wimberly texas tonight. Heidi. 46 foot tall wave of water came down the blanco river. Lifted off its foundation. Here in wem wim ber Li Wim Wimberly is where this started before memorial day but is not where it is continuing. This will allow everyone to respond even more festival to the challenges you face. Homes have been swamped. Homes have been completely wiped off of the map. Every part of the city hit. The defining feature of houston, is the many rivers that run through. And many of them overflowed their banks and overtook the neighborhoods. Rescuers said they had to save ov
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Protecting the war of the state. You were under guardianship. Yeah. How would you describe it . I would describe it as tyranny. As gestapo. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. As we get older we want most pinsd, the right to make decisions for ourselves. When we lose the ability to be our own care givers what then . Most often a Family Member is a guardian. When no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. As america tonights Sheila Mcvicker found in her investigation of texass guardianship system it can be the first step to a terrifying isolation and end of control of our own lives. Dorothys life changed forever with a knock on her door. They said this would only take about three minutes. They were a couple of attorneys. It was the beginning of the end of Dorothy Lucks freedom to make her own decisions. First came a deposition and then a doctors report saying luck 82 at the time was partially incapacitated, incapable of making complex Financia
How would you describe it . I would describe it as tyranny. As gestapo. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. As we get older we want most pinsd, the right to make decisions for ourselves. When we lose the ability to be our own care givers, what then . Most often a Family Member is a guardian. When no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. As america tonights Sheila Mcvicker found in her investigation of texass guardianship system, it can be the first step to a terrifying isolation and end of control of our own lives. Dorothys life changed forever with a knock on her door. They said this would only take about three minutes. They were a couple of attorneys. It was the beginning of the end of Dorothy Lucks freedom to make her own decisions. First came a deposition, and then a doctors report saying luck, 82 at the time, was partially incapacitated, incapable of making complex Financial Decisions. Next, a judge appointed a lawyer to represent luck
Blame for failing to stop isil as the Group Threatens to expand its reach. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. The waters are start to go recede in tax but the aftermath of the deadly flooding in decades is just beginning to sink in. There are 17 people confirmed dead in texas and oklahoma and 11 still missing including eight from two families whose Vacation Home was swept away in a raging river. We have the latest. A mess does not begin to describe what Mother Nature left behind muddy water as far as the eye can see in texas, 400 homes badly damaged some knocked off their foundations. In houston, 2500 abandoned cars and trucking litter the roads. It was bare and our cars floating. We helped them get their cars out and when i looked over, i said our cars are fleeting. It was wild. For some, the loss was bigger. Michaels father died trying to help a driver whos car was filling with water. My dad was a hero, he was helping himself get out