industry success. >> i remember standing out here when i was a kid, we used to smell the sulfer. we would smell the strange chemicals and i grew up just thinking that was the norm. >> destination point for the would be keystone pipeline and a community already weary of it. and is flash point ferguson ready to reignite? why michael brown's family is leeing the call. with an exclusive look at those that could lead the way to fixing ferguson. good evening and thank you for joining us. you might assume that the fighter whose join the forces that group pushes to dominate more territory in iraq, and syria, for it's so called islamic state, must be motivated by a fanatical commitment, but in an extraordinary look inside, with rare access to key figures in the organize, al jazeera found something very different, fighters whose motivation is strictly mercenary. we set out in source of isil reese income. our guide, a 22-year-old female smuggler, her tools jerry cans earmarks for gas. >> in a discreet hotel room, we see how isil recruits. our recruitser a 27-year-old syrian i.t. expert, his tools keyboard, and mouse. to post a facebook and twitter. >> and on the river in instanbul, over cups of tea. >> we learn how isil is organized our expert, a syrian once employed as an isil sales man. >> how did you work with isil? >> ice salt lake took over factories. they needs civilians not connected to them, i helped them sell the products. >> three people, show how the management organization and wealth are all depend on foot soldiers whose main motivation was new mexico. they work for a self-declared islamic state, that may claim to fly the flag of islam. but at it's heart is corporate. >> our journey begins on the road with 22-year-old were a lot of people smuggling? >> every night for 18 months she would take this road to the syrian border. her destination, the town, on this day, our car has this road to itself. >> it is so close to syria the borders a river, and refugees can be rode across. >> it is best known a a home to smugglers, tractors used to transport, and those cans used to store the main source of income. oil and gas. the town smells of it. >> where did the oil come from? >> it comes from serbia, they bring it across the river, they take it to their village and store nit their homes. >> inside syrian iraq, isil controls a dozen oil refineries the u.s. estimates isil sells 30,000-barrel as day, for one to $2 million the gas is then smuggled into turkey. turkish soldiers discovered how the gas is either muched through underground pipes or they move it across the river in jerry cans. the gas is then transported inside of buss. >> we will construct a gas tank and make it bigger so it can hold 45, 50 gallors if there's no army then you can make good money. >> if these people it is not ideology, it is business not unless you come to buy diesel. >> we weren't buying. the town didn't like that. after we filmed the cans smugglers stopped our car. >> we tried to get away. here we go. okay, okay, we are stopped. >> they released us only after she convinced them. >> anyone interrupting their business and profits isn't welcome. >> how much money did you make. >> your income depends on how much gas you bring. if you bring a ton you make 400, 900, $1,300. you bring ten tons you make 10,000 a night, depends on how good you are. >> mr. points the only thing that separated syria from turkey is a thin river. this area has long been a smugglers haines and that means not only goods like gas has been crossing but also fighters. >> we have brothers from been he dash, australia, u.k. >> foreign fighters fueled it's rapid rise. >> they star in the unprecedented social media campaign. hundreds of propaganda videos highly produced, well filmed, many features photogenic protagonists. >> foreign fighters proudly reject their citizen ship for membership in the islamic state, a few dozen are american. >> we are going for you, barack obama. >> and this is the man who helped convince them to join. >> how easy was it to recruit these people online. >> they will follow anything you tell them. they have been brainwashed. we talk to them about religion, paradise and virgins. >> and hotel room near the border over half a pack of cigarettes, the 27-year-old who wanted to be known revealed the social media strategy. for relatively large salary, he and three others would spend days online, they painted isil as a paez, popular and progression prows army, they disparage fighter whose oppose them as incompetent. >> was what you posted too uh. >> almost all of it was lied. exaggerations, for example, we claimed other groups raped women, that wasn't true. the americans are always trying to hack into these accounts how did you avoided other people gaining access? >> question changed the accounts pass worker programs every 12 hours. and we hand wrote down all of our contacts so if our accounts were hacked we can reach even again. >> it works. he was free to paint isil as family friendly, the u.s. says every month more than 1,000 foreign fighters join isil, propaganda videos feature fighters who brought their entire families. >> i am here. >> the foreign fighters who already joined gave us their friends contact, media is the most important thing to attract foreign fighters and create popularity in syria and iraq. >> and trying to create popularity that spans generations. >> isil calls them it's cubs, their hands not large enough to hold assault rifles, their minds not old enough to resist propaganda. a man who wants to be known as omar saw those children up close, he used to work for isil. >> what they work on most is recruiting children. when children are brainwashed they become strong willed and believe they will find redemption when they are martyed. >> omar used to sell goods that isil stole. many civilians worked for isil. in this city, men prey on the street. women stay covered, and local commanders keep the peace, they have changed dramatically since omar first met them. >> at first, they brought in a alcoholic, a criminal, and appointed him amir, now they have pushed them out. they have appointed educated people who can have a strong presence and lead people. >> the group is organized like a speeder web, at it's center, each group of amirs and fighters are isolated they receive ordered but they have no communication with the leadership. >> they received orders but their source isn't known. even the the amirs don't know the original source. >> a complex and effective structure, in connected every aspect the group's route lessness. >> it values spelling blood, they have no mercy. islam is merciful, but for them, people's lives are cheap. >> through fear, through promises of profits, isil fills the state with people who might otherwide fight it and today isil controls an area the size of belgium. the population is equivalent to new york city. and u.s. officials claim the war to remove isil will take years. nick, when you talk about access to as much as oil as one to 2 million-dollar as day, this is an incredible resource. and when you think about coalition forces trying to fight the isil fighters off does that underscore the need to focus on these resources on cutting off the head of the problem rather than the tail? is. >> yeah, i think some officials say they need to target those refineries. the source of the gas that is going into turkey and other countries sweat become sold inside syria and iraq. we have seen one otwo vices on oil refineries. but really the u.s. has been restrained because officials do acknowledge they know that all of this money comes from these refineries yet they have not gone after 12, or 15 of them, whatever the full number they control is. we don't know why of course, but it does go to show that that money will continue to flow. and then it isn't not about going to some of the gulf countries. going to some of the private donors that have been sending money, this is a self-funded group now. and that makes it much more difficult to unseed. and as we said, it is a huge area. some 8 million people, the same p policieslation of new york city. the side of belgium. it is going tor very difficult and take a long time to unseat them. ocean specially with that source of income. >> and then the campaign you showed us to recruit foreign fighters. this really is very sophisticated in terms of being able to recruit foreign fighters. >> anybody who edits video in our business, can see the sophistication, in how they film and the cameras. basic things like that, they are leaps and bounds over anything al quaida did. anything that any other terror groups that even attempted. the kids are really fueling this. they are helping convince all the foreigners to come, the people that run the twitter pages and the video campaigns are very organized, whoever set that up, when isil was created realized that the propaganda value multiplied itself because not only were people in the iraq and syria, the entire world, you had victories and then more foreign fighters which led to victories which led to foreign fighters. it is a cycle that they have tapped into it. they have mastered. and yet another reason why it will take a long time to defeat them. >> coming up here, on the receiving end. a hot button national politic issue meets the reality of those already living with environmental risk question are disproportionately being bombarded by this toxic waste from these refineries. the low income african-american community. we have been dumped on, and we are being disproportionately attacked by these toxic fumes. >> america tonight, in port arthur texas if the pipeline is built, they will be at the end of the line. later this hour, bracing for the worst, why flash point ferguson could reignite and the voices you haven't heard. america tonight's brings us inclusive incite into the people that want to take the lead on fixing ferguson. the waning days of it's lame duck session. to decide the fate of the keystone excel pipeline, both democrats and republicans charge the other with political motivations nor this sudden burst of energy. end of the pipeline, the america tonight investigates the reality that confronts the people and wealth that comes from the energy isn't what trickles down to them. >> i lost my sister back in 2003. she was just 17. my mother she was 50, and we lost her back in 2009. and my grandmother, we lost in 2010. >> cause of death, cancer. >> is there a history of cancer in your family? >> no. no. all three of these situations these three losses was a total shot to the whole family. we have high blood pressure, but as far as cancer, no. >> former navy officer was born and raised in port arthur texas, here in the city by the sea, a labyrinth of pipelines defined the skyline, complete with the steady stream of smoke and sulfer tinged air. >> it's also here that hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil are converted into everything from gasoline to asphalt. to the chemicals needed to make plastics. but residents say living here, is making them six. he grew up across the fence line of the complex of eight refineries. and he says his family has paid the price. >> when you think about that, like you said, your sister, mother, grandmother, and you live here, within view of all thiel. >> i feel like a lot of people, including my family members that i lost, probably effects on the health has something to do with these refineries a lot of people are sick and don't even know they are sick, or they may have something ill fated developing and don't even know it, because we are exposed to these chemicals. >> the cancer rate is significantly higher than in the rest of the state. almost 8% higher for men, and 6% for women. there's no way to know for sure, if the family members died as a result of pollution. but he says he doesn't need to see any more evidence. >> the image i still have in my head she was laying there and her mouth was open, and they had a tube down her throat, and her eyes were wide open, and they were giving her charges to the chest, and it -- it was like a surreal el fooing. the cancer just took completely over to lose my mother, my sister, like that it messed me up completely. >> we have been exposed to emissions which are call cancer causing chemicals. >> he says he returned to his hometown, almost a decade ago, to help his community. which he says is steeped in toxic fumes. >> i remember standing out here when i was a kid, we used to smell the sulfer, we would smell the strange chemicals and i grew up thinking that was the norm. >> kelly has become an advocate for the largely african-american community. >> we have a people with cans tore show that and we have people on dialysis at this present time. it is too many people dying from this. we have a disproportional number of kids with respiratory problems, asthma, skin disorders you name it. >> all five of her children, suffer from respiratory problems. >> the kids all have bronchitissist and allergies and when i take them to the doctor they say it is because we are close to the refine ripry. so they have to tak to albl three time as day. >> i am concerned for my kids sake. because the medicationses they have to take because of the refineries. so like maybe in the future i plan to move. >> last year the facility nearly doubled it's production of oil. making the largest refinery in the united states. when kelly returns in 2000, he started his own organization dedicated to improving air quality in the city. his soul food restaurant doubles as a makeshift office. from here he lobbied the environmental protection agency, and he got their attention. port arthur was already on the watch list, for unsafe levels of ben zone. a known carcinogen. and selected it as a community in need of help. this' a problem. only ten communities throughout the whole quite were selected as an e.p.a. showcase community project, in went ten. >> the epa invested 100,000-dollars in a partnership with the community, local government and refineries to improve the environment. >> we are being bombarded by this toxic waste, chemical plant, and incinerator facilities. the low income african-american community. we are being disproportionately dumped on, and we are being attacked by these toxic fumes. >> and it's environmental situation that can get considerably worst if the excel pipeline project is approved what it means is additional sulfer into the air, what it means is additional incidents taking place at the refinery, and because the embedderment that will be carried is so thick, it is very difficult to process. and that march time, there's a disproportionate amount of toxins being dumped into the air airs with settlement sit here, and it is going to be an increase in about 25% that's what our experts say. >> kelly joined forces the environmental epidemiologist to study the effect they are having on residents in port awe thursday although she did find a higher level of asthma, she says it is difficult to prove it is directly remitted to the environment however she says there is reason for concern. >> i believe it is possible, that every single component in that complex can be in compliance with air quality emissions that collectively, if you live in the midst of that, then it may not be safe. >> oil was first discovered in texas at the spindle top oil field. at the turn of the serjry. >> was what built the state of texas, which is why texas is still the power house that it is. and it really is rooted in this industry in this region. >> by 1923, port arthur was home to the. >> laest ion refinery complex in the world, the city was bustling, but the people that made marry money off the oil business no longer live here. >> proctor street was very fancy expensive hotels and now because of technology, many of the people that work in the high positions in the petroleum industry don't have to live here in order to do their jobs. these days downtown is a ghost of it's former self, the unemployment rate is nearly 16%, more than twice the national average. the signs of economic depression are jeff where. >> port arthur is not a bad place, it isn't a bass place to live i love port arthur, i do, but at the same time, be aware, the oil refinery chemical companies around here, we basically surrounded. >> we contacted two of the largest refineries. neither would agree to an interview, but we did get a statement that said in part. air emissions have decreased by 56% over the past 15 years. and episodic emissions are down. has made a difference here. agency officials told america tonight, preliminary data from last year indicated air quality in the city now meets their standards. the industry group said companies had invested several more dollars in the community in the last year. including building a new health center for area residents. >> i am hopeful through this new communication between the grass roots organization, and industry and local government, this new communication linked that have been forged i am hopeful that can be used to where we can sit down and agree to a plan to help better protect this community. >> port arthur has a long way to go. kelly says strongish measures need to be taken in the community in the shadow of one of the world's largest refinery complexes. >> well, i say to a person that tells many eto move, when do we stop moving in when do we stop and turn and fight? these are p cooing up all over the down and the world. what we are saying is this, do your job, but do it responsibly. al jazeera, port arthur, texas. >> and the fight refors to it may bel cooing to port arthur sooner than he thought, because of the still unresolved senate race in neighbors louisiana. have pushed forward propipeline bills the house version is even called the cassidy keystone bill, because the pipeline is a polar issue in energy rich lose a that. one of those bills could reach president obama by the middle of next week. >> another crisis set to ignite, when we return, as the grand jury readies it's decision. >> we want to encouraging all of those that support the justice of mike brown to remain vigilant, yet peaceful and dignified as we await and after we receive the mound of the grand jury. >> we will speak with the attorney of michael brown's family, and an exclusive look at the people who could be charged with fixing ferguson. the shocking confines -- not a psychiatric hospital, but the la county jail. america tonight's michael following up on his rare look inside prison walls and a new effort to make changes. >> all next week. >> a new cold war is a reality. >> from europe to the arctic circle. >> the ukrainian crisis has pushed the relationship over the cliff. >> ali velshi takes you to the front lines. >> one minute! >> new war games. the impact of sanctions on russia. >> the most immediate effect has been to consolidate support for president putin. >> how climate change is reshaping geopolitics. >> new shipping lanes created by the melting of ice in the arctic could save a lot of money. >> it would be tremendously benificial for russia. >> don't miss our in-depth series "the new cold war". all next week, 7:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. now a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. after the history englanding on a comment. it is now stabilized and transmitting pictures. but they are knew worried at r of the battery life, it is sitting in the shadow of a cliff that arctic blast across the nation, is now arrived in the mid atlantic, with some temperatures plummeting as much as 30-degrees in just a few hours. now forecasters say this early winter could hang around through next week. president obama will announce a major overhaul of our immigration as early as next week. the executive action could protect as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants. that's a move that is likely to set up a political confrontation with republicans who are set to take control of congress next year. tensioned rise as ferguson waits it out to see whether an officer who shot and killed michael brown will face charges. remember he is the one who conducted an independent autopsy for the family, and found none of his would bees were sustained at close range. which contradicts the story that he grabbed his gun before it went off during a struggle. the missouri governor and lawyers the ever the brown family have asked for calm, no matter what the outcome. >> anthony gray is an attorney for michael brown's family, i think a lot of people are of the opinion that the grand jury is close to the end and of course there's a lot of concern about that, i know you and michael brown's family have reiterated this call for calm, whatever the decision is. >> that's exactly right. we want to remain peaceful. question want to remain dignified. no matter what the announcement is. we don't want to resort to behavior that would otherwise really tarnish the legacy of already what has transpired. we don't need to make that worse through acts of violence. i wonder if you believe the go nor has done as much as he can, said as much as he can, to ensure that things remain calm on both sides? >> well, i wouldn't say both sides of the equation. i felt in -- we got several calls, emails text messages about the lob sided approach that he took. strictly targeted demonstrators. there was no equal admonishment on the other side of the coin which was the law enforcement. so that we all can receive the same message about governing yourselves in a way that is both professional, on both sides of the coin. and so we felt a need and an obligation to get out there in front of the media, and the press, and send that message to law enforcement as well as to demonstrators. we want add more balance message to everybody. >> we will see what transpired, anthony gray who represents michael brown's family, thank you. >> an exclusive look inside the making of the enforced commission. america tonight, now has a first look at the hundreds who want the job. >> my per haven't hope, and my belief, is that we will find thoughtful people from every walk of life, ordinary citizens as well as emmotherred leaders in business, education, public safety, and urinate communities. who are willing to serve their state, when it neats them the most. >> governor jay nixon is getting exactly what he asked for when he announced the development of the purseson commission a committee of 15 tasked with fixing a broken city. more than 300 people applied nor the position. asking for a chance to make a change. >> this is a defining moment. that will determine whether this is known for a region marred by racial division and unrest, or a region that pulled together, to rise above and heal the applications are an unvarnished look at how people who live here feel we found religious leaders police officers, business owners and long time ferguson residents asking to take part. alley fields lived in missouri. inner her application she says i have thought at ferguson every day since michael brown die but done nothing. fear of unconfidentble conversations has let me paralyzed, i am tired of it, it is time to stand up and be a part of the conversation, and help work toward as solution too much has been focused on black and whitish shoes he wrote, when will we include others? i am latino and believe my voice will be positive contribution to efforts to bring st. louis together. in the masses of applications we also found one from the mayor of ferguson who has been criticized for his city's response. the mayors of nearby city also applied other community leaders stress the importance of education, like attorney ashley vonn. >> education can be the tool for preventing another ferguson she says. however, quality schools cannot be achieved without focusing on the root causes of failing school districts. continued lynn reed is a retired teacher, one of the first black teachers hired in the classroom that was mostly white. i not only saw white flight, i have lived it. as a teacher i have the experience of speaking at two former students funerals. we need to give our young people a reason to stay and continue to move our community forward. father and former teacher wants to be part of the change. the lack of integration is stunning and systematically damaging to people of color. it is completely intolerable for such conditions to persist it is apartheid. >> meanwhile, melanie give venns and hoped to give law enforcement a voice. >> it breaks my heart what has happened in ferguson, i would like to serve on this commission, so people can hear what this has been like for a law enforcement family if we do not act, and act now, the damage can be severe, and long lasting. our streets cannot be battlefields. >> our neighbors must be euphroe to lead their daily lives. to go to work, church, run a business, without fear. >> america tonight back with us, hundreds of people applied hundreds of people want to take part. >> yeah, these are the people that applied online. there was extra nominations that came in separately from this. and it is a variety of people we have seen, half male and female variety, ones that we haven't seen are the very vocal protestors i think that's because they have been very vocal about this purseson commission they are skeptical of whether it will work, so it's not surprising that they didn't put their names in. >> i guess part of the question there is what is this really going to do? so often we hear about task forces and think they won't be very effective, who will even pick out who will take part? >> well, lit be interesting to see what happens. there are three main things they are tasked with doing. they are supposed to look and find the right people to address their concerns like poverty and education. and then they are supposed to make recommendations that will help to make the community stronger. recommendations but not necessarily able to enforce them. >> that's a good question of how that plays out. right now they are going through the interview process. they are also members of the office of communitien gangment, then the governor himself will select the people on the committee. and there will be about 15 people. >> thank you. >> when we return, where most of america's mentally ill are being held and it is not in psychiatric officers. >> i am an 800-milligrams ofser quill. i need help, and theyn't can offer me help. >> america tonight, with a rare look inside prison walls. where the sick become the punished. it is a long standing and long hidden crisis in our prison system. the nation's largest psych ward is not in fact a hospital but the la county jail. leading the charge for change is surprisingly the los angeles district attorney, whose task force studies ways to keep them out of jail but first, she let america tonight on an exclusive tour inside the twin towers. it is shocking enough to witness first hand, a collection of men confined to the prison of their own mines. broken, vulnerable, and in urn relenting pain. >> i need help, and they can't offer me help. >> more shocking perhaps to know that the nation's largest caretaker of the mentally ill is right here the twin towers correctional facility, los angeles county's jail. >> la district attorney heads the office that helped put them behind bars but today she is working to stop it. currently as many as 75% of mentally ill inmates in l.a. return to jail, compared to 60% who aren't mentally ill. in the criminal justice system it can feel like ground hog day. you see people in for the same low level offenses, the same nonserious nonviolence offenses. clearly due to them being in mentally ill and in crieses in the streets. and they are aretted and brought in here. >> you are a prosecutor have you had a change of heart? >> i became a prosecutor 30 years ago, because i wanted to do justice. and it seems to me, it is the prosecutor who must take the lead when we see injustice. >> l.a. county has the largest jail system in the country, with 19,000, more than 20% of them are mentally ill. and more than 1,000 are behind bars for nonviolence offenses. such as drug, petty theft. from her first day on the job, assistance sheriff felt there was something wrong with the process. >> i got here and began to tour the mental health units and realized this is not the right place or the right structure environment for some of these people. >> what was the most jarring thing to you. >> the fact we have inmates in cells without treatment group space, to come out and safely get treatment. >> in june, the justin department issue add skassing report. siting a dramatic increase inned is. the report calls the treatment of mentally ininmates saying conditions are noisy, unsanitary, and crowded. any jail is a terrible place to be. >> peteser with the aclu of southern california, he has been a vocal critic of how inmates have been treated in l.a. county, and throughout the state. >> it is a terrible thing for people with mental illness, the stresses that come from being a overcrowded, punitive type situations where there's very poor mental healthcare. they have a hard time fitting in, they have a hard time figuring out how to play by the rules. so you have physical and sexual abuse, overcrowding all these things are devastating for people with mental illness, and frankly, many many of them come out of jail far worse than they went in there are serious issues that they have identified and we need to work on. i don't necessarily agree with everything that they said, but globally, i am not in disagreement, we need to improve mental health treatment in the jails. >> that's partly why lazy was inspired to lead a task force to not only improve the way the mentally ill are treated but to divert those who have committed miner crimes awhy from jail, in the first place. >> if you are so mentally ill that you are out murdering people, and committing atrocious crimes, then that's different. we have to treat you in a locked facility, but what i am saying we are overusing that option. for those who are lower level offenders. the report submitted recommending an expansion of the diversion perhaps. explaining how they should work, and calling for additional funds to train police officers on how to deescalate street encounters. it all start heres at the inmate reception center, this is where the inmates are booked screens and evaluated. today some 4,287 mentally ill inmates are being detained in special housing here. it is a number that changes every day, but what remains consistent is the number continues to rise. the department of mental health even projects up to a 50% increase over the next five years. >> d.a. lacy along with members took us on a tour of the jail psychiatric ward, where inmates arrive, angry or confused. they are evaluated in shakeles here at pod 172. before being assigned to permanent housing. >> originally i thought maybe this is the place where they eat, and when i found out that's where they have therapy, that's something inhumane and unjust about this. >> it doesn't take long before we run into an example of how real the problem is. >> petty theft and they still have me here. ten years and they mutt me right in, the officers don't know what they are doing. they don't know how to operate with mental health. i am diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. i need help, and they can't offer me help. >> this man is speaking correctly to some of the issues we have been dealing with. >> he is telling the truth, in the sense that he is mentally ill, he is in for a petty theft, that's a perfect example, if he were not mentally ill, he would be in court, he would have pled guilty, already be about his business. when you have someone mentally ill, the only person you can call right now, is the fire department or the police department. and they send someone out, and if they, in fact, have committed a crime, or broke a penal code violation, no matter how sick they are, this is the only option there is some treatment here, these men are in group therapy for substance abuse, but with so many inmates we are told that gars are often de facto members. they are backed in here. >> can you imagine trying to get hem and rest in this environment? >> you know, these bunk beds being brought in and gentlemen at the table who is receiving therapy through his therapist, and there's no privacy. >> it is cruel and unusual. >> yeah, we can definitely do better. >> with the help of outside consultants the task force modeled it's plan unsuccessful programs in miami dade, and shelbi county tennessee. where the recidivism rate has been cut in half, the approach includes probation, and the possibility of later dismissing all charges once mental health treatment is completed. too often mentally ill inmates have no place to go, the report calls for resources to establish a system that would link the former inmates to services in their communities. so there will be a plan so they can continue to get mental health counseling and never ghetto the point where they have to be arrested again. >> lacy's task force is sieging to divert money from building jails to opening up more mental health beds. treatment in the community, would save a lot of money. >> the way we are doing it now, is the most expensive way you can possibly do it. you have to have more deputies more security it isn't just law enforcement that recognize it is need. the board of supervisors recently voted to allow families and police to commit a mentally ill person to involuntary treatment, keeping them out of jail. the board also voted to expand existing outpatient treatment. >> i think that there is an awakening if you will, of those of us in law enforcement, and in prosecutors offices where we are taking a serious look a much more intelligent look at the underlying causes of what leads people to be incarcerated. have we contributed to it, sure, in some sense. but we are determined, i am determined, that we are going to lead this cause. >> my cream is we can close down some wings of the jail. >> a dream to free people that don't belong bars even if she helps put them there. >> the la county of supervisors approved spending $41 million to expand programs designed to keep the mentally ill out of jail ahead in our final segment, students under pressure, imagine for a single test determined your whole future. the story of the world's toughest exam, next. tonight, talk about under pressure, every year, hundreds of thousands take a college entrance exam, so tough, that not only determined your college prospects but whether you will be able to get a job in the future it is so intense, that kids that are running late can even get a police escort to beat the clock. al jazeera now on the pressure cooker in south korea. it is 7:40, and already people are arriving despite the fact that school doesn't now officially start until account. t 9:00. the result of a student led initiative in favor of an extra hour sleep. many opt for an extra hour in school unstead. there's not much difference, but since i can exercise more, i feally stress levels have gone down. >> if the change was designed to take the heat off, nobody told these teenagers they study silently for the hour before school starts. we worker program wereries the new start line may make the students slack, and those that are typically late would be even more late, but it turns out we didn't need to worry. in a country that is beset by education fever, any reform was bound to cause controversial and has attracted opposition from teachers students alike. >> coming to meet her mother at work, is in her final year. when it become as pressure cooker. >> we wake up at 6:30 a.m., and are in school before 8:00. straight after that we go to private school and study until 10:00 p.m. by law they are supposed to close at ten, be uh somehow they stay open until 2:00 a.m. >> southeeian households devote 12% of their income to education. and also the least happy. >> the late school start is no way to reduce the study burr, the problem between education is the position in society is based on the education level, so the real issue is fierce competition and the college grans exam system. >> back at the high school, 90% of final year students preparing still start the day at 8:00 o'clock. desperate for any advantage on what can be an all or nothing life defining test everyone knows how important this test is, they have even shut down the air space for violence during parts of the exam. that's america tonight, sex sun, our sex crimeses on campus special report, a look at what has changed in the 12 months since we first brought you coverage. our special report this sunday at 7:30 eastern, and please be sure to 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