let's start with tony harris. >> a terrific panel in new york city, and we are diving down on the issues that america say are important. that's the economy, jobs, health care. we'll be talking about issues. now let me send it to joie chen in washington. >> tony, thanks, we are closely still watching the battle for kansas. it is a big fight there. big turnout. big fights for both the senate and the governors seats as well. watching very closely and it's racing neck and neck for kansas governor, and governor sam brownback hanging on to the seat against paul davis. it is going back and forth. it's a race that many contest how conservative kansas is and how much the power of losing supply side economics, and the impact it is making on revenues will make a difference. ali velshi, it is all about the money. >> it really is. here is the interesting thing. democrats have not been able to play off of the fact that the economy is stronger than it was two years ago today. unemployment is almost two percentage points lower. we create jobs at the rate of 192,000 per month. interest rates are low, and

tony harris is here with our panel of political experts. ali velshi looks at the financial impact of the most expense if congressional race in history. our team will cover t

i am tony harris. john will be back pretty quickly. i want to get to our panel. i am in a great position with a wonderful vantage point. at some point, several moments did you really the course of this evening, i have watched every member of this panel shake their heads. all right? let me start with michael schure. here your thoughts on the course of the even. one of the things that has struck me, i am listening to all of the analysis, and i feel like there is something that i am missing here as i see these results come in. you have talked about this being a rock solid south. pipping up on that. expand on that and let's tick it around the table. >> a separate in the country. look at the southern state. 12 southern states i mentioned before. absolutely, policy cnn now the and it's unusual, especially coming out of some elections when bill clinton was win, when barack obama won in 2008 where different cab dates could pick a spot here a senate here that doesn't exist anymore. tonight was really the icing on that cake with kay hagan's loss to north carolina presumabl

i'm tony harris. we're standing by, waiting on two scheduled events. first a news conference from the ferguson police department on prescriptions for possible unrest. that briefing is expected to start at any time now. we will of course bring that to you live when it happens. and then we'll show you live pictures here from chicago. we're also standing by waiting for president obama to make comments in chicago. now this trip is

i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> everybody agrees that our immigration system is broken. unfortunately, washington has allowed problem to fester for too long. >> tomorrow night, president obama will announce executive order to reform immigration. >> israel dispensing hard punishment in retaliation for a synagog attack in jerusalem and a snowstorm blamed for at least five deaths in new york and several more feet of snow is on the way. >> after pressure from activists, president obama is ready to fix what everybody agrees is the nation's broken immigration system, announcing he will unveil his executive order during an address from the white house tomorrow night. mike viqueira joins us from the white house. what is the president expected to say? >> this is something the white house and the president have been talking about for months now since house speaker john boehner informed him in a private setting that he would not be able to advance or unable to advance immigration reform. it was the summer of 2013 when it passed the is not with bipartisan support. the presid

i am tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> everybody agrees our immigration system is broken. unfortunately, washington has allowed the problems to fester for too long. >> tomorrow night, president obama will announce an executive order to reform immigration. is dispensing harsh punishment in retaliation for a violent synagogue attack in jerusalem, and a snowstorm blamed for at least five deaths in new york. several more feet of snow is on the way. . >>> after months of pressure from activist, president obama is ready to move to fix what everyone agrees is the nation's broken immigration system. the president announced today that he will unveil his long-awaited executive order during an address from the white house tomorrow night. mike viqueira joins us live from washington. mike, what is the president expected to say when he speaks tomorrow night? >> reporter: well, tony, it's not so much the reform of the comprehensive variety. what the president can do does not have the force of law. it is inherentsly temporary, lasting only sloningsz another president comes along and deci

. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm tony harris, with a look at today's top stories. breaking news. the grand jury has reached a decision in the case of a ferguson, missouri, police officer. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel resigns. and on the eve of a deal, talks are extend with iran seven more months. and we begin with breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, the grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown. robert ray joins us live from clayton missouri near ferguson with more. robert. >> tony, good afternoon, behind me the justice center in clayton where the grand jury has been going over the evidence for the past three and a half months and as you say a decision has been reached. we should clarify what that means for the viewers. the grand jury has made a decision as to whether or not they should hand up an indictment to a criminal court, then the court process will go through and decide whether or not the officer, darren wilson, criminally shot 18-year-old michael brown. so this is just the proce

i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. breaking news. the grand jury has reached the decision in the case of a ferguson, missouri, police officer. that announcement expected tonight. defense secretary chuck hagel resigns, and nuclear at a talksh iran are extended seven more months. okay let's get to it. breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, the grand jury has decided whether to indict police officer darren wilson. the prosecute are attorney's office will hold a nz conference latenewsconference later tonigh. robert ray joins us, from ferguson, missouri, over to you robert. >> tony, indeed, breaking news as we have been reporting for last two hours. the grand jury has a decision, we should know later tonight what that decision is. the sun has gone down, the temperatures are dropping. we are seeing some protesters and demonstrators walk around. everything seems clean so par. the prosecutor is going to have a press conference. the mayor, the governor, tony. >> any idea whether officer wilson has been arrested? >> so far, no indication. bu

harris. a look at the top stories - ferguson, on thanksgiving day. boarded up business owners worry about their future >>> british personnel targeted in kabul. >>> and under fire, after the disappearance of 43 students, mexican president enrico peno nieto pledges to spread the fight against widespread corruption. >>> and we begin with ferguson, which has caught the tanks of the nation in the world. protests have decreased demonstrations are growing in other parts of the county. deponentors tried to -- demonstrators tried to disrupt the macy's day parade. protesters crashed with police. there was a grand jury digs. hundreds blocked streets, los angeles and california. los angeles were arrested in oakland. protesters smashed the businesses. 35 were arrested. in ferguson, the national guard is on watch. protesters turned out in fewer numbers, john terrett joins us live. are things quiet there today on thanksgiving day? hey. good afternoon to you from ferguson. happy thanksgiving to you. the peop

i'm tony harris. "real money with ali velshi" is next on al jazeera america. >> america stands on the brink of a new cold war with russia. i adjourned ti journeyed to the, on deposits of oil and natural gas, i'll give you the firsthand look at how acialgh arctic melts fueled, new economy and an icon who hasn't ever taken his eye off russia. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."

i'm tony harris. "real money" with ali velshi is next, if you would like the latest on anything we covered in the noose -- newshour, go to aljazeera.com. >>> get ready america, the polls open in a matter of hours, and the economy is issue number one. i'll explain why people could vote differently than people who count on their investment portfolio. also to the victor go the spoils, i'm looking at the perks and pay to winning a seat in congress. and i'll tell you how alcohol sales could change the game for a lot of businesses in alabama. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪

. >> let's drill down on this, so can i create, the tony harris organization for more equitable america, and can i raise millions. >> i can and now i have now raised millions of dollars can i do whatever i want, create any number of ads on issues or against whatever candidates that i want, and get it out this on the american airways in can i do that. >> first option you can do that with all the the money you can raise, and put it 100% behind politics if you dischose where your donors are from. you would be created what is calling a super pack, or option two, you can create a nonprofit organization. and you don't have to disclose. >> that's what i want to do. >> the catch here is this, you would not be able to primarily engang in politics but you can spend up to 50% of your money enganging in micks all the same and is direct a fashion as you want. advocating for or against a candidate, but here is the deal, if you raise $100 million, you can use about $49 million of that for political advocacy. so in a way it is a de facto unlimited amount of money that you can spend on politics. just ba

i'm tony harris. the american political map is a sea of read today as republicans celebrate victories from coast to coast. americans pick upsid up seats in the senate. some of those are in traditionalcally blue states. republicans swept government races scoring upsets in some democratic areas. this afternoon president obama held a news conference to react to the g.o.p. takeover of the u.s. senate. we're live from the white house. what did the president have to say about republican victories and working with the g.o.p. over the next two years? >> well, the president came in to the east room after that wipe out that the democrats suffered last night. they faced the music for one hour and 15 minutes. and answered questions. why oh why were democrats so unenthusiastic. why were all of the enthusiasm on the republican side? yes, he reached out to mitch mcconnell, the new senate majority leader, he said he wants to find common areas to work w and yet there are some big fights looming down the road there is

i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. president obama authorizes 1500 troops to deploy to iraq to fight isil. >>> and in jerusalem hundreds of israeli riot police hoping to prevent clashes from escalating. >>> and the city of detroit bankruptcy approved today. and new jobs great created, and the unemployment rate drops again. >> we begin with new developments in the fight against isil. the united states has increased it's ground presence in the region. the white house announced just a short time ago that 1500 more u.s. troops are headed to iraq. they'll support iraqi forces battling isil fighters but will not take part of fighting. >> reporter: 1500 troops as you mentioned the white house said that they will be there to train, advise peshmerga counterparts. they will go in as a non-combat role. they'll station american advisers all around iraq. what is the goal? there is an expected offensive, a military offensive to take place in anbar. isil has taken over areas close to baghdad, and an offensive, a counter offensive is

. >> i'm tony harris. the united states is sending more troops to iraq to help with the quite against vice. the white house announced this afternoon that president obama authorized the depolite of 1500 more to iraq. they will support ring forces battling isil fighters mike, tell us more about these troops, and if there is anything in the time announcement. >> the caveat we heard so many times before, these are not combat troops on the ground or iraq or syria for that matter is really starting to raise suspicions now. the president if he gets his way now, up to 1500 advisers advising iraqi and peshmerga forces that would double the number of adviser advisers in iraq right now. and that would raise concerns especially among democrats. the president asking for $5 billion to fight isil in iraq and syria for this fiscal year. two things happening here, tony. first of all the administration said that there is going to be an offensive by iraqi forces against isil forces in anbar very close to baghdad in the sow c

i'm tony harris. "real money with ali velshi" is next on al jazeera america. >> america stands on the brink of a new cold war with russia. i adjourned ti journeyed to the, on deposits of oil and natural gas, i'll give you the firsthand look at how acialgh arctic melts fueled, new economy and an icon who hasn't ever taken his eye off russia. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." over the next hour i'm going to take you on a journey that illustrates how russia's 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 of influence and russia will no longer take it. putin has vowed to protect russian people and thei

i'm tony harris. "real money" with ali velshi is next, if you would like the latest on anything we covered in the noose -- newshour, go to aljazeera.com. >>> get ready america, the polls open in a matter of hours, and the economy is issue number one. i'll explain why people could vote differently than people who count on their investment portfolio. also to the victor go the spoils, i'm looking at the perks and pay to winning a seat in congress. and i'll tell you how alcohol sales could change the game for a lot of businesses in alabama. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ >>> america goes to the polls tuesday, and the economy remains the overriding concern for voters. a poll finds job creation and economic growth are the most important factor for 41% of voters in congressional elections. this is the highest of any single issue out there. let's assume you just arrived on earth from mars, and i tell you since the last election, the u.s. unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9%. america has created a

i'm tony harris. we're standing by, waiting on two scheduled events. first a news conference from the ferguson police department on prescriptions for possible unrest. that briefing is expected to start at any time now. we will of course bring that to you live when it happens. and then we'll show you live pictures here from chicago. we're also standing by waiting for president obama to make comments in chicago. now this trip is designed to draw up support for his immigration plan. but he's expected to address the situation in ferguson as well. when we see the president we'll take to you chicago. let's bring in diane estherbro estherbrook. she joins us live from ferguson, missouri. you were living as i was to the news conference a while ago from the governor of missouri, jay nixon. harsh, shrill in his town, talking about an increased presence on the streets of ferguson tonight. last night there were 700 national guardsmen on the streets. monitoring and protecting infrastructure. that number is going to increase dramatically to 2200. i don't know what ki