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It sends a message to us that they are not backing down, that theyll do what they can to arrest us, prevent us reporting the truth. Extreme weather moves across the midwest millions in harms way. Forecasters warn a rare and dangerous stretch may be ahead. Good evening, thanks for being with us. Im joie chen. The first tipoff to his friends was the goodbye manifesto posted online. Tonight we learn the man at the center of a nationwide manhunt, captured not far from his San Francisco home had the feds attention, and the tip they got that hed been collecting bomb materials in his home. We have disturbing details in the days since the take down of the golden gate bridge, from america tonights sara hoy. Federal Authorities Say the San Francisco Media Consultant at the center of a manhunt had materials for a bomb inside his kill. This suspect, mr chamberlain was a separate and dangerous person. I think you could tell from the facebook posts yesterday tsks escalating. Reporter Brian Chamberlain was arrested at a park in San Francisco, after three days on the run. Seen on cellphone video, chamberlain resisted before being taken into custody. There seemed to be a struggle to get him handcuffed. He complained he couldnt get his arm around. The fbi launched a search for the 42yearold after finding explosive material in weekend. There were items found when we executed the search warrant, that caused us concern, concern for the public safety, and an event that he decided to utilize those, and would be a significant problem. According to a federal affidavit, unsealed in court on tuesday, during the raid a model rocket matter, electric mat, ball bearings and a Circuit Board materials that can be used to make an i. E. D. And other items. Chamber lan was arrested before appearing to write an online suicide note. It discussed his mother, a religious addict, and the mayor race. The Lieutenant Governors Office said they couldnt comment. In another online posting to friends, chamberlain claims the reports were false saying i explored ugly websites. I was depressed. No one was in danger. Recently i was better. Although chamberlain is charged with acquiring bombmaking materials, his friends, defense. I hope theres an explanation, its not the worse thing. I think he deserves his day in court. He shouldnt be tried in the media. Showing that he has a community of people that care, hopefully will show and help him, and show that he can get help. Reporter we interviewed him yesterday when it was feared he had taken his life. When i read the i thought he had done it. Unless something stopped him, he probably is dead. Reporter today, once he had word that he was alive he started an Online Campaign to raise money for defense. This is not a stranger, someone i spent time with, that i had known. I have best friends that i ryan. Reporter him and others want fairly. Its sobering. You think its not as bad as what they were saying on saturday, when there was crazy news reports about having weapons caches and riceon. This is less than that, but no less frightening about the person that we know, you know, ryan, the people that knew him for a long time, that you never expect Something Like this. Reporter the fbi is hoping to talk to chamberlain to figure out what went wrong and what he was planning. Sara hoy joins us on the set. We are struck by the affidavit and the charges. Given all the attention a nationwide manhunt, three days with the feds looking for the charges. Thats what everyone was thinking. Once it came out, once it was unsealed we ran through it to see what happened. So what we know is something went wrong. This man had things that caused people to be concerned, so now we have to figure out what was this. Ha does the affidavit what does the affidavit tell us about his frame of mind or target. That is curious. We dont know what the state of mind was or the target per se. What draws our attention is the supposed suicide letter. Something that strikes us is he mentions the lieutenant girlfriend. And does he specifically make these people a target. No, theres nothing directly that says joie chen, im coming to get you. He mentions people in a way saying listen, i was hurt. I did something for you, this hurt me. Whether it was a breakup or him not being offered a job. It was nothing direct, but concerning. Story. Chamber ler lains arrest was recorded by ordinarily citizens on their phone cameras. Where can you go without being captured on camera. They can be effective tools for reinforcement. Complaints against police dropped 80 after they started to wear body cameras, and it highlights police abuse. As we reported, albuquerque the video is an important piece of evidence in the sharp rise of police shooting. Protesters took up cameras to report their clashes with police. Many are arming themselves for conflicts against the cops. Reporter this is the front line in a new battle over the First Amendment. On one side citizens demanding police reform. On the other, officers adapting to the digital age, where everyone is a potential crime scene photographer. I was trying to record my friend getting arrested. Reporter a florida man got caught in the battle. He was inside the store and they dragged him up. Reporter he is a freelance dj in the miami area. On st. Patricks day he was spinning records at the smoke shop when within officer show youed up to arrest a friend on showed up to arrest a friend on charges. He throwed him on the ground and i started filming. Reporter concerned the officer was using excessive force, he recorded. Minute later he was in custody. Others were closer. Yes. Reporter were they arrested . No, i was the only one raised it guy with the camera. Reporter in the arrest report the officer said he felt threatened and gave him demands though back away, he refused. Yest story. The officer gave one warning, i listened and went inside. Reporter you can see estrada backed into the store and filmed through the window. When more officers arrived they took him into custody. What did i do wrong . Reporter then the original officer depronts estrada. The guy is armed. There, three times my size. Im telling you to back off. Reporter when estrada asks why hes being arrested. Forth. Youre going to be arrested. For what. For, for. Reporter the answer in the charging documents obstruction names. The officer was afraid of the camera. Thats why he arrested me. Reporter do you feel like standing here, were you impeding the officer from doing his job . Not at all. Both of my hands were on the camera, on the case. They were up. There was no reason for me to show him a threat. I have my rights. Im allowed to film. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. I have freedom of speech. You dont, you just lost it reporter to new york. Put the phone away. Sir. Put your phone away. Dont touch me. California. Go away. Reporter similar confrontations are happening across the country. This is an every day occurrence. Every day people are getting harassed and they are me. Reporter carlos is a journalist turned activist. His mission, document cases of people arrested whilst filming police. Tell me what happened . Reporter according to miller hes been arrested three times for photographing the police. Acquitted. They sent the message to us that they are not backing down. Theyll do what they can to arrest us, prevent us recording the truth. Everywhere we go theres cameras. They have a problem with us turning the cameras on them. Reporter he runs a blog photography is not a crime posting photographs and videos showing police abuse from every corner of america. We want them to know we are everywhere, so when they beat up people. Reporter some Police Officers say you instigate. I am sure they say that. Im not instigating. Instigating about what. Stand up for the rights. Since when does standing up for the First Amendment investigating. Reporter there was an incident at miamy beach that forced police to implement policies. It happened may 30th, 2011, during the beach week, a week of partying sometimes resulting in violence and tension with police. Officers tried to stop a man speeding down a crowded miamy beach street. The incident captured in this cell phone video. Miamy beach police say the suspect ignored orders to pull over, before swerving past officers and slamming into a nearby barricade. Once the car stopped, officers surrounded the people and fired off more than 100 shots, fatally wounding the man in the car and injuring four bystanders. Police followed the cell phone photographer back to his truck, where he says police pointed a phone. That thrust us into the spotlight. We had a lot of negative publicity. We didnt have a policy. It was like what do we do. Ever shrugged his shoulders and we confiscated him, he cant video me doing my job, i didnt give permission. Miami state police met with the state Attorneys Office to draft a policy. Anyone in a public place can video tape you. You cant snatch the camera. Theres a way of approaching officer. Reporter three years later the spotlight is on the miamy Beach Police Department at the beech week of the the Department Spent a Million Dollars bringing in hundreds of extra officers, setting up barricades and command centers up and down ocean drive. Carlos miller running around, following the officers, making task. We have no problem. All our officers have been remained that therell be videotape not only by Carlos Miller, but citizens in general. Theres no officer out there from miamy beach police that has an excuse for getting upset or not knowing the policy. Meanwhile Carlos Miller is gearing up. We are going to be Walking Around and taking pictures of everything. Not just the police, but the people on the streets, taking pictures of anything that is happening. Reporter miller and his crew witnessed numerous arrests with cameras in hand. Sometimes pushing the limits. Right there. What is he getting arrested for. Its personnel business. Its a public record. Are you his attorney . No, right. Doesnt make a difference. Well ask you to. Youre right it is public record. Once i finish the report you can get a copy. You cant answer a simple question of. No, i cant. I dont know his name. Its better than previous years, because i didnt end up in handcuffs. Numerous people have been arrested for photographing an arrest. You can tell they didnt appreciate it, but there was too many cameras. This year around 200 people week. Police predict many arrests were probably recorded. Police work changed, technology changed. Theres more accountability and professionalism, and theres be a laps in catching up with the times. We think we have a good handle. Is this good for society when everyone is under a camera. Its a fact, whether good or bad, theres no going back. We live in this society. Big brother has been watching us for a long time and little brother is watching big broth are. There is no going back. Its a turbulent evening through the midwest. More than 35,000 people in the path of tornado and damaging winds. Lighting and gulfball hail pound through the air. The Severe Weather is expected to carry over into wednesday. Al jazeera meteorologist Kevin Corriveau joins us now. What is going on out there . Thats right. We are looking at a rare night. Ill get into that in a moment. We have seen about 12 tornados cross the region, over 100 wind and haildamage reports. Some of the wind over 100 miles per hour. You can see how things have built up over the last several hours. This will continue all night long. We think this will be a deratio event. Let me explain what that is. Going back to 2012, this is a tide lapse of some radar beginning at 2 00 pm. Every couple of hours the line of thunder storms expands, moves quickly. This is from indiana to virginia. 600 miles we saw incredible amounts of damage. We think the same type of event will happen this evening with the thunder storms. The Storm Prediction Center put us in a high risk area, mostly over parts of iowa. This is rare. We have only seen this twice this year so far. St year there were only two days total that we saw high risk. So well watch this all through the evening. We expect to see over 2030 tornado, possibly come down and by the time everything is said and done. I expect to see winddamage, hail damage and excess of 200, possibly 250. It will be a stormy night. Make sure you listen to the Weather Radio in that area. Back to you. Al jazeera meteorologist Kevin Corriveau. There. Coming up next the Prisoner Exchange. Is it a sign of the beginning of the end for guantanamo. Why its been give for the president to keep his promise to shut the prison camp down. Later in the program tina men 25 years alert. The image well remember and the one you have probably never seen before. Consider this the news of the day plus so much more. We begin with the government shutdown. Answers to the questions no one else will ask. It seems like they cant agree to anything in washington no matter what. Antonio mora, Award Winning and hard hitting. Weve heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. Theres no status quo, just the bottom line. But, what about buying shares in a professional athlete . Real perspective, consider this on Al Jazeera America saturday on techknow. The earthquake business, its similar to the weather business. Understanding our earth. But everything happens faster. Limiting disaster. These are the guts of the Early Warning system. Saving lives. Having 30 seconds of advanced warning is like a lifetime. Techknow, every saturday go where science meets humanity. This is some of the best driving ive ever done, even thought i cant see. Techknow. Were here in the vortex. Saturday, 7 30 eastern. Only on Al Jazeera America. Fall out continues over the release of five taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for freeing the u. S. Soldier Bowe Bergdahl. He is now being treated at an Army Medical Center in germany. Several of his former unit members are speaking out, calling him a war deserter, who walked off base in 2009. In response to the claims the u. S. Army is launching an investigation into why Bowe Bergdahl went missing in the first place. Earlier white house officials released a statement saying the controversial move reignited debate over closing the facility, a promise made by president obama which he failed to deliver on. America tonights correspondent has our story. Reporter as long as he has been in national politics, president obama has been consequent on guantanamo. The original premise for opening gitmo is detainees would not be able to challenge their deattention was unconstitutional five years ago. Gitmo is a signal around the world for america na flouts the rule of law. Reporter over the years hes taken steps to close the facility. Since 2009, 70 detainees were set free. Last year only 12. This year he exchanged five for u. S. Soldier Bowe Bergdahl. One could interpret this as a one off, bringing these detainees in order to get berg back to Bowe Bergdahl back to the u. S. Its a oneoff pointing in the right direction because it indicates that president obama is willing to use his muscle to. Reporter the five men released on saturday were considered highvalue prisoners. In allowing the transfer, the president defied a rule that he notice. This decision to bring Bowe Bergdahl home, and we applaud that he is home, is illfounded. It is a mistake, and it is putting the lives of american servicemen and women at risk, and that, to me, is unacceptable to the american people. Reporter the circumstances surrounding Bowe Bergdahls release is not known. The actions have been defended. At least 28 of former detainees reengaged in what the pentagon called activity. Its long been plagued by allegations of abuse, and its existence is controversial. Since 2002, many have been taken to guantanamo. Observers say the main issue in closing the facility is where to send the prisoners that remain. What is clear is that detainees will not be sent to the united states. The last time president obama attempted to do that a local fire storm erupted in congress and new york. The president appointed a state Department Envoy to tackle the problem. Legal experts say its not on easy job. The biggest question is what do you do with the yemenis. They are a huge proportion of the detainee population, yet president obama said at least upteen times that hes not going to transfer the yemenis back to return. Reporter there are many exchanges in closing the facility. The white house says the Political Climate is changing and last week the president repeated his pledge. Thats why ill push to close gitmo because American Values and legal traditions do not permit the detention of people behind our borders. Reporter whether he can follow through will depend on time and resolve. Investigative reporter and al jazeera contributor Jason Leopold joins us. Obviously a situation rife with difficulties here. Is there any indication that what happened in this particular prison exchange, is an opening to major changes at guantanamo. No, and it should not be read as any real changes with regard to releasing other prisoners. This is an isolated incident. I call it an incident. Its been a point of discussion for going on three years now. The fact that we have republicans, democrats acting surprised about this Prisoner Exchange is curious and there have been discussions revolving around exchanging the swapping the five taliban prisoners, going back to 2011. And what what this move underscores is that president obama has the will, the power to shut quaum and start releasing some of these clear prisoners who have been held for a decade or longer. Some but not all. At this point we are half the prisoners at guantanamo with the release of guantanamo prisoners. Theres had 149 prisoners. 78 cleared for release. A majority are yemenis. A year ago, president obama gave a major counterterrorism speech. Hes lifting the moratorium on releasing yemenis, repatriating them. Thus far we have not seen a movement on the repatriation of yemenis. I spoke to the White House Security Council Spokeswoman yesterday, and she said that the administration is looking at the yemenis on a casebycase basis. Interesting stuff. Appreciating you being with us, al jazeera contributor and Investigative Reporter jason thanks. Thank you. When we return june 4th, a day remembered and beijings Tiananmen Square, and a look at the image you will never forget. Also ahead bad science and what it means to crime and punishment. What goes through your mind when you hear the name ann. A lot of good hard work was thrown out the window because of her activities. A deliberate miscarriage of justice and a work about how many criminal suspects could be at risk. Im Joe Berlinger this is the system id like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system. To make sure justice is being served. With our personal liberties taken away from us, it better be done the right way. Is justice really for all . Misbehaving children locked up doing time while they should be in school. They have to prepare for jail throwing away our future were using the same failed policies in districts throughout the country are we failing our kids . Fault lines Al Jazeera Americas hard hitting. Theyre locking the doors. Ground breaking. We have to get out of here. Truth seeking. Award winning investigative documentary series fault lines the school to prison pipeline only on Al Jazeera America and a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. Hall of fame quarterback dan will withdraw his name over lawsuits in relation to concussion. His attorney said he joined to ensure coverage down the road. Congress asked for 1 billion to exband military in europe. President obama and the russian president Vladimir Putin will attendant events commemorating the 70th anveriesry of dday. Two 12yearold wisconsin girls charged as adults in the stabbing of a friend. They plotted and lured her to the woods and stabbed her 19 times. The girls were fascinated by an internet horror story called flinderman. Just as 9 11 or september 11th is a day that changed america. In june, 4 june is a day to remember. The beijing government would prefer to forget. The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on 4 june 1989, 25 years ago met a cliffer clamp down than in recent years. Activists have been detained. Access to google is limited. Still, june 4th is a day that cannot be forgotten. Sf. Reporter this is the one imaging the world will remember if tianamen. He has known as tank man, a loan protester standing against a line of tanks daring them to run him down to, show the world the brutality of protesting. After six weeks of protests led by students. They didnt, but we have never been certain who tankman was, or what happened to him after the military forced an end to the protests. At least hundreds, maybe thousands died. That was never clear either. Journalists tried to cover the crackdown and brought out stunning images of the violence. But even now, 25 years later, details of the june 4th massacre surface. We talk to a young correspondent on 4 june. Today he brings us a story that he overlooked in the middle of the crisis. Good to see you, gerald. We are familiar with the four images shot by other people with cameras on that day. You became known as the fifth photographer for the view that you brought to the world, although belatedly. Lets look at the image. Talk to be about it. Where were you, how far were you from him . I was on the street in front of the budget hotel. We heard the noise of tanks revving up and coming towards us, and gun shots. People started to run. They were running away from the direction of the tank. So i lifted my camera and took a shot. I scrambled out of the way myself, and went back into the hotel and back up into my room on the 11th floor where i took a couple more pictures. As it turns out, basically the entire confrontation between the man and the tank happened while i was in the elevator going up to the room, but i got a shot showing him standing in the middle of the street, a distance from the tanks. What do you think it says . From your perspective it looked like he had prepared himself in advance of the tanks coming. They are not up to him, they were on his way. What do you think it says about his state of mind at that point . I think it shows that it wasnt a spontaneous decision that he just darted out in front of the tanks as they were almost upon him. You can clearly see that he is standing in the streets, virtually the same pose and posture that he has when the tanks came up to him. I think if you triappingualate and look at the photos, he moved up closer to the tanks from a position where he was in my photo, and has that face to face confrontation with the front tank. It shows certainly a determination, and premeditation that it was not just a spur of the moment thing, that he was standing almost egging them to come on. Gerald tan has seep all of it. Thank you for being here. After a break flawed friendsics, and a deliberate forensics, and a deliberate miscarriage of justice. You dont get to cheat and win. And that is at the core of this, that those convictions stand. A case of evidence tampering inside the crime lab and the risks it points to in our Justice System. Looking ahead on the programme the horrifying attack carried out by two preteen girls seduced by an online fantasy stabbing for slenderman, why do they do it thursday, on america tonight. Every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. Grammy Award Winning singer, songwriter Angelique Kidjo music transforms lives of people inspiring strength read, be curious your brain is your ultimate weapon hope for the future the only thing that can transform my continent is Girls Education talk to aljazeera only on Al Jazeera America our criminal Justice System is supposed to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. In massachusetts, 40,000 defendants had their cases tainted by a chemist. Work in a crime lab turned the question of guilt or innocence on its head. Lori jane gliha examines the cases of annie dukan, and how her cases put criminals back on the streets. Reporter despite her quiet voice and slight stature, the woman in this massachusetts courtroom caused one of the biggest scandals in the states criminal justice history. Shes annie dukan, a former chemist, helping police by analysing evidence for the preps of drugs. Reporter what goes through your mind when you hear the name annie dukin . A lot of good hard work by a lot of people was thrown out the window. Reporter her job was to identify and weigh parcels of heroin or cocaine. For 10 years she did her job. The star chemist not only lied about her credentials, she tampered with the drugs. Court records showed thee handled samples without supervision, intentionally contaminating them. Sometimes she eyeballed them guessing, instead of testing them. Reporter the day the prosecutor learnt convictions in his country were tainted. I knew we had a problem. The drug cases were serious cases with violent criminals. I was right to be worried. I have an obligation, as do other das, to make sure convictions are based on good, solid evidence, and that this does not taint our convictions. All these files are dukin cases. Cases. Every is a person, file or case to do with dukin. Yes. And these are just district court. Reporter cruz says hes assigned extra staff dating back to 2003. Deft attorneys fielded courts from clients wondering if dukin tampered with evidence cases. It was overwhelm k. Ann works for an agencies defending indoe gents in criminal cases. She said dukins evidence caused many to plead guilty. We are faced in many states across the nation with mandatory sentences in drug cases, for increasingly larger amounts of drugs, increasingly bigger sentences. There are people who plead guilty to cut their losses, even when they may not be guilty. Reporter Michelle Devlin says dukin tampered with her case and her future. How old are you here . Im 19, a few days before i was arrested. As you can see, high on heroin. Its disgusting to look at. Reporter she was a drug addict arrested in a house where police found heroin in 2009. When detectives sent the drugs to the lab dukin tested them. According to her it weighed enough to bump devlins misdemeanour to a felony trafficking charge carrying 10 years. Reporter do you think annie dukin tampered with your drugs . Yes, i do. Reporter what do you believe see did . I believe she added weight. It makes sense when it came out that she had tampered with weights, and our guy said it was under. Reporter devlin feared a trial and the possibility of life behind bars. She pleaded to a lesser charge and got probation. Three years later she heard about dukin. I heard about it and thought oh, my god, imagine if it was my case, i had a call from my lawyer. He told me it was my case and wed be able to go back and get it thrown out. Reporter devlins attorney fought to have the plea reversed and won. The charges are on her record. Reporter this is it what people say. Right. For apartments, drugs. Reporter even though it says dismissed, you think its enough for someone to be worried about hiring you. It looks so awful. I cant see anyone thinking that means she was innocent. Reporter what do you say to people who will look at this and say you chose to do the drugs, you chose to put yourself in that situation. How can you blame someone like annie duke jip. There were times i broke the law, obviously using drugs, and buying drugs. For these charges, i wasnt i shouldnt have got the crime. I didnt have that weight on me. It wasnt fair. Reporter fairness is what the aclu says it is fighting for. People have a mistrust of the criminal Justice System and the police. People feel the system is not fair, its against them. Reporter as it stands, unless the prosecution reverses its decision to prosecute, anyone convicted based on duk dukins evidence must higher a lawyer. The long and costy process is unfair, and puts an undue burden on defendants. Annie dukin went to gaol, but they let the conviction stand. That is not american, its not the way the system works. You dont get to cheat and win. That is at the core of this. Those convictions shouldnt that. Reporter the aclus Carl Williams asked the Massachusetts Supreme Court to vacate all drug testimony. I think it is fair to say the 40,000 cases should be dismissed. We are asking that the shoe be on the same foot. Prosecutors be in the same situation. If they cab can prove it, go ahead and do it. If they cant. Let it go away. Reporter do you think therell be people getting off the hook. Thats the way you could say it. Will it be fair, it will be fair. Its a terrible idea. Idea. What we are doing, individually putting in the pap staking hours of painstaking hours of going through the files and make sure we can keep the convictions. Reporter how realistic is it to go back through each case in a Cost Effective way. Whats the cost of a homicide . Whats the cost of a drug crime. Reporter District Attorney cruz remembers the days of dante hood. Because the annie dukin scandal he was released and later accused of killing a man. The murder indictment say she shot Charles Evans three times in the head with a firearm. He should have been in gaol. The fast majority of the individuals involved in the case are guilty of the crimes that they were alleged to have done. They were, in some instances convicted of. And in some incidents that he pled guilty too. Reporter mitchell admits she was a victim, but she was a drug addict. Today she cleaned up her life. When she was born, everything changed. I see the world differently. Im not selfish like before. My life is all about him now. Reporter with the birth of her son patrick she is hopeful shell find a fresh start and leave memories of her old life and the case of anni dukin in the past. We are joined by prove senior jen her manukin. From u. C. L. A. This is a case that came up, spotlighting the problem of vices that happened. Really, theres a lot of concern for some exonerated suspects that they were targeted. Is this common . It does happen that there has been quite a few crime lab scandals. Including annie dukins in boston. They raping from downright fraud to a broader array of difficulties. Sometimes its not intentional fraud, sometimes its not drylabbing or, you know, pretending to do tests you havent done at all, but rather something more inadvertent, which is the kind of bias that can come from feeling like you are part of the side, part of the team that you are you are attached to the prosecution, and you want to get the bad guy. That can lead honest analysts to make mistakes. This happens with some frequency when you look at the d. N. A. Exonerations. 55 say theres some sort of error, improper use of Forensic Science that leads to the cases. Thats right. Faulty Forensic Science, whether its outright fraud for something more limited, but equally disturbing, has been a significant contributor to a few of these exonerations. Thats right. What happens, why is it . You mention a team approach, a mentality. What would solve that . It is. One of the real dangers is a mentality. In most jurisdictions, crime laboratories are part of the prosecutorial apparatus. They are a catch to law enforcement. An important fix would be to make them independent. Taking them out of that position, so they feel distanced from law enforcement. They are werent working for the sheriff or on a side, but rather were really neutral scientists trying to engage in a technical set of activities. Is it possible to make the justice blind . You can go further than we do now. For example, now in many instances forensic analysts know a good amount about the background of the case before they do their tests. Why should they know that. When we think about double blind studies, we try to protect people from that knowledge, and help investigators not have the risk of cognitive bias. Not have information that could lead to prejudice. We could do a better job of that in crime labs across the board than we do now. Jennifer from the u. C. L. A. School of law. Thank you for being was. Flawed friendsics is the focus of the system with Joe Berlinger. His case examines the cases of two men faghting to fighting to clear their names due to faulty hair analysis. We present that wednesday, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Ahead in the final thoughts of this hour a place they know their name and the sounds you want to hear. The last roadhouse. Is it a tradition at the end of the road . Vehe way to you. Al jazeera america, take a new look at news. Finally tonight back in the old good days, a stop at the roadhouse was a comfort hot meal, bar, little music and if you needed it a bed. Those days are mostly gone, but theres an american treasure left in california, and we made a stop there. Its a unique place, right on the edge of the earth here, you know. Oceans right across the street, rooms upstars. Its a whole different feeling as soon as you get in the door. Its a small intimate place. Its nice to have that, for me, as a place where i can meet everybody that comes through the door. Its something that is lost today. All the intimacy is gone. Thats what music is. You feel it within, you get a feeling from it. Theres few clubs like this, this statement is like a foot high. What makes is unique for the artist is it is a small place, where they can come a little closer. Afternoon. Im robert miller, i go by bobby. Im a guy that my father calls me the jackofalltrades but mast are of none. My wife and i put a lot of hours in there. We clean the rooms and do all the bookwork. We are barely making it here, to be honest. I knew this was the place for music, and this been for years. Janice joplin played here, temptations. In my watch i can say the swaps played here, some of the wutang clan. Leon russell plays here. English beat played here. What i believe is im the only roadhouse left on the west coast, on the ocean. Rings. What is it like plays, no matter who is here . Its the same feeling. Theres many different kinds. Theres a common threat. You cant walk in and not acknowledge the fact that thousands walked into that same building. [ singing ] this is the outskirts. We are up here, we are in the middle of nowhere. Theres nothing between us and, you know, 30 miles to pure forest to highway 101. She was born to rambo daddy would not let her go you know, you can play your music, drink to your hearts delight, do what you want and go to bed and wake up by the o. Totally unique that way. She hopped aboard a Freight Train bound for mexico as time goes by, this place has something harkening back to old time. [ singing ] thank you. Youre not playing here because you want to be famous. Yes. Youre playing here because you want an experience. Hop in around this up to. I see all kinds of things. You want to experience that thing that the other musicians that you ido lis, you eyedo lies since you were a kid. Thats why you play. So you can stand in their shows. I did want to stay here. What does that mean to you . A lot. Theres history. My pops used to play here. I seen it go through different owners, and years of being shut down, and i have to say i was again. The reality of owning something thats there, they say be careful what you wish for. You say thats true, but i enjoy it so much. I couldnt think of one thing in my life that would give me such fulfilment. I would be lost. I really dont know what i would do. Thank you. All right. The roadhouse opened in 1906. If you get by, bobby miller will be there to welcome you. Thats if for america tonight, if you would like to comment log on to the website aljazeera. Com americatonight. You can meet our team there and get sneak previews of stories we are working on, and you can tell us about stories youd like to see. You can join the conversation with us on twitter or facebook. Goodnight. See you next time on america tonight. President obama on the defensive about swapping Bowe Bergdahl for top taliban leaders. Was berg a deserter. Well ask a medic who served with him. How china is clamping down on memorials of the tiananmen happened. Russell simmonds on the Music Industry and using music to enterfeign and educate why is dan backing away from suing the n. F. L. Not long after he filed