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Wow and mostly positive news reports. Its going to be an incredibly exciting year. And were very, very happy to be a part of this project. But there seems to be a lack of some fundamental questions. How has this all come about . And what does the future hold if corporationswho hope to generate huge profitshold the key to the final frontier . In the spring of 1961 the United States is locked in this very desperate struggle with the soviet union over the cold war. And its really a battle over the ...

Money. The Environmental Protection agency unveiled the First Federal regulation governing the storage of coal ash, the waste left over after power plants burn coal. The new rules are weaker than environmentalists hoped for. They fail to classify coal ash as Hazardous Waste or deal with sites. One incident fresh in the minds of North Carolinans saw tens of thousands of coal ash spill into the dan river after a storage unit bebelonging to duke energy ruptured. Robert ray reports on how cope. Repo...

2014 started off as a triumphant year for russian president Vladimir Putin. He extended his rift into ukraine, and thumbed his nose at the west while doing it. But thanks to sanctions and sliding oil prices, 2015 is already looking to be a year of Economic Hardship for russia. It should be a growing disenchantment. Today hundreds of protesters streamed into red square. They came out to protest a Russian Court sentencing of alex sigh navalny. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, speakin...

The court in cairo is just beginning its hearings for the day, among them the case of three jailed al jazerra journalists they have been in prison for more than a year. They were convicted of broadcasting false news and of helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, a charge al jazerra completely rejects. Well, their case is now being reviewed. This the live shot of the court in cairo. Lets have this report now from andrew simmons. Reporter a new year and some new hope that 2015 will see their rele...

The efforts they now face to replace homes to basic infrastructure. [ screaming ] check out this new years tradition as people across the country take the polar plunge. Extreme temperatures in some places nearly brought the activities to a complete halt. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. This morning the political world mourns the passing of former new york governor mario cuomo. He was 82. He burst on to the political scene in the 1970s, rising to become a three term governor in new y...

Pain killer addiction on the rise i loved the feeling of not being in pain deadly consequences the person i married was gone are we prescribing an epidemic . The last thing Drug Companies wanted anybody to think was that, this was a prescribing problem fault lines Al Jazeera Americas hard hitting. Today they will be arrested. Ground breaking. Theyre firing canisters of gas at us. Award winning investigative documentary series. Opioid wars only on Al Jazeera America on techknow we should not be h...

Police and community fleeing troubled waters. America tonight discovers inequality in the rebuilding after superstorm sandy. Do you look at the demolition and think of some of the memories you have raising your . Of course. Playing in the background for christmas, birthday parties working class dreams demolished while the wealthy move back into the path of danger thanks to your tax dollars. Good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. Im adam may sitting in for joie chen. Recovery begins in th...

Take you on a journey that illustrates how russias confrontation with the west is spreading far beyond the ukraine. Flash points like donetsk and luhansk have set off a new cold war global tensions from nato to moscow. President obama and british Prime Minister David Cameron have warned about a frozen conflict. Steven harper has been even more blunt telling putin, quote, you need to get out of ukraine. But the message has been clear. Nato has been taking advantage by butting in on its new sphere...

Theres a lot of very brave and extraordinary work that goes on around the world from people who the public dont really know very much about. Politicians and society tends to be rather cynical about journalism. But i see enormous bravery, enormous challenge, great courage going on to surface things that the public really needs to know about. Journalists go towards danger when others move away. Journalists have to get involved with all sides of the conflict in order to get the story. It takes a ve...

Fleeing troubled waters. America tonight discovers inequality in the rebuilding after superstorm sandy. Do you look at the demolition and think of some of the memories you have raising your . Of course. Playing in the background for christmas, birthday parties working class dreams demolished while the wealthy move back into the path of danger thanks to your tax dollars. Good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. Im adam may sitting in for joie chen. Recovery begins in the crash of airasia. D...