towards lifting international sanctions. the sanctions were imposed because of the country's past nuclear activity. high level talks about iran's program will resume next month. two colorado farmers have been arrested in conjunction with a deadly outbreak ofly syria. p the fda and cdc claim the farmers didn't properly clean the fruit. 33 people died and more than 100 got sick. those are the headlines at this hour, america tonight is next, on al jazeera america, and remember you can always get the latest news on aljazeera.com. >> on mesh tonight, a closer look at the violent group behind the kenya mall attack. bathes seek answers and clues to what might come next. also tonight the survival of a well oiled machine. how g.m.'s factory in flint is still working for america. >> this product is important for the american economy. it is a work for us. the people who are the backbone, the true backbone of our economy need trucks like this to do their job. >> and what scientists now believe about our impact on the environment, a growing body of evidence, and an advanced look at what experts around the world agree is happening. >> >> good etching and thanks for being with us. we begin tonight with a story that is still developing, it is now heading toward a full week since it began. but the events that began with a upscale kenyan shopping mall have important implications for americans. especially in the fight against terror attacks. an international team including americans is now searching through the rubble of the mall, where at least 72 people were killed, as they try to piece together how gunman from the el sha babb organization planned and carries out this assault. five days now after the attack, a series of explosions rocks west gate shopping complex, smoke could be seen rising from the mall, although it is still unclear what caused these explosions. forensic experts from the united states, britain, and germany are running tests and taking dna and fingerprint samples. 18 foreigners were killed. and survivors are just now beginning to share their harrowing stories. >> i tried to put it on myself, i put it on my arm. a lot of the teenagers blood, and what i was trying to put on my hand, i just realized that he stopped breathing at that time. so i put it on my arm, as much as i could, and i covered my face with my hair. because my hair was let lose, just to pretend that i'm dead, or probably badly injured. >> there was a russian couple with us. and he kind of found that we could hide in the ceiling. and he got the ladder -- metal ladder. it didn't quite reach up to the ceiling but it was half way there, and he kind of helped us -- he care redirect examination us up there, and we were there hiding for like maybe about four hours. when we were up there, we thought okay, if they get us here, we will say yes, we know. well, i'm a muslim, i know it. and we were trying to teach the other nine people who were with us there were not muslims we were trying to teach them. if they ever get us near, no no, we know sharadap p w eeven wrote on the paper so they could memorize it. >> in a statement posted online, the leader of al-shabaab has threatened kenya with a long lasting war. blood and destruction. over its peace keeping role in neighboring somalia. on this program, we are able to bring you unique insight into al-shabaab. america tonight correspondent has reported extensively on this group since 2007, he has himself spent time with the militant movement leaders. you can interview them as well, given all that you know about them, were you startled, surprised by the scale of this attack? >> joey, i was very surprised. because over the past year and a half, al-shabaab has been on the run. they have been driven out of their key areas of somalia, where they once controlled they have been pushed out of there. they lost control of kusmaii which was a key sum ply line, and there's been a lot of infighting within the group, they have been driven out. there's been a huge power vacuum. so they have been nighting among each other. so the idea that they can pull off an attack surprised everyone. >> so infighting you see this particular event as another sign of that? >> oh, well -- absolutely. i mean this was an event where it was up for the leader to really assert himself as the leader of this movement. because just two weeks ago, he killed off one of his biggest opponents, who was an american kid from alabama who used to be a huge supporter of al-shabaab, and then he was speaking out against them, and it got him killed. this is my report. >> raised as a southern baptist in daphne alabama, omar made his way into al-shabaab's inner circle years after converting to slam. but his time a respected senior member, came to an end after he publicly criticized al-shabaab for killing too many muslims. al-shabaab's leader also known as abzub actionr took exception and the two had ale faking out. >> where is he from originally? >> i spoke to him often, sometimes in late night skype and phone calls over a period of about 18 months. he even called once from hiding up in a tree shortly after being shot in the neck, he left me this message. >> you know, chris, i'm still alive, and i just have bullets in the neck. we had some fighting -- three men died so we are on the run. i'm going to try to call you back later, so be ready to call me back. >> hammami, told me he was killing disdents in the organization. >> i was the good guy. he just went and killed everybody that he wants to kill. everybody, from the pop list, everybody. everybody hates the schwab babb. >> he believed he didn't have long to live, and seems resigned to his fate. >> he was right. fighters reportedly killed him earlierhis month. but his criticisms may have influenced the way the attackers chose their targets. reports from the scene indicate that sought of them sought to establish whether they were muslim, killing those that failed the test, survivor was hiding from the gunman when her brother texted her to say the attackers were killing nonmuslims and september her this prayer to memorize in case their found her. >> it's -- lali mo mahmoud. >> you know, obviously this woman survived but there with many muslims among the dead. during the attack, al-shabaab was tweeter and they were saying we worked very hard to make sure we have clears muslims from the building because you have to understand, that this is a group that really really is focused on the p.r. they really don't want to be seen killing innocent muslims because that's what they have been doing for years. back in somalia, so here they wanted to really make a point that they were really making an effort to -- >> so the faithful could be staired. >> exactly. >> but you had to prove that you are faithful. the voicemails that you got are just incredible. the kinds of contact that he was making with you, and particularly with regard to what he thought about gadani. >> gadani is an interesting guy. very bookish, speaks fluent arabic, smalley, he made a huge effort to kill anybody that got in his way. he says -- back when the group started in 2006, this was just started as the military wing of something called the slammic court union, and there was a struggle within theo who was going to get control, who was really going to rise to the top. and he proved to be the most brutal. and hommami would speak out against him, and nobody speaks out against him. >> and he understood that would be his fate. >> he did. >> stand by for a searle. errol southers of terrorism events joins froes california. woe appreciate you being with us as well professor. whether we -- whether he was surprised which he said he was, and whether others should be surprised about the level and jail of this attack that al-shabaab was able to carry out, do you think they should have -- we should be surprised? >> well, i was surprised in the fact that they ventured outside the borders of somalia. they attacked on leakers watching the 2010 cup. they have proven they can do it again. i think as your guest has mentioned this was an attempt by them to certainly demonstrate their relevance, but certainly also to demonstrate their capacity for attacks like this. you have reported on this program about their outreach. this recruitment reaches around the world and even in the united states. >> yes, they do have that capacity. and what is interesting -- >> and they have demonstrated that they can really do this whenever they choose to -- yes, they have the unique ability to recruit foreigners. that's what no other organization like this has been able to do. they get americans citizens. they have been able to get canadians, ritz, fins. from all -- many countries in africa. they have this ability to make this look like a very black and whitish shoe. and make it look like a camping trip with a.k. 47s. >> and for these young people that's a lure that is hard to resist. >> should be more concerned about those kinds of recruits in. >> i think what is interesting about that, is al-shabaab has recruited more americans than any other al quaida affiliate that we know of. and so their ability to stretch into the united states, canada, finland, the u.k. shows that their ideology is resonating. the message is in place, and as these fighters were able to go to places like nigh robe by, they can certainly strike in their ohm homeland. h interpoll is looking for one of them they are looking for a woman that is known as the white widow. >> one of the four attackers in the 7-7 bombings. in london, and has since gone on to mary another member of the organization. she's gaining tremendous traction at least in the middle east from my colleagues there saying she is almost becoming a celebrity. she stated she wanted to become a suicide bomber. she has claimed certainly that she is dedicated to the yeah had. so whether she was at the location is questionable. since al-shabaab has stated that they were not there. >> but there may have been other women we have heard in some reporting there may be other women involved in the mall attack. >> that has to be verified, we certainly have seen women used as far back as the black widows. as i but operation nally, it is yet to see an attack like this, of ten or more individuals that take over an entire facility. >> if it is true that women are involved in this, or any other attack, why would that be significant aside from some shock value? >> well, i think that's just it. it is the shock value. and the belief that now they can train up women alongside men, of these kind of attacks. certainly now widens the scope with regards to not just people with support to the organization, as women have tradition nally done, but people as in women who can provide operational assistance and engage, and that would be particularly troubling. what about links between al-shabaab and al quaida. >> they did formalize their relationship. however, i'm septemberble about their connectivity to core al quaida. i think that we see the term al quaida affiliate used because it does resonate with the public, watching these broadcasts but i am not sure whether or not they are as closely aligned to al quaida as they used to be or need to be. it seems to me that they have become somewhat autonomous, and i would say that quite frankly, al-shabaab is engaged more in the regional or near war as al quaida is ebb gauged with what we would call the far war. >> with regard to al-shabaab itself, does it all come down to an misinterpretation, maybe the underestimating of the power and reach? >> i think it does. this was a successful operation by all accounts. it demonstrates they had resources. they had logistics in planning. they were able to use heavy weapons. i am told they had automatic weapons belt fed machine guns. i had to involve some planning, traveling, lodging, perhaps affiliates on the ground to stash those weapons before the attack. and vast amounts of intelligence, maybe even insiders to understand how the mall was structured. it demonstrates their capacity, and by all cuts i would agree with you that perhaps they were underestimated. >> maybe a 12409 across the bow here as well. thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> coming up next, here on mischaracterize tonight, what works in flint michigan, an auto maker is powering that city up for the long haul. >> inside what is considered to be one of the most dangerous cities is where they make one of the most popular vehiclers. on america tonight, why the future is looking every brighter for the workers here. before the first time since emerging from bankruptcy, general motors announcing a new model truck to be produced at the company's oldest manufacturing plant. the 2015 trucks will roll off the line with hulk capability and most importantly for g.m., proven profits. america tonight's lori jane reports the plant is an example of what works. a bright spot in an otherwise economically very stressed community. in a city off singled out, lack of jobs and deteriorating neighborhoods, it may be hard to find a source of pride. but inside, this bustling truck factty, thousands of employees are proving there's a lot to be proud of in flint, michigan. >> over a 24 hour period in general motors plant. they will be tightened and tests, cleaned and quality checked. o agmc sierra. >> what makes this $55,000? >> you are getting a door max turbo, most powerful engine that we have. >> the plant is an island of productivity, in anastral waste land. acres of property are now vacant, after thousands of jobs were eliminated from flint. but the workers at the oldest north america factory survived the near death in flint, a company bankruptcy, and the shut down of 17 facilities across the country. they have emerged humbled, with a new approach towards team work. it wasn't easy, they requires the union and management to come to the same side of the table, and focus on a common goal. making a product the american people would want to buy. >> this product is important to the american economy. it is a work truck. yes, it is expensive. but it is built in such a way that it helps the economy. farmers, ranchers, construction workers. i mean the people who are the backbone, the true backbone of our economy, needs trucks like this to do their job. >> how many trucks come through this line every day? >> more than 700 a day. that's a lot when you think about three a shift. >> i have been at g.m. 19 years. yes, 19 years. >> deandre jackson works the first shift. the flint father leaves home before the sun comes up, so he can make it to the truck plant by 7:00 a.m. >> you spend more time here with the people here at work than you do at home sometimes. and i met my wife here. i was driving material to her area, and we began to have a conversation, and turn into a movie and a movie turned into a marriage, i guess. so yeah, it is a community here. it is like family. >> the plant depends on its family of 27 union employees to manufacture trucks around the clock. >> the guy down the line from me doesn't do his job, i can't do mine. and if i don't do mine, the next guy can't do his. >> plant employees develop add renewed sense of gratitude for their jobs after watching the shut down so many other plants across the state. the uncertainty about their future forced union workers and management to focus on collaboration, rather than confrontation. they say they put trust in each other. >> we are all engaged. not just general motors but the whole company. we have 22 hands together that are engaged in what we do, given the direction out here, how we will be successful. and that's how we have to survive. >> he says there was a time when contention relations between plant management and workers hippedderred morale and production. jackson recalls the work was more about quantity than quality. >> does that mean like certain things would just be allowed to slide by at that point? >> i won't say it was allowed to slide by, i would just say that hey, let's get these out and fix them later. now it is about building right in the department. i think the sense of urgency to be betters that changed. we don't take anything for granted any more. >> each worker play as critical role. no matter the job, they have a power to stop a section, all they have to do is pull this cord and the production stops. >> it is very important. we are here to make quality. if i see something that's not right, or one of my guys witness my team, we with have the ability to stop the line and call a supervisor over and say hey, check this out. they really let the team leaders here be actively involved coming up with new ideas to make us a better truck. >> have you submitted any ideas that you think would be good. >> yeah, we have -- the implement a lot of our suggestions. >> what works in this plant is the fact that we work together. it is 100% the secret to our success. if there was one silver bullet that would be it. >> the director of manufacturing operations in flint. she is proud that the improved labor management relationship and the joint focus on quality has paid off. the trucks produced here receive the coveted j.d. power and associated award two years in a row. for having the highest initial quality. general motors is now investing $330 million in the plant too. to produce the fist new model truck here in five years. >> we have earned the right to be part of the future and part of the future growth. and we fully intend to stay up with that. >> do you call it a bright spot? >> oh, no doubt, no doubt. to be able to ride by and see a place that is open for business. and trucks coming out the back of it. nothing gives me more proud than see a call hauler full of flint made trucks. so yeah, i think it is a bright spot. that report comes us to tonight. since the 2008 buy out, the u.s. treasury still owes even 100 million shares it plans on selling the remaining shares by march 31st, 2014. coming up here on america tonight, a man made global problem, what a new report is expected to reveal about climate change. a former teacher and montana plan convicted of rape has walked out of jail after completing a 30 day sentence. he know on probation. outraked over the linent sentence, they are now calling for the removal of the judge in the case. the 14-year-old victim killed herself before the case went to trial. in an effort to wipe nuclear weapons off the map, calling on israel to admit it has a nuclear bond. he said israel should joan the nonproliferation treaty, meanwhile iran and the united states are exploring restarting talks on iran's nuclear program. secretary of state met face to face with the foreign minister, both said their meeting was constructive. >> prompted the clinton global initiative to make a big contribution to stopping elephant slaughter. hillary clinton and her daughter announced a three year, $80 million project and warned that extinction of the great beast could come within ten years. on friday the united nations will release part of a long awaited climate change report. forecasting the future of global warming. no uh the results could shape global environmental policy for a generation, but it will also face some skeptics. >> they have come from all over the world, hundreds of climate scientists gathering in stockholm to answer the question, how serious a problem is global climate change? their answer is expected to be clear on that point. >> the fact is all of the science that we had thought, the effects, the impacts all of that has been underestimated and we are seeing more natural effects being magnified by climate. and more frequently and making them much more intense. so the news is actually very very sobering. >> the final report won't be released until friday. but america tonight has obtain add summary of what many believe the i.p.c.c. report will confirm. the good news, there appears to be a short term slow down in the warming of the arth's surface, although this is likely that more heat than expected is being absorptioned by the's. the bad news, the slow down is expected to be temporary. sea levels are rising faster than expected and oceans are assist fied. the i.p.c.c. is expected to report with near unanimity, that these changes are being caused by humans. the report means that unless nations come together to reduce carbon dioxide emissions soon, the planet will continue to warm, and produce increasingly extreme, and damaging weather. another report release bid the national ocean janik administration this week came to a similar conclusion. >> i don't have to remind viewers about -- it is i have clear that sandy is a storm that would have occurred, but that it was much more intense than it would have been under normal circumstances and it was made more intense because of climate change and because of the rising greenhouse gases. >> one of the lead author oz f the report professor allen are box, a climb toolings joins us tonight from rutgers university. also with us is andrew freeman who is a senior science writer we appreciate you being with us. i know this is still through tomorrow, but i am wondering if you can frame it more generally for us, where is science today on the issue of climate change? >> there is near uniunanimous anymorety among scientists. at least 97% agree that humans are causing global warming. and that global warming is real. the -- >> yes. >> there are some few people who claim that that's not true, but they aren't really climate scientists, and may really misrepresent the science and confuse the public. >> i just want to clarify that your report is going to come from the i.p.c.c., which is a group that is quite a large group of scientists involved in this from all over the world. >> there's more than 250 lead author whose have worked for a couple of years now, on putting together this assessment on what we know about global warming. >> can you talk to us a little bit about of the thinking? there are -- as the professor says there are some doubters out there, and some skeptics and one issue they have raised is a possibility that may be the warming is on a bit of a pause now? >> yes, the pause in warming is something that scientists have struggled to communicate clearly. really what they think is going on, is that there are natural periods when natural fluctuations in the chime system sort of take a little bit more control over the climate man made emissions do. we are only talking about a slow down in the rate of warming. the past three decades have been hotter than any 30 year period since the 1800s and possibly since 1400 years ago. so we are really in unprecedented territory. so to have a short time slow down, isn't exactly good news. especially when we think that so much of the heat is going into the deep oceans inevitably to come entomb the atmosphere. >> right. can you elaborate on that? if it is not -- >> what is going on? >> that's exactly right. this past decade is warmer than the previous decade, which is warmer than the previous decade. greenhouse gases, of course, cause warming uh be there have been several small volcanic eruptions can have reflected sunlight, and cooled the plan eat little bit. and so we account for that, the is a little bit less bright. and so that's part of it. the ocean surface has been colder, cooling off the planet, and you add those things together and that can explain why the heat from the greenhouse gases is being masked by these things. the only thing that will prevent fast global warming in the future is a massive volcanic eruption, which will occur at some point, we can't predict one, but that effect will only be temporary. >> andrew, can you talk a little bit about the rise of the sea level and how much change there has been since the last reporting on this? >> the last report didn't have much of the data from green land and antarctica. so the scientists are projecting, we think, based on the documents that they are going to be projecting somewhere between 16 and 24 inches of global average sea level rise by 2100. now local amounts can be considerably higher in some areas including in new york, and part oz if northeast. and on that point, that could also be related to some of the extreme weather, we have talked about hurricane sandy, and that super storm and what it did. are there indication indicn all this that we could see more of that? >> what sea level rise does is make any storm more destructive. with it's a massive storm like sandy or even a weaker normal noreaster that we may get in the fall. and the report does indicate there are many different types of ex-people events. that are already happening more frequently, and more intensely likely related to man made climate change. >> last thought to you, how important is this statement to all onus the world as we look to try to protect our environment? >> provides information to policy makers so they can make policy. and it is up to the people of the world to tell their governments to actually respond to this, and not just kick it down the road. the cheaper lit be, the better it will be for our children and grandchildren. it is difficult, because -- if you do something, tomorrow you won't see any effect. lit be decades from now. and that make as difficult problem. but it has to be done. >> yeah, humans to have a hard time looking that far ahead. we appreciate that, professor and andrew freeman, thank you for being with us. >> you are welcome. >> looking ahead on america tonight, a wild ride at your fingertips we get behind the wheel, and navigate the streets of a very very popular video game. if you with pick out one thing about this game that you think is the best thing in the entire game, what would you say the the best? >> i think it is scope. the ability to do whatever you want in this game is something people aren't used to. you don't into into a movie theater and then say no, i don't want to see the end, i want to go over here and check this out. >> everybody seems to want it, grand theft auto isnd haing players a license to escape and build their own fantasy world, what type of effect does the violent and the graphics video game have on its players? america tonight, will have that report tomorrow. still ahead tonight, flaws prison reform breaking up california families longer than necessary. we will preview fault lines investigation, next. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. fastest growing prisonhe population in the united states. in california women face years. often doing time for low level drug offenses and over nonviolence crimes. al jazeera fault lines correspondent reports. >> by 2010, california prison held 160,000 inmates. almost double the state's capacity. governor brown's response, something he called realignment, the transfer of low level offenders to county jails. probation will be handled up to a significant degree by judges and departments. >> and so what criminal justice realignment set out to do was the change that way that we sentence some of the lowest level nonviolented, nonserious offenses so that people who would have previously gone to state prison for those offenses now will be dealt with at the county level by the county correctional justice systems. >> i am going into a typical jail cell here. this one holds two people, it is pretty tight in here, not just privacy. there's about eight of this unit. and there's a guard sale in the middle. we aren't allowed to film that. none of the women on this floor are coming out of the cells. but the women downstairs are free to rope around it looks like. >> county jail is supposed to be under a one year sentence, now a person may have been sentenced to five years who served that sentence in the county jail. and county jails were not constructed or decided to hold people for that length of time. >> and so one of the biggest things is no oversight at all. no one is aware of who is in them, how many people, nobody knows. >> i have so much to do when i get out. if i spent every day, i have lost my house, my belongings for seven months you lose things. >> what is the longest you have known people to stay in jail. >> eight years. >> in the county jail? >> i have heard of 65. >> 12. >> this group called fired upholds weekly meetings in the women's section of the san francisco county jail. on any given day it may hold almost 200 women. >> so what is going on out there that is bringing the same people back in. well, this person made it two weeks out, and i'm like am i going to leave here and then pop back. >> in the last three decades the u.s. female prison population has grown by about 800%. almost double the rate of men. >> it is sad. >> before there was prison there was jail, before jail there was juvenile homes i have been through it all. >> low level drug climbs swept in thousands of women, but alongside that are crimes on what is called the war on poverty. >> if i don't, they will put my daughter on the fast track to adoption. >> i have worked with women that are doing six years in prison for stealing hot dogs to feed their kids. and that is what sucked up so many women into the system, and then their children are just lost to the wind. really. >> other women in jails and prison, two-thirds are there for nonviolent nonserious offenses. why when it comes to women are we overincarcerated women but also prosecuting convicting women of really what. as to a low level crimes? >> realignment was supposed to change that. governor brown boasted that counties could focus on rehabilitation, rather than continuing to put people behind bars. and many believed women would be the first to benefit. >> there's almost 1 million women under the corrections system in the u.s. today. that includes women behind bars, as well as those in parole and probation. for many, their journey through the criminal justice system begins here at the county courts. >> michelle tong is a san francisco county public defender. >> good afternoon, your honor. >> she spent several months representing elsie hodge who at 1 point faced 23 years in prison. >> possession count that she was convicted on -- >> she has been in and out of jail for the last decades of her life. all from minor drug related crimes. this time, she was arrested for allegedly selling prescription pills. >> when i asked why did you let the buyer of these pills, supposedly, this white male in his 50's, go and yet you arrested ms. hodge who is actually around the corner? and he said it is the officer's individual discretion. >> it is almost like harassment, every time he sees me he wants to bother me. >> the justification has always been she is a nuisance to the community. and the fact that the district attorney said that, san francisco doesn't need her oen the streets. i have seen people plead, or get convicted of crimes of violence who are doing way less time. >> her path to drug abuse is depressingly familiar inside jails and prisons. she had been in an abuse i relationship while struggling to support her two kids. >> i have been raped. i had the same person that raped me threaten my kids if i tell. a lot of stuff i been through that i didn't -- not only tell people because it is so much, i don't even want to remember it. >> under realignment, elsie's sentence was to be carried out in the county jail. since realignment took effect, some 30,000 offenders have entered the county systems. >> i brought shame to my family and everything else. and i don't want my kids to be coming to see me incarcerated, i can't touch them, can't hold them, can't do nothing. and i have little kids. >> the question that is not being asked is what happens to her children. what happens to those two kids who grow up without a mother. >> my kids didn't really want to get to know me, which was hard. and then to get home and know that we don't even know you lady. >> they will sentence a person to a jail and prison that is hundreds and hundreds of miles away. sometimes even in other states. without regard to the break up of the family unit. they are surprised when the person gets out and they reoffend. >> i am not an active member of my children's lives, not by choice. >> ultimately many argue realignment has done lit toll shift the culture of punishment, or its devastating impact. >> i go to the streets. i don't want to sleep on the ground, so i use. i am not making excuses but i use to stay up and i stay up until i pass out, and i pass out i don't make court dates i don't make visiting dates, i don't visit my kids. >> it completely destroy add family. completely destroyed mine, and i'm sure my children have suffered effects that they can't even really talk about yet. >> how is it effecting my kids. well, my son can't read. my son is -- he doesn't want to go to school. oh, you can't even mention to me. because it hurts me, oh yeah, it hurts me. it is just a cycle that continues. >> the report came to us from fault lines correspondent. with us now is misty rojo. she has served ten years. california coalition for women, and you saw her feature there had in the report. misty, can you talk about what the big issue issues e confronting women in the prison system? >> i think right now what is really effecting the women, in all of the plans that are happening around california and the overcrowded conditions and the three judge panel orders the governor to reduce the population, none of those strategies have been geared towards women. have been focused on women. when we have asked questions we don't get answers. they have shifted valley state prison which is once a women's institution. they have converted it to a men's prison, what it did is push all of the women into central california women's facility, and to california institute for women. and -- >> exploded the population there? >> yes. and exploded the populations to around 175% capacity. between the two would be the average. that causes lock down. it causes shortage to coverage the population that is there. their educational classes sometimes it can shut down visiting many of these women come from los angeles area. they come from the san francisco area, so these families travel five and six hours. >> and the health care is different as well? >> yeah, the healthcare is deteriorated. already under 2006, they found the violation of the 8th amendment, brought in a federal receive ship. they take all these women who are pregnant, who are post par come, who have other chronic illnesses and you shifted them into another prison, and the response was toquet them all of their care until they can get re-evalwaited. >> i want a quick thought from you about women and how they are perceived. why is it so different from women then men? >> i'm not sure what the perception is. i know that overall when we hear stories about prison and crime and criminals, it's always geared towards men. you very rarely see women, or you see them as lower level. i think they have perceptions that they go to county jails and don't end up in the state facilities where they do end up. but i don't know why the women get ignored the way they do and why we have such a hard fight to get people to see that they are there, and that they are suffering while the focus is on the men. >> we are going to pay more to this, but we appreciate you from the california coalition for women prisoners for being with us this evening. you can hear more of misty's story, women behind bars on friday at 9:30 eastern, that comes up right after america tonight on friday night. still ahead here tonight. life, rooted from war, how one woman is literally changing the landscape in afghanistan into a more fruitful place. soil, where they are the prone to fungus and don't get enough sun. >> after the taliban left, this land was like a dessert. there weren't grapes anywhere. everyone was scared to come here, because the ground was full of mines. >> when she arrived in afghanistan, there was a lot to be done, not only were there unexploded bombs most vineyards had been destroyed. a decade later the former front lines here on the plane, are now lush. heidi and her husband gary took me to one of their research farms on the outskirts. >> the grapes are really tiny. >> uh-huh. >> this is not the right way to do it, this is a demonstration of what it shouldn't be like. >> here are the bunches. they are a little bit anemic. they are very irregular. this is caused by mold. >> as we walk through the tell lass the difference is clear. >> so you have a nice cluster so you are getting more produce off of the vine by lifting it up and providing these beautiful vines can prune the vine and double the yield. >> crops double or tripper in size. >> these are expert quality bunches. >> getting the grapes to india is another challenge here. roots of peace helped build this 235 silty and doesn't like it around the country, they have encouraged marketing and introduce clam shell boxes to keep the grapes from being crushed. to further boost prices they brought seedless varieties from the university of california. cut from vines brought from afghanistan more than 60 years ago. one of the few grouping working in all of afghanistans 34 provinces. >> it is still only reaches one in 20 of farmers nationwide, one of the problem it faces is that afghan farmer are reluctant to change their methods. >> so once an't mo, groups of farmers get together to discuss the best way to get the biggest crop. >> farmers train help to lead the discussion, but mainly they learn from each other. a decade in afghanistan, has talk them a lot about running an organization here. they employ 300 afghans and ten international staff. a contrast in most oh aid organizations that have spent $100 billion. >> they may be called development programs but at the heart they are reliefle pas. >> if you come in with a give away mentality, the farmers won't be invested whatever group you are working with won't be invested. >> it isble elections are scheduled for next april. the nado force leaves at the end of 2014, and some are worried about unrest, but not heidi. it is not long until the grape harvest starts here, and it is her hope through efforts like hers that the country will harvest far more than grapes. >> i just don't believe that peace isn't possible. maybe call me an of mist, but it isn't only up here, but it is grounded. you take out this mine, you turn the swords into nows, the spears into pruning hicks. i'm sticking by it. >> that's it for us here on american tonight. join us on twitter and we will see you tomorrow. the u.n. security council reached a deal to get rid of syria's chemical weapons. tonight to talk about the agreement, it's expected to be approved. they have what they called a constructive discussion with iran's foreign minister. he says he hopes this is the first step in lifting sanctions. talks will resume next month. the government shut down deadline is tuesday, but there's a plan in