tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> a reminder, you can keep updated at aljazeera.com. lapped of the free. tell that to the leakers who risk their lives to tell you what the government doesn't want you to know. i'll look at how national security sometimes trumps the first amendment, and talk to a legend in journalism who says president obama may be the worst for press freedom since nixon. and the hidden by as that could boardroom. i talk to a woman who knows the system for beating the system and closing the gender gap. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".

tom ackerman, al jazeera, providence, rhode island. >> german airlines of lufthansa are under strike. many flights have been grounded, pilots are walking out for two days in long-running dispute regarding early retirement. it's the first time that it has was forced to cancel flights because of strike action. >>> this cosmonaut propelled his country into the lead of the space race with a single step. we have more on how one man's short walk marked the beginning of a long junior. >> he's 80 years old but his fans keep him union at heart. alexei leonov is a hero in space exploration because of a feat 50 years ago. he had spent 12 minutes outside of the capsule orbiting earth was a huge deal not just for russians but for people around the world. half a century later he remembers the political pressure as well as the technical challenges that he faced. >> what i remember is unusual silence. i heard my heart beating. i heard myself breathing which never happened before, and at that moment someone calls me and says alexei, how are you? we the members of the politburo are gathered here, and w

tom ackerman al jazeera washington. >> wine is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of myanmar but its budding industry is affecting another operation. as florence louie reports the industry is set to grow. >> reporter: up in the slopes in central myanmar is a landscape rarely associated with subtropical countries. harvest time in the vineyard is over and workers prune the plants to the next season. plants aren't native to this area fungus could destroy the crops but there are other factors that make growing here viable. >> plenty of sunshine and high quality of red wine and for white wine there is another issue, important issue which means the cold nights which we have here in the mountain. >> reporter: but the lack of a winter season means that the plants produce two crops. vineyard owners say they have to import raw materials which drives up the cost of production and that could come up to more than double what it costs in europe. things like machinery and vatle vats, glass bottles and corks. growing industry means a change in drinking habits. and the country's march

>> tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> the first attempt to fly around the world using only the power of the sun has begun. the solar impulse took off from abu dhabi on a journey that will take five months. the plane has a wing span equivalent to a 747 jet has a size of a car. impressive stuff. this is where we say good-bye to our u.s. viewers. "america tonight" is up for you next but go to aljazeera.com to get all the latest on the stories we're covering there. >> a legendary artist known the world over. but to mean harry belafonte's greatest role is as a civil rights leader. >> it is to be expected all of us would participate in the struggle for civil rights, civil liberties to be smeared and to be called names, but it requires much more than that to deter me. >>

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> nasa has tested the largest most powerful engines ever built decide designed to reach to the moon and beyond. scientists are hoping to be able to explore further than ever before. >>> go to our website www.aljazeera.com and you can watch us live by clicking on the "watch live" i con icon, once again, www.aljazeera.com. . >> again, we're standing by, we'll be back with that news conference begins.

al jazeera, washington. >>> a show about innovations that can change lives. . >> the science of fighting a humanity and we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out the team of hard-core nerds. dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. tonight - basil mint and more growing under light in an industrial warehouse in chicago. zero pesticides - 98% less water. who needs rolling fields and who needs the sun? >> you have a lot more red than you do blue. >> yes. >> why is that. >> specialising in ecology and evolution. the wild paradise smacked in the middle of an airport. >> that's all honey in here. >> yes. >> conservationists are turning wasteland green, and using extraordinary measures to keep it that way. >> here goes. i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. that's our team, now let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to techknow, i'm phil torres, joined by marita davison, and crystal dilworth. as you think of a farm in the midwest you think of corn and wheat fields, it's not the case these days. >> as research is scarce, farmers

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> a reminder, you can keep updated at aljazeera.com. lapped of the free. tell that to the leakers who risk their lives to tell you what the government doesn't want you to know. i'll look at how national security sometimes trumps the first amendment, and talk to a legend in journalism who says president obama may be the worst for press freedom since nixon. and the hidden by as that could boardroom. i talk to a woman who knows the system for beating the system and closing the gender gap. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money". [ ♪♪ ] >>> the price of free speech. we are fixated by crackdowns on the freedom of expression, to express dissent in places like russia or china, those countries. the government justify censorship and rolling back press freedom and expression in the name of national security, and we criticize them. let's turn the lens on ourselves and look at curbs on free expression in the united states. edward snowden is a deeply divisive figure, praised by some as a civil rights campaigner, and whistleblower, and condemned by others, includin

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> science was on display over the skies a soyuz catch sul was carrying three astronauts, including barry willmore. in orbit know three months. >>> nasa successfully test fired its next generation rocket this morning. engineers described the two minute burn as a significant milestone towards their goal of putting astronauts on particulars. a booster is slated for 2017. i'm antonio mora. thanks for joining us for the latest news. for any time, go to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next, good night. >>> hello, with its invitation to israeli prime minister netanyahu to speak to congress about his opposition to negotiations with iran republican leadership had already shown it's ready to jettison that idea that party politics already stopped at the water's edge. >>> plus reminding the

al jazeera, washington. >> a reminder, you can keep up-to-date with all of the news on our website. there it is on the screen the address, aljazeera.com. >> a new business is rising in america's rocky mountain west. and sales promise to be brisk. >> i want to get $100 bucks dj shorts and $100 bucks of the tahoe. >> this past january licensed shops in colorado began selling recreational marijuana to anyone 21 years of age or older. >> whoo that smells nice >> prices range from $14 to $25 a gram. >> what's the difference between the ultimate.

tom ackerman al jazeera, providence rhode island. >>> tiger skins are being traded despite a band to protect the species and investigation saying they are being sold at a gambling resort popular with chinese tourists and nick clark has the story. >> reporter: welcome to the so called special economic zone with a casino, a hotel, it has shops, it also has restaurants with live animals on the menu this bear cub was apparently available to eat. under cover investigators filmed what was said to be rhino horn for sale rhinos are an endangered species and so are tigers but you can choose from a selection of skins, skinned watched over by yes, stuffed tigers also available for sale. outside captive tigers are kept in cramped cages. the tiger farm here has plans to breed between 500-1,000. now, captive bread tigers are legal if licensed. it is the export of their products that is illegal. either way the head keeper here says that licenses or permissions are often ignored. this investigators said was frozen tiger meet available to eat. and assembled in a vat, a pieced together skull and skele

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tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> for more we're joined from newton massachusetts by dov goldman. dov glad to see you. meant no disrespect to the president, israel and united states relations are as strong as ever. do his words match his action he? >> clearly they don't match his actions. his action he is he has actually injected a partisan element into the relationship. question is whether he can do damage control by his speech today and tomorrow and in the weeks to come, he is hoping he can smooth things over. i think lasting damage has been done. obama administration is not going to fergt forget thiseesly. this easily. >> with all the congressional democrats boycotting the speech. >> really depends on what they were hoping to achieve by allowing this issue to go on as long as it has. one message to israeli voters to subtly suggest to israeli voters or not so subtly that the relationship that the u.s. has with israel will be affected if netanyahu is reelected. in some sense this has been if not deliberately engineered at least played up on both sides for their own political pur

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >>> president's state of the union to congress. cristina kirchner's people turned out to see her. lucia newman reports. >> not a hint of success of the pressure cristina kirchner and her government have been under. this since the mysterious death of the prosecutor who accused her of trying to cover up iran's vomit of the jewish center. here three hours into her speech cristina kirchner lost her compose your when opposition deputies held up signs alluding to the bombing. >> translator: i have always talked about the asking for justice, i have accused intelligence services of trying to cover it up. i don't need anybody here the come here and talk to me about it. >> hundreds of thousands of government activists surrounded the congress building to show their support for their president, accused of undue interference in the justice system. activists from pro-government trade unions political parties and grass roots organizations were brought by bus from all over argentina. >> translator: in the late 1990s i had no job. my family was hun

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >>> tomorrow voters in nigeria are going to the polls a part of great instability in the country in large part due to boko haram and attempts to stop them.randall pinkston is here. randall. >> the security will be heavy because of ongoing threats from boko haram. the two leading candidates for president, the incumbent goodluck jonathan and mohamedu bahari. coming up next, we'll put these stories into context. what's at stake 183 million people fighting a violent rebel group. john. >> coming up next on this broadcast, paintings so realistic they look like photos. the hyper-realism of robert estes. plp al jazeera america. >> tonight on al jazeera america, the work of robert estes, his work is so real viewers often mistake it for photographs. jess kay may is the co-curator at the portland museum of art. >> richard estes is an active painter for going on just over 60 years now. he is the painter that ask a foremost photo-realist. a style that emerged between 1967 and 1968 where a small group of american photographers turned their attention towards usi

tom ackerman, al jazeera maryland. not necessarily. s but millions and knottinessly for those sports. >> do you have a round -- showing faith with the super stars because he says he won't be dropped -- by all three of the strikers being out of form. no longer taking to the table. in which kicks off in just under one hour time. and he has -- i can confirm they have all been announced in that starting run. while the european champions don't have the accusation of the lead. the whole team played worst and renaldo theyer sodless but i think there's a reason. the team is not helping the forwards. witch goal apiece in the first move. the coach is encouraged by the good league form. 3-nil on saturday much more illusion and confidence, to be much more closer to ourselves. the president of cycling world government body has told al jazeera he believes organize doped by teams is a thing of the past. a damming report by the independent reform commission, detailed past failings they did concede there is still some cheating in the sport. >> i don't

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> still to come on the program. >> another bump in the road for the high profile and television producer jeremy clarkson. >>> france remembers three sports stars killed in a helicopter crash. >> many believe in a german jeremy clarkson may have won out of chances. >> clarkson's suspension for reportedly punking his producer puts the program's future and his own in question. >> the top gear brand specifically it would have a detrimental effect. he is the show. it would be hard to see them replicateing the show in the current form without him. they could relaunch it, but it would not be the same show and it's hard to imagine that it would have the same popularity. >> he was had used a racial slur that was leaked on footage he apologized. he also caused riots in argentina after filmed using this porch with a number plate thought to reference the 1982 falklands' war. jeremy clarkson has managed to offend romanians albanians germans, black people, the bbc itself, and most of argentina why has the corporation always kept him on? here are some keys. clar

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> for a look at what is coming at the top of the hour, john seigenthaler is here. >> coming up at 8:00, more air attacks by the coalition in yemen, and that coalition is growing with egypt and joining the fight. now how they're participation could change the regional dynamics and a look at the refugee crisis inside yemen. >>> growing fear for many in the indiana. the government signed a law for religious freedom but could bring discrimination against gays and lesbians. >>> labor secretary robert ratio reich reich. >> if she doesn't have a primary calendar, i don't think they'll raise these issues on her own. they're controversial difficult, i'm not sure that she's going to bite the hands that feed her. >> and caught on canvas, you're looking at paintings. those are not photos. a new exhibit pulling together dozens of works by the artist richard estes more on his work in tonight's program in six minutes. >> john, we look forward to it. >>> well, south korea has put billions into the international raceway for formula one plus the construction bid for olympic

. >> the power to unlock secrets of nature and inspire new generations of scientists tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> all right. time for the sport. poised ready and waiting. >> thank you very much. a 13 minute hat trick from messi has helped barcelona to go back to the talk of spain's premier liga. 30 second career treble coming in at 61 home win against conner. luis suarez with two and barcelona go top and lead real madrid by a single point. let's look at some of the leo messi goal setting sets. a hat trick 30 seconds of barcelona overall. >> beats the legend degree strike back in the 1950s. argualy the greatest season came in 2011, 12 when he scored a ridiculous 73 goals in all competitions for the catalan club. it's the all-time leading scorer in la liga history with 2 sent 3 goals and he is a joint top scorer in the champions league with 71 goal. he shares that record with raoul, who had 142 needed to meet that mark. messi has done it in 90. third take on fourth in the span i league in about an hour athletico host valueen see i can't. a point ahead. they have won their la

tom ackerman, al jazeera, "w." >> and that is all of our time for this news hour. i'm tony harris. john seigenthaler will be back in just a couple of minutes for you. we'll see you tomorrow. . >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america i'm john seigenthaler. the ferguson police chief quits. >> the city of ferguson and police chief thomas jackson have agreed to a mutual separation. >> tonight, more fall out from the justice department report. isil fighters on the run in one city, and on offense in another and in a ruthless new video a child who kills. factory farms, the new battle over pork an

tom ackerman al jazeera. >>> in our global view segment we look at how news outlets across the globe react to various stories, brazil former foreign minister compares venezuela president nicolas maduro to macbeth and says it's broken and says brazil's ambiguous position on political crack down in venezuela is a mistake that effects the credibility of traditional defense on human rights and democratic values and the post weighs on benjamin netanyahu address before the u.s. congress saying the speech was damaging and humiliating and distrust between muslim nations and hindu has controversy over a documentary which a convicted rapist was interviewed about his crime under the headline ban is not the solution the newspaper says the documentary should be seen as holding a mirror on to a society that is far from being sensitive to gender issues. the computer game industry is worth more than $55 billion a year traditionally games are played on high-priced specialized consols but as al jazeera explains smartphones are changing the future of gaming and he reports from the mobile world congress

al jazeera, washington. >>> stay with us here on al jazeera, another full bulletin of news that is coming up in just a couple minutes with jane. >> sawed war planes bomb shia houthi tarts in yemen for the second night. the houthi response is absolute defiance. >> welcome to hour headquarters in doha. police search the homes of the german pilot to deliberately crashed the germanwings plane. >> the presidential election looms in nigeria. we

mohamed vall, al jazeera yemen. >>> why he post office the terms of a potential nuclear dl and tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: as in previous appearances, netanyahu received a warm welcome before aipac this time netanyahu took pains to assure that his differences with obama should not misconstrue his rift. >> israel has been a bipartisan issue, israel should remain a bipartisan issue. >> nunls, anonetheless, many are describing this as a tactical mistake. they say he's choosing democrats to choose between israel and obama. u.s. secretary of state john kerry signaled that netanyahu should not leak any specifics of a dale that israel may find are unacceptable. >> we are concerned about reports that suggest that details of the ongoing negotiations will be discussed publicly in the coming days. i want to say clearly that doing so will make it more difficult to reach the goal that israel and others say they share in order to get a good deal. >> while obama will not meet netanyahu here they say it should not be exaggerated. >> it's been a distraction. negotiators are going full speed ahead. wh