roxanne is back with that story. j >>> so you know the market for e-cigarettes is booming right now. there are more than 460 brands. the world health organization is really concerned and called today for more regulations. but supporteders say they help smokers quit. roxana saberi is back with more on this. >> tony the world health organization says it is not yet clear how dangerous the e-cigarettes are, but there are a lot of risks so it wants governments to stop use in doors and to ban sales to young people. so now it is calling on governments to restrict ads like this, ban sales to minors, and prohibit e-cigarettes with fruit flavoring. >> i like the taste of it. the taste is probably my favorite part. >> reporter: the proposals are part of a report that found while e-cigarettes are likely to be less toxic than conventional cigarettes, the use poses threats to minors and pregnant mothers. they are calling to prohibit smoking e-cigarettes in door places, and it also wants them to stop claiming they help people stop

roxanne joins us with more. >> human rights watch calls what happened last summer a crime against humanity. egypt said it was trying to control the protesters. >> reporter: on august 14th thes egypt's security forces fired on protestors. >> they are killing us. >> reporter: at least 800 died in cairo, and hundreds were seriously wounded >> translation: i was shot in the face more than once with bird shot. it hurt. i could handle it. i was hit by live rounds, live bullets. they entered my arm and chest of the two in the chest, one in the arm. >> reporter: human rights watch calls the attack a massacre. >> using live ammunition makes clear it was a systematic attack on protesters. advocacy groups say hospitals overflowed with dead and injured. the military opened fire on two sees. they called for the return of mohamed mursi. they were holding sit-ins security forces broke up the protest juniors. >> they were supported by snipers. . >> they are ask or egypt's americans, including abdul fatah al-sisi. the defense secretary. they say they were responding to gun fire by protesters, and that moha

we've got all the roxanne's and we're executing them probably they are just not making the news but the airstrikes really are the perfect answer at this point time because what isis is done is by holding ground by having tanks by being out on the open it allows us to target them and in the past groups like isis have worked underground they've been able to go back into the neighborhoods at night now all around the open so from a military perspective we can use kinetic action against targets that we can see and it is going to be very visible and back in june as you recall we saw the u.s. send about three hundred more troops into the region to help secure our personnel and the embassies there they are already there now the airstrikes are in an effort at least like you mentioned to to protect the now i am hearing eight hundred american troops who are there the u.s. is saying that we won't put boots on the ground whether planned or unplanned the sequence of events feels like an escalation doesn't look that way to you well i think what's happening right now is we're looking at courses of acti

roxanne terry divide runs deep the sunni dominated north west has historically been at odds with the shiites living in the southern regions but isis has a much broader economic strategy militants have been besieging the biggest oil fields which are still in government hands but iraq's on the verge of losing control of this vital industry which accounts for ninety five percent of the economy but if you have a car it's your problem to as the militants make new games the uncertainty is sending oil prices skyrocketing round her again almost five percent this week when she hard to seize the city of mosul trading close in friday and way more than one hundred fourteen percent per dollars rather per barrel the price is edging closer to a twelve month record and forecasts predict further growth of up to twenty dollars per barrel in the next couple of months well industry experts to reality it says the situation could become catastrophic iraq exports about two point five million barrels a day to the global market as production is about four percent of the global total so any disruption to the

at a time latest with roxanne. >> i spoke to the city council member who is behind it and he told me national and state laws don't do enough to crack down on bullying. critics say the proposed law to result in a child ending up behind bars for calling another student a name. >> carson city council says bullying aventhsdz more than a quarter of american's students and more can i who are obey, obese, gifted or disabled so the council is a considering a law that would protect victims and how bullies get you counseling. >> bullying is a behavior that leads to other problems. there is a lot of statistics that show that people who do bullying are more likely to be up against the justice system as an adult. >> the law would consider it a crime to make another person feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed or molested. it covers physical and verbal abuse as well as sigh ber bullying and would require parents to attend a hearing at juvenile court. a first time offense could result in $100 fine. the second time, $200. a third, up to $500 and possibly a criminal misdemean

cfo roxanne austin will take over immediately as the interim chief executive. so shakeup there at target. >>> claiming responsibility for the abduction of 200 school girls. president goodluck jonathan vowing to bring them home. the social media campaign has gone viral. jonathan admitting sunday he does not know where the girls are. >>> back here at home, crews in oklahoma are attacking a fire that has claimed at least one life and forced 1,000 people from their homes at one point. authorities say it began sunday as a controlled burn. but hot, dry conditions and high wind, you can hear right there, whipped it into a wildfire that's burned about 4,000 acres and destroyed several homes. officials tell cnn, the fire is about 75% contained. we're told the fire containment line is holding. so that is good. obviously, they want to make sure there is no flare-ups with that wind whipping around. that's really a problem. >> a problem they face as the sun comes up today. >>> coming up next on "new day," severe turbulence on a plane, tossing at least one passenger into the

. >> that was roxanne siberi regarding. lisa is the vice president of government relations at the american association of university women. she joins us from washington this morning. thanks for being with us. at the height of what's described as a sexual assault epidemic, why have colleges come in tight focus? >> it's become a focus because such a large cluster of young college -- is a life changing experience for folks -- i think it's an appropriate place for us to be talking about -- >> this really reflects a larger problem, but one of the recommendations-- there can be recommend is as in terms of how that plays out. this is really a great tool, not just for the administration -- to be sure they have a better picture. it's good for the students to have a sense that their administration want to hear from them. oftentimes, this kind of anonymous reporting is the only way you're going to get something accurate on this particular difficult topic. >> the big issue seems to be that when these incidents happen, women don't feel

roxanne has more. >> the supreme court ruled that mich gan can ban affirmative action in its public universities. that ban and similar bans in other states have been controversial. supporters say racial minorities should not get preferential treatment. opponents say it hurts diversity at some universities. >> reporter: the supreme court ruling comes eight years after michigan voters banned affirmative action in colleges. the past proposal to amend the state constitution to say: >> since then the number and percentage of african men's at university of michigan dropped from 7% to 4% last fall. the percentage of hispanic americans has stayed the same. the university says it's encouraging minority students to apply. michigan state, which saw similar trends, told us it's trying to recruit minorities outside the state. critics of racial preferences in states like ohio, missouri and utah came up with plans to put amendments on the ballot. >> california passed a ban on affirmative action in 1996. after that public schools saw a drop in afghanistan can- -- african-american enrolment. hispanic is up, beca

injured four hundred seventy six people mostly teenagers on a school trip were on board that vessel and roxanne paul visibility the rescue operation involving thirty four naval coast guard and civilian ships along with eighty helicopters still on the way. elsewhere in anti-government demonstration in haiti has ended in scuffles with police hundreds of people angry at a clamp down on the need of expression and increasing censorship were confronted by armed police on their way to the front of the presidential residence several arrests the protesters set up burning tires barricades tear gas was used to clear the site. and t.v. world cup protests have resumed in brazil's largest city sao paolo two months before the tournament is due to start so really the fifth time this year that people have taken to the streets despite a heavy police presence the protesters are marching against the billions of dollars that are being spent on the event instead of on public services like health education and transport. to. israel and palestine a facing end of april deadline to get their fragile peace negotiations b

. >> thank you roxann. >>> responding to oil sightings off the shore of 240 miles southwest from where the spill originated. tar balances off the nearby beaches. -- tar balls off the nearby beaches. >>> the dow has been up most of the session, up 143 points. the s&p 500 and nasdaq on board to finish up. janet yellen says, weakness still remains in both the economy and the job market. >> in some ways, the job market is tougher now than in any recession. the numbers of people who have been trying to find work for more than six months, or more than a year, are much higher today than they ever were since records began, decades ago. >> the supreme court hearing arguments today on what is seen as a watershed case on the future of patents. the justices are be asked to determine what -- are being asked to determine what software can give protection. today's comments from the justices suggest they make it tougher for firms to get any patents. and in another patent case, blackberry wins. seacrest, inundate a-- >> insurgent attacks, tens of thousands of nigerians fleeing to niger. mohamed ado rep

roxanne diroxana has been lookie ads, and it's amaze how fast things have changed. >> these ads are on major cable networks. they started to air in new jersey. these are areas where medical marijuana are legal. it links patients with doctors who prescribe medical marijuana. >> yo, you want sushi? i got sushi. i got the best sushi. >> this area is dry. you know that, i know that ain't nobody selling but me. i got tuna, salmon, i got the finest sashimi this area has seen in years. i need you, you need me. let's make this work. i got everything. even california rolls, baby. >> reporter: you wouldn't buy your sushi from this guy. why would you buy your marijuana from him? >> critics say the ad will convince more people to use marijuana. it's all part of of an unfortunate example of a business-like cable provider willing to make money from folks that really are advertising addiction. >> comcast told me that they're struggling with something new. a spokeswoman said isn't it jarring when you see a new commercial like when you first saw viagra on air. that's where we'r why we're aire it's lega

roxann. >> this means that walt disney company is not going to give grants to local groups and packs. the symbolic treatment, last years the scouts allowed gay girls and boys to join but that wasn't enough for disney. a spokesman for the scouts say we believe everyone deserves to be a part of the scout experience, i spoke to a former scout leader who says she was ousted because she was gay. she hopes this sends a special message to the scouts. >> i hate to see the boys suffer financially. unfortunately these kind of things need to happen to make the boy scouts realize that eventually they have to realize that the world is moving forward. and they are not moving forward. they are going to eliminate their importance in society. >> i interviewed another scout leader who said he was kicked out because he is is gay. he hopes the scouts will allow gay leaders in soon. but tony, he is putting too much pressure just now after they just let gay girls and boys join. >> have any other organizations followed in disney's foot tips since the -- footsteps before they announced this policy change? >>

roxanne here has been strongly critical. we visited several embassies outside of which there were protesters including the us embassy the russian embassy the british embassy and the protesters basically sharing the same message saying they don't want blood still the dough one four and they don't want to see russian troops here now. i said of god. convey that there is a stark contrast between what is happening in crimea which is south west of the southern peninsula that sticks out of ukraine what's happening here in the north in kiev. there isn't really an indication here are a fear among many people that tomorrow russian tanks are going to roll into the capital but there is a sort of awareness of what is happening a concern because many people are seeing it on their images on tv here and signals are forcing many people consider it a threat to ukrainian sovereignty ukrainian national territorial integrity. at least one person at those protests who is a russian born hold russian passports it is ukrainian and voted for the conn

roxanne is saberi. >> cameras are not supposed to be allowed. >> banned, right? >> but two activists managed to get one in earlier this week. they posted the never before seen videos online. these images are shaky, you can hardly hear the justices. but an activist criticizes the justices. >> then you see the courtroom personnel hustling newkirk. he spent the night in jail. he pleaded not guilty and could face 60 more days behind bars but told me it was worth it. >> that was historic, and that we think the supreme court session should be viewable to the public in the 21st century. but with most historic and what needs to be focused on is corruption of democracy that has reached a crisis level, and the supreme court has played a huge and shameful role. >> i reached out to the supreme court, and a spokeswoman there told me court officials are in the process of viewing the video and courtroom screening procedure. he tells me he passed through security just like everyone else, but he would not tell me how he got the camera in. and people may b i asked if thed that peo

. >>> a new machine, stay here roxann, making it through space, launched the weather satellite, the solar powered satellite will send rain and snow observations back to earth, the spacecraft will let them create three models of storms as they develop. an update on the day's top stories and then "real money with ali velshi." >> coming up, the google glass backlash what not to do with wearable tech. all that and more in "real money." >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris, with a look at the nation's top stories. >>> a confrontation in crimea. at the same time, ukraine's former president, vurk yanukovych ivurktyanukovych is y facility in russia. >>> the california legislature has released a drought relief plan, headed to the governor's desk for his signature. mean while, a new front is poised to threaten landslides and flooding. near glendora, california. >>> the food labels woe help identify our foods are being updated. the changes will mean more attention on calories, sugar and serving sizes. today is al jazeera's global day of action, mohamed fahmy, baher

roxanne that. >> i think the food involved a lot more than when i was at a kid. >> and healthier for you than even for me. >> we won't go into details there, but thank you that was a compliment. >> kids still see too many ads for food that is sweet, salty, or fatty, these are the kinds of signs she wants to do away with, but it is also poster and menu boards and they would also say ads on most scoreboards. that eventually would mean no ads for regular soda. but ads for mineral water would be okay. no ads for chocolate bars but light popcorn is pipe. marking the fourth anniversary of her let's move campaign to improve kids health. >> the fact is today the average child watching thousands of food advertisements each year. and 86% of these are for products loaded for sugar, fat, or salt. by contrast, our kids see an average of one ad a week for healthy products like water, fruits and vegetables. >> almost all public schools and about half of america's private schools would have to follow the rules, people have 60 days to comment on the proposal at this website, federal register.gov. and

roxann siberi as has the story. >> here is a 30 round magazine for $968. and in some of these post office you'll find comments and messages setting up deals to trade the weapons. the group moms demand action for gun sense in america wants facebook to stop the posts. releasing this video to pressure facebook and its sister instagram. guns for sale. i spoke to one of the organizers today. >> we don't know how many minors, how many fennels, how many domestic abusers are getting this information today. there is no domestic oversight. we feel very strongly that facebook needs to step up, show social responsibility and fact this policy. >> facebook allows to you buy a gun online without a background check as long as you are buying from a private seller. while facebook doesn't stop pictures of guns they do ban ads promoting weapons and ammunition. moms will deliver a petition to facebook later this week. facebook is in talks with the mothers and they may change their position on guns. >> it was not aware of this. thank you. a notorious drug kingpin arrested in me

roxanne is here with more on those ads. >> they start out talking about what the drugs can do, and then they end with a long list of possible side-effects. everything from nausea, stroke and often times those lists are longer than the commercial itself. >> call the doctor if you have high fever, stiff muscle and confusion to address a possible life-threatening condition, high blood sugar has been reported and extreme cases can lead to coma or death. >> why would i take that? >> yeah, you might it think twice about it. many people tune out a lot of that because they are just so long. today the fda said it wants to find out how many people pay attention. the lists are sometimes too long or otherwise times they leave out important information. the idea is to limit the ideas to the most serious side-effects and a statement like this. this is not the full list of side affects. talk to your doctor and read the full information before taking it. they'll test different versions of the warning to see what works best. you can go to this website regulations.gov to weigh in. for now the best advice

. >> roxanne, appreciate it. thank you. today is world cancer day and to market researchers have released a sobering new report on one of america's biggest killers, it is a problem that is expected to surge around the world. jonathan betz is here with more on that. jonathan. >> other than heart disease, nothing kills more americans than cancer. a new report by the world health organization calls it an approaching human disaster. it predicts cancer cases will surge 57% worldwide in the coming years. from 14 million now to close to 22 million people by the year 2030. cancer will likely kill one out of every eight men. for well, slightly better, but still one out of every dozen women will die from the disease. now, the deadliest form of cancer is lung cancer. that's true across the world and here in the u.s. nearly 10% of people who die of lung cancer are americans. that's followed by liver, stomach, breast cancer actually ranks lower globally, but here in the u.s. it's the third biggest cancer killer. now, the world health or

roxanne that is here with more. >> the defense department is changing its policy on what people can where when they sear. the change will effect jews, muslims among others. until now they have not been able to serve if they displayed tattoos or wear beards or other symbols now the defense department says if they request it, neck wear beards and turbines, tattoos piercings and other body art of religious nature, muslims can also request to carry prior beads. basically anything that doesn't pose a safety has saturday or interfere with with their ability to do their job. the a few received special permission to wear beards in the past, but they had to get letters of sup bort from lawmakers. we spoke to the coalition and united six, they say they welcome this change, and say it doesn't go far enough. they don't want to have to ask for per mix. tony some sikh liters are collecting signatures from congress, they want to ask the military to ease the rules even further. >> really. i am wondering if there's any reaction from individual, group groups tt are opposed to these? >> we haven't seen any