fault lines travels to cleveland, ohio - to look at what is causing these deaths, and to try to find out why the united states has the worst rate of infant mortality in the industrialized world. it s monday morning in cleveland s metrohealth hospital. a newborn baby boy has just been rushed into neonatal intensive care unit known as the nicu . weighing just over 2 pounds, he s 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. he s really retracting. you see his blood pressure? very low. they re right now trying to get urgent care to the baby that s just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. and right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. this is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they haven t changed one aspect of this crisis. almost all of the babies in this ward are bl
and to try to find out why the united states has the worst rate of infant mortality in the industrialized world. it s monday morning in cleveland s metrohealth hospital. a newborn baby boy has just been rushed into neonatal intensive care unit known as the nicu . weighing just over 2 pounds, he s 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. he s really retracting. you see his blood pressure? very low. they re right now trying to get urgent care to the baby that s just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. and right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. this is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they haven t changed one aspect of this crisis. almost all of the babies in this ward are black. just under 40 percent of the babies born are african american but they cont
industrialized world. it s monday morning in cleveland s metrohealth hospital. a newborn baby boy has just been rushed into neonatal intensive care unit known as the nicu . weighing just over 2 pounds he s 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. he s really retracting. you see his blood pressure? very low. they re right now trying to get urgent care to the baby that s just been born here literally within the last couple of hours. and right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. this is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they haven t changed one aspect of this crisis. almost all of the babies in this ward are black. just under 40 percent of the babies born are african american but they contribute to 70 percent of the babies who die in the first year of life. so there s this huge, h
it s monday morning in cleveland s metrohealth hospital. a newborn baby boy has just been rushed into neonatal intensive care unit known as the nicu . weighing just over 2 pounds, he s 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. he s really retracting. you see his blood pressure? very low. they re right now trying to get urgent care to the baby that s just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. and right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. this is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they haven t changed one aspect of this crisis. almost all of the babies in this ward are black. just under 40 percent of the babies born are african american but they contribute to 70 percent of the babies who die in the first year of life. so there s this huge, huge disparity and th
ask for a cease-fire and launching of a peaceful political process. and with less than two weeks to go before the government runs out of money, the house is set to vote on a republican bill that will fund the government but defund the healthcare law. even if it passes the house it is not expected to pass the senate. remember, you can always catch us online with the latest at www.aljazeera.com. have a great night. on america tonight. troubled waters, colorado residents begin the long trip home. but environmentalists worry about the risks that are left behind. how does it feel to be this close to your house. surreal. that s what it is. it s dream-like, but not a good dream. reporter: also tonight, a religious revolution, the pope s surprising statements on homosexuality, contraception and even abortion. and acting on faith, the new york city church where the curtain rises every saturday night to both prayers in the pews. [ music ] hello, and welcome to america