. >>> new drone technology on display at a conference in new york city. we look at the controversy surrounding their use.

and investigation by the associated press showed that people were paid by new york police and people paid by new york police have infiltrated mosques to keep track of muslims and student associations, restaurants and book stores have also been monitored. new york city commissioner and mayor have consistently defended the methods as a deterrent to future attacks. the council on american islamic relations is one of the groups calling for the investigation and the government affairs managers said the surveillance hurt the muslim community. >> it had a very chilling effect. it effects the community from religious, business and a social standpoint. mosque leaders are afraid to speak because they are spied on and afraid to attend the mosque less they be followed. students are afraid to organize. community organizations are afraid to assemble and provide services. it's also had a chilling effect on the community's ability to reach out to new york police in case they themselves become victims of spying. i think the best strategy to keep new york safe is to have all communities regardless of

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a group of european lawmakers in washington trying to sort out the nsa spying allegations. they met with the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers. members of the delegation spoke after their meeting. >> we need to figure out why this kind of massive activity is happening and what kind of trust needs to be built. in the end we're fighting a battle with tight security and we need to get the balance right. we're concerned, too, about security, and we made that clear. but most of it is the balance of privacy of citizens. >> james comey was sworn in as head of the fbi. he previously served as deputy attorney general in the bush administration. >>> u.n. envo arab league envoys trying to build support for peace talks next month. >>> nearly a year after super storm sandy ellis island opens. if you would like the latest on any of the stories in our bulletins we encourage you to head on over to our website at www.aljazeera.com

>>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. here's a look at tonight's top stories. >>> at least 89 are dead after a stampede in india. thousands of hindu pilgrims were on a bridge. the stampede started when a rumor spread that the bridge was about to collapse. >>> millions of people are recovering from the country's strongest storm in more than a decade. cyclone fee at least 17 people have died and hundreds of millions of dollars in crops were lost. they say mass evacuations saved thousands of lives. >>> the international red cross is still waiting for word from gunmen who kidnapped several workers in syria today. officials believe it was an al qaeda-linked group that seized six aides and a local volunteer from northern syria this morning. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. once again, the international red cross is waiting on word on the six workers and one volunteer. >>> those are the headlines. i'm thomas drayton in new york city. keep it right here. "fault lines" is coming you next. for news upda

there were close to 100 batly powered taxis on the streets of new york. that same year one of the electric cabs earned the city's first speeding violations barreling down the avenue at 10 mph. 114 years later electric taxis are back. the city is rolling out six fully electric nissans for a year-long test run. >> this is where i plug in. >> an owner operator who has been driving a taxi for 17 years. he's also one of the test drivers. >> it's something new . it's never been tested before, and i wanted to be a part of it. >> this is the engine. it's not really "a" engine. it's the imitation of an engine. it covers the electric motor. >> why would you have a take engine in there? >> so people don't get concerned that there is something missing, perhaps. >> but there is no noise. the car is on right now? >> it is. >> you can't hear anything? >> nope. >> amazing. >> this car attracts more attention than a lamborghini or a rolls royce is. people are not phased by anything here, but this grabs their attention. >> do you feel like the angelina jolie of taxi driver

as the ombudsman for the new york times margaret sullivan knows. don't be surprised when you lose the contacts you have. marcel la pisarro on the role of the media ombudsman. >> being the one who takes the reared's complaints to the journalist responsible can put you in a corner. ♪ >> become a media ombudsman and your days of newsroom camaraderie are over. >> an ideal ombudsman has got to be a diplomat. possibly a masochist but mostly a diplomat. >> the area of the ombudsman, every newspaper. >> you have an extremely thick skin and i might add it might be better if you actually enjoy conflict. >> it is a sort of a persona nongrata job. >> only ombudsman should know, earlier this year, antigovernment protests erupted in the sense of istanbul over a project to build a local park. most media outlets ignored the protests then gave more air time to the government. he was working for sabah daily, criticizing the paper for its coverage. the articles were censored. then came his new york times op ed, taking the authorities to task for their close ties to

lou reed tells a story about migration to new york to take a walk on the wild side. it's the story of move to go new york, to live a dream, living in a seedy world, performing seedy acts, whatever it is. it's the story we're all doing or a lot of musicians, a lot of artists in brooklyn are trying to live that. i doubt it's really as rugged or dark as it was then, but it's kind of--this nostalgia that we're looking for. >> you mentioned in the late 60's and early 70's people think of peace and love. this is counter to the current counter culture. >> that's exactly right. that's where a lot of appeal lies. more now than back then, the underground with lou reed's music, it was never wildly popular but there are people who the peace-love doesn't really resonate, and with someone like lou reed he's showing you the harder aspects of life and the alienation and dissatisfaction that is attractive and romance. there is a romance to those feelings of alienation particularly in rock music. you see that filtered to punk and indie rock today where it seems a lot more of it is inf

do we expect him to be brouct to new york to be -- brought to new york to be tried? >> it's assumed he would be tried in the eastern district of new york in the second circuit for crimes against u.s. persons, related to the take downs of the embassies in tansany an and kenya - horrific attacks. it will be an important trial. it will be fair and open. david crane, professor of law is the sara cuesa law school. >> weapons inspectors have begun to destroy syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. a u.n. spokesperson wouldn't say what the chemical weapons were or where they were. syria is alleged to have 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons around the country. president bashar al-assad is cooperating. >> reporter imran khan is reporting on the first day on the job. >> disarmament experts removing a chemical weapons in the middle of a war. leaked reports suggest that syria president bashar al-assad is cooperating and some stockpiles of chemical weapons are being destroyed. it's difficult to assess exactly how big syria's stockpiles of the chemical weapons are. one report suggests

kristen, al jazerra, new york. >>> new york is experiencing a construction boom. but as the new buildings go up, so to the number of fatalities among people working on them. and as roxana reports, it's migrant laborers who appear to be suffering the most. >> reporter: the building boom in mor new york city has come aa high human cost i'm new review of federal figures has found the main cause of death is from falls. armed 75% of the victims are los angelelatinos, immigrants at they make up just one-third of the construction workers, five years ago pedestrian was was a construction worker supporting his mom. then a fall left him with neck and back injuries so severe hasn't been able to work since. >> there were safety issues. i mean, inadequate lighting. no place to tie off ladders. spite. safety issues he said he stayed base he needed the mon. >> i you have to get the job done. i mean, if you work for a company that doesn't have a union, the boss is always you gotta do it. he doesn't want to hear nothing at all. just wants the job done. >> reporter: in january, con

york city, surely in new york we're going to welcome it with open arms. >> reporter: his american fans are trying to see his new york pictures while they're still time. amanda price, al jazeera, new york. >>> all right. thank you for watching "al jazeera america." i'm richelle carey. 101 east is next, and always go to our website, aljazeera.com. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me. my brother in law tried to rape me but i fought back. i got him beaten up.

new york later this afternoon. the next few hours it will get stormy with gusting wind and damaging wind and heavy rain. the next 24 hours this line is through pennsylvania and new york. it moves through quickly. it's not staying in the same area but it will be moving through with damaging winds and hail. it looks like the forecast in new york, there is that rainstorm today, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, dry and much cooler. this is a cold front coming through, so it drops the temperatures, dries out the air and just a bit breezy. that's the only weather across the country here. it's quiet across the central portion of the country. out west still dry looking for any type of rain there in the southwest not getting it. the fire danger continues. 50s in denver. 73 in phoenix. the warmest air ahead of that front 70s as the storm moves through. out west the fire danger continues and no rain forecast. in the next 24 hours it will be dry, so we need rain in the southwestern portion of the country where dry air con

find out what some archeologists found after digging underground in new york city. i'm live at the world series in st louis missouri. there'll be a breakdown of the game-free drama, and tell you about it coming up in sports. >>> welcome back. it's been a year since hurricane sandy battered the east coast of the u.s. home owners, businesses and volunteers have worked hard to rebuild communities ever since. there's a hidden group of workers who have done a large part of the clean-up - undocumented migrants. we were sent this report. >> this man has worked construction on staten island for years. after hurricane sandy, they took to the streets to do what they do best. together with undocumented immigrants they formed volunteer clean-up brigades. >> after sandy thousands of day labourers who lived in the affected neighbourhoods were among the first responders, way before fima, way before the red cross. they went into the neighbourhoods, bringing relief to many people that give them jobs - the home owners that give them jobs for years. day labourers worked for free, clea

i'm del walters in new york. these are the stories that we're following for you. president obama has set a meeting with house democratic leaders today as the government shutdown rages on. >>> chemical weapons inspectors set to tell us the progress of destroying syria's chemical stockpiles. ♪ >>> it is day nine of the government shutdown and there could be a small window of hope, a break through in the stalemate. both sides appear to be open now to a short-term debt ceiling extension and a temporary end to the shutdown. a could give them wiggle room to try to find a longer solution. president obama set to meet with house democrats this afternoon and plans to meet with senators and republicans in the upcoming days. randall pinkston joining us now. randall president obama said he would be open to that possible deal, how has that been received? >> right now we're not hearing very much hospitalal to the president's window of opportunity for a short-term debt ceiling deal. senator boehner also wants it to deal with debt ceiling budgets. and democrats are expected to b

kaelynn ford, al jazeera, new york. we have a change in weather pattern across the southeast where temperatures are warming up. in the west, though, we are throttling ourselves for much cooler air as we get into the work week ahead. for now, things are fairly quiet across the nation. i have been tracking this area of low pressure that's been moving across the southern plains making its way into the lower miss value. the ray has kind of broken up as it pushed off to the eat. we are seeing light rain showers and across the delta, mississippi and also around southern areas of louisiana, not the heavy rain we had to deal with earlier this morning around houston where we are still in line for some scattered activity for the remainder of the evening. as far as temperatures go, we are in the mid 60s around atlanta and 67 in birmingham. now, 62 in charlotte, 6 i can't in savannah and 73 in new orleans. temperatures are running 5, upwards to nearly 20 degrees warmer than where we were at this time yesterday. a nice warm-up will

amanda price, al jazeera, new york. >>> just last week, new york city mayor michael bloomberg suggested that banksy is breaking the law with his graph et e. he says it ruins people's property. more than 3,000 people showed up for the great bull run in atlanta on saturday. participants did their best to dodge 18 angry bulls. a few fell or were knocked down but no injuries were reported. coming up, uniting music lovers in one of the most unlikely of places. afghanistan. >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko ♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ >> an australian landmark turns 46 years old. the sydney opera house was surrounded by dancers, balloons and a giant cup cake. local tourists watched sell braces. among those attending the bash were the children of the architect who designed the building. the famous performance venue is listed as a world heritage site. it was there as a world heritage site. >>> tw

i'm tony harris in new york. the world's most widely counterfeited currency has been given a face look. the design of the $100 bill is two years later but it has new security safeguards and special features. >> he was never an u.s. president, but the face of benjamin franklin is recognizable on the $100 bill. now that bill has a new look. featuring two new features. a holographic blue strip. and other improvements will make it easier to handle by visually impaired users. >> this could be copied to rare currency collectors. if the digits are low or fancy they can be sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars. experts say even the most sophisticated computers will be unable to reproduce the notes. they're designed to confound those who try to copy one of america's most popular exports, the federal reserve figures. the benjamins are particularly popular in illegal commerce like drug trafficking but ten countries use u.s. money exclusively as their official currency. and this is the first redesign of the bill since 19

we'll start at 50 for new york. in the 40s - it will get cooler in the week ahead as we get a few rounds of cold air coming in. >>> welcome to al jazeera with the top stories, i'm jonathan betz. >> florida law enforcement captured two killers who walked out of prison with forged documents. walk where are and joseph jenkins had been serving life sentences, police are investigating who created the forged documents and how the prisoners got them >> tragedy on the tracks of the san francisco bay area system. a train struck and killed two maintenance workers this afternoon. union operators are on strike, the train was reported to be on a routine maintenance run. officials insist it was operated by an experie

would be to go to new york. there were 300 things up for auction, and the key auction was the tyrannosaurus. the first thing i saw it. it's 12 feet tall. and it's there, he or she, at the auction. >> reporter: the auction didn't go well. >> we were walking around, overheard an official of heritage auction on the phone, talking rather loudrily and he said, well, we're not going to follow the order. they tell someone on the phone, who we now know is the buyer, we're going to do it, but subject to the court's ruling, we're going to do the auction. [ inaudible ] >> so we called him on the cellphone and said you tell them -- >> i told him that this is an order, and not a suggestion. >> reporter: you were the guy at the wedding that said, "stop." it's good you're a big guy. >> i got on my phone, it's a blackberry. and it's a dinosaur itself. and i said, he signed the restraining order that you're about to violent. and he wants to explain why. the puzzled auctioneer proceeded with the auction, and it's finished and the

carlos molina joins us now from the federal courthouse in new york. juan carlos. >> reporter: john, they have had success bringing alleged terrorist suspects to the u.s. and prosecuting them in civilian courts. they tried this a few years back, but that was met with a lot of push back, a lot of resistance, and the department of justice eventually abandoned that and prosecuted him in a military -- or prosecuted him in the military tribunal. but after that they actually had some success, including a recent case involving an alleged somali terrorism suspect where he faced trial in new york. he was brought back to new york and layer pled guilty later that year. >> when was this trial get started? >> reporter: the trial trial is going to get started -- that's a good question. we know that al-libi was brought here and processed, and they expect him to face a federal judge sometime tomorrow. but right now the u.s. attorney's office is being really tight lipped as to exactly what the process is. we assume that he will be -- he will be read the charges and he

we have a report from right here in the new york city. reform that will carve a path to citizenship for one million documented immigrants. the families are getting destroyed. the children are getting left alone in their homes. they don't know when their parents are coming back home. once they find out they don't have anywhere to go. >> the new york city demonstrators talked about what life is like without citizenship. felix geu guzman's family is in mexico. >> 20 years since i have seen my family. >> they say they won't give up the fight. >> thousands of new yor new yore marching in solidarity calling for immigration reform. they are not alonely. this is happening in 100 cities across the city. in arizona 3000 protestors marched a mile to city hall. >> we are all here because wiree are americans. we are americanized and our roots are here. we are american. >> those sentiments echoed in chicago and miami, atlanta, nashville, tennessee, philadelphia and los angeles. >> they called it a national day of dignity and respect. one person stood o

new york senator claims credit the for bringing the web-site. >> he was dream for drug users because he was technically adapt and was able to hide both the web-site that he put together and the actual sales of illegal drugs that the drug sellers would make on his web-site. >> the you tube where he wanted reply. >> i want to have a substantia substantial -- >> his next court appearance is scheduled for friday. al jazeera, new york. >> joining me now from pittsburgh is assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. and from anne harbor michigan, the professor at the university of california at san diego. thank you both for joining us. the big question is this guy has not been convicted. if he did everything he's accused of, how did he pull it off. between february of 2011 and last july he had more than 957,000 registered users. it logged i 1.2 million trance t transactions. all this took place on the internet in a not so easy to navigate area. it's referred to as the deep web that you need special software to access. how does that work? >> one of the key elements which is

ray lynn johnson, al jazerra. >> new york's new gun control laws were prompted by an investigation in 2011 that found gun show dealers were evading background checks, at least 10 dealers were chargeed in that probe. the u.s. has been using drone to his fight wars for years. but the technology is growing at such a rapid rate that the growns are moving from the battlefield in to every day life. the newest evolution is on display at dark, the drones and aerial robotics conference in new york city. these much smaller versions could cost as little as $300, drone builders say this is just the beginning. while law experts at the conference addressed issues of privacy and liability. >> what are drones really but flying smart phones if you builds a drone a third ate pa*erthird party canwrite an ol. how do you allocate respond among the person who person who owns it and the person that writes the software where bones are on the line instead of just bits. >> the legal concerns come as more drones take flight in civilian air space. for example, drones mounted with cameras, whether used by law enf

this issays america live from new york city. i am thomas drayton. the senate has adjourned with no deal to end the government shutdown. democrats and republicans remain far apart. there has been talk of a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, which the country is scheduled to hit on thursday. >>> at least 89 people are dead after a stampede in india. hindu pilgrims were on their way to a remote temple in dadia province. it started on a small bridge that thousands were trying to cross. >> millions of people on india's eastern coastline are recovering from the country's strongest storm in more than a decade. cyclone phailin made landfall on the country's east coast. >>> seventeen people have died and hundreds of millions of dollars in crops were lost. >>> still no word from gunmen who kidnapped international red cross workers in syria today. six aides and a local volunteer were seed in northern syria this morning. officials believe the kidnappers were from an al-qaeda-linked group. those are the headlines. i am thomas drayton. keep here on al jazee

meet greg packer from hunting tonne new york. he has made it his mission to get into the media as many times as possible. for the last 18 years he excelled at it, talking and making up thousands of experiences. >> i like to be in the media. it's a way to show what i'm doing. >> he could have done that on facebook, it meant news consumers would have missed out on his $0.02 on the iphone. >> beautiful. >> or pope john paul ii's death. >> he knows god is calling him >> or the brooklyn bridge's 125th anniversary. or events travelled to to get his name in the papers or mug on tv. he wasn't going to let anyone stand in his way. >> nobody is going to stop me, not even osama bin laden. >> that phenomenon is an example of laziness across the world, even in the best organizations, in which they need to find a voice off the street to say something completely obvious. if you stand in line to buy an iphone for 24 hours, it is obvious that you are a fan of the iphone. why do you need to then interview one person off that line to say... >> yes,

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> i'm as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of healthcare.gov. >> the health secretary apologize and defends the roll out of the federal healthcare website. >> we built the affordable care act on this template of proven bipartisan success. >> and the president goes to boston to tell americans the affordable care act is working. >> new questions of spying that involve google and yahoo. >> we're going to see this through. president obama vows to fix the problems with the website atet center of his healthcare reform act. he spoke at the nathaniel hall, the same place that governor mitt romney signed that law which was the model for the affordable care act. mike viqueira joins us now from the white house. mike, over to you. >> reporter: the president went on offense with all its problems andrew a parallel with a through had its glitches. president obama said the comparison still holds. >> because you guys had a proven

juan carlos molina, al jazerra, new york. >> nyad's new york city swim is expected to last 48 hours, her trip from cuba to florida took 53 hours in much more difficult conditions of course, that does did for this edition of al jazerra news, i am stephanie sy. remember morehead lines at the top of the hour, thanks so much for watching.

new york is up to 64. clearly seeing where that front is through central pennsylvania and moving east. so as it continues to much east the storm develops and the temperatures aren't as warm as they were today. you see barely climbing out of the 50s tomorrow, and that will be with rain which is fairly heavy at times. later today to tonight that storm develops and then rain continues throughout the day on wednesday. some of that rain heavy at times. and then dry but a little cool thursday, friday, and saturday. the storm moves out and clears out, but the cool breeze remains. the moisture continues to spread off to the northeast, so there's still some fairly heavy rain along the southeastern coast there from georgia up to south and north carolina. the rain will continue but drying in the middle part of the country. dell. >> dave, thank you very much. >>> the streets in a city of florida could have been a scene from the walking dead. thousands of people widing their bikes through key west for the zombie ride.

quite from new york. spotty rain showers are moving across the area. with the rain we'll see the clouds sticking around throughout the remainder of the afternoon and evening. light rain showers through today. as we start of the new work week it will be heavier and persistent. look at the warm-up. temperatures will climb, and once we dry out behind the front we'll see the cool down, and fall-like conditions expected. here in the south-west, we could use additional moisture to help with the wildfire threat. red-flag warnings are out for southern areas of california, and temperatures are climbing into the low to mid 90s. >> thank you very much. long distance swimmer diana nyad says she's ready for another plunge, another swim. she'll raise money for victims of hurricane sandy. fresh off a record-breaking swim from cuba to florida, these announcing she'll attempt a 48 hour swim nonstop raising money for storm victims, she'll dive into the water tuesday in a giant tank built at new york city's har old square, outside of macy's. a community hit by the govern

he has been under indictment in the district of new york for his involvement in the embassy bombings in 1998. the u.s. had a $5 million bounty on his head. the operation, we are told, was coordinated with intelligence agencies. president obama signed off on it. a question is where do they take him now. because he's under indictment one presumes he may be taken to court. others say he'll perhaps be taken to a military tribunal. we don't have the answer yet. >> we know this is not the libbia of muammar gaddafi. do we know if the u.s. communicated with the libyan government on the arrest? >> there has been reports, yes, there was communication between the u.s. and libians. the libians are saying it was a kidnapping and are looking for an explanation from the united states. our efforts to reach u.s. officials for clarification have not been successful. we don't have the definitive answer. >> we turn to egypt where clashes between security forces and anti-coup people have left one dead. tear gas has been fired at muslim brotherhood in cairo. massive rallies are held to mark the 40th anniv

and that will be the warm air coming into new york city. here is what we have right now outside. looks cloudy, and the temperatures are climbing on the east coast, but falling on the west coast, and in the middle is where you have these storms. warm air to the right, cold air to the left. and there is a severe storm moving through the midwest. it has hail and wind gusts close to 60 miles an hour. so that's what we're dealing with in the middle part of the country. to the west there is cold air, and east there is light rain but clouds. now this area of storms will continue to push east so the warm air moves into new england, and gets even colder once the air moves out. there is this front that will move through. this is by thursday. so during the day thursday, the warm air moves up through philadelphia, pennsylvania, and new york, and here is the rain moving through the midwest, holding off on the east coast until thursday night and friday. through chicago wednesday, thursday, clearing out on friday, in new york thursday and friday with the rain, then saturday and sunday rain a li

. >>> good evening, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler in new york. threatening india. a powerful cyclone just hours away. tonight the challenges authorities face to save thousands of lives. >>> gritd locgridlock proposals. the plans to is to stop washington shutdown. >>> relieved of command. the top general fired from his post. the nuclear weapons under his watch. ♪ >>> well a monster storm is barreling toward india's eastern coast tonight. cyclone phailin is heading toward the bay of bengal. it's heading toward the region of andhra pradesh. how are people getting ready for this storm? >> people are batoning down the hatches so to say or they are getting out of town. the people on the coastline in the neighboring state are being evacuated since early friday. we have learned since the north of the coastal city where we are now, 12,000 people have arrived at one of the emergency shelters set up by the government and there is another 40,000 expected there by saturday. fishing villages dot the coast lean focoastline for hundreds of miles:and more than

bench in the southern district of new york. and most importantly director comey's wife, patrice. thank you for taking part in today's ceremony. we are also pleased to have director and mrs. comey's children, maureen, kate, brian, claire, and abby. welcome. also director comey's brother and sister, trish, peter, and chris, we welcome you. and a special welcome to director comey's father brian, welcome. we are here today for two purposes. first as many of you know director comey was sworn in during a private ceremony in attorney general holder's office on september 4th. but we reviewed the rules and regulations and determined that oath was invalid because his spouse was not holding the bible. so officially i've been director. and second equally important we wanted to be able to officially welcome director comey and his family into the fbi family. we are all honored to mark this occasion along with director comey's family and his close friends. now with those who are seated, the few, please rise for the presentation of colors by t

embassies has pleaded not guilty in a new york city croom. he is facing charges for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings. police in london are confirms the arrest of four suspects under british antiterrorism laws surveillance footage from outside a west london restaurant on sunday. shows one of the suspects a 28-year-old british man taken into custody. those headlines inside story is next on al jazeera america. ♪ >> we're two weeks into the open enrollment of the affordable care act. only one in ten people who have tried have been able to get on the online exchange. the problems started a long time ago, not just since the roll out. why has this happened, and what can be done to fix it? but first this background. >> a rocky start for the roll out of healthcare online exchanges may have been because of a series of lapses in the design and supervisors of healthcare.gov . "new york times" investigation discovered that management of contractors and federal coordinators building the healthcare.gov site was problematic from the beginning. the cen

now he was indicted in new york in 2001, along with 20 other co comparisons. since he was picked up by u.s. forces in libya earlier this month, he has been intergrated on a ship off the african coast, but those interrogations were cut short because of health problems. he apparently suffered from hepatitis c so the desix was made to bring him to the united states to a medical facility here. he has since recovered and now will anxious charges for his role in those terror attacks in the late 90's. >> and there are reports coming from inside the croom that indicate he has just pleaded not guilty. the supreme court has rejected california's bid to modify a court order to ease overcrowding in their prisons. the decision leaving in place a ruling by a lower court, ordering the state to reduce its population by 96,000 inmates. former san diego mayor now facing criminal charges. the office says that he has been charged with felony false imprisonment, and million dollars battery. he is expected to appear in court this afternoon, those charges come several weeks after th

reporting for us from new york. so the government can pay its bills if they fail many fear it can have a domino effect. the. >> laest lender china will be watching events in the u.s. very closely. >> work at this nit wear factory continues despited fears the business is about to suffer a huge loss. like thousands of others in what is known as china's golden triangle the products here are exported all over the world. the u.s. dollar which has been the currency would face a lack of confidence, should they default on its debt, and this would throw global trade into chaos. east american default, it will be civilized -- it would be very bad for exports. we will suffer a lot. the world's two largest economies are deeply interconnected. china is the largest holder of u.s. debt, and china is the second largest market. china has been exporting more than importing and it's accumulated the world's largest hoard of foreign reserves. mitch of those were investigationed back into treasurynd bos. >> the chinese government has expr

meet greg packer from hunting tonne new york. he has made it his mission to get into the media as many times as possible. for the last 18 years he excelled at it, talking and experiences. >> i like to be in the media. doing. >> he could have done that on facebook, it meant news consumers would have missed out on his $0.02 on the iphone. >> beautiful. >> or pope john paul ii's death. >> he knows god is calling him >> or the brooklyn bridge's 125th anniversary. or events travelled to to get tv. he wasn't going to let anyone stand in his way. >> nobody is going to stop me, not even osama bin laden. >> that phenomenon is an example of laziness across the world, even in the best organizations, in which they need to find a voice off the street to say something completely obvious. if you stand in line to buy an iphone for 24 hours, it is obvious that you are a fan of the iphone. why do you need to then interview one person off that line to say... >> yes, i love the iphone 5. >> ..that you like the iphone. packer managed to be the guy. t

>> this is al jazeera america i'm jonathan betz in new york. here are today's top stories. protesters march in washington, d.c. amid more revelations about the u.s. spy program. the health and human services secretary defends what's working about the new government health care website. and al jazeera america takes a closer look at a global crisis. how to handle the f flux of refugees risking everything for a better life. protesters demanded answers today in the nation's capitol. more tension over the scope of the u.s. government's secret surveillance programs. both liberal and conservative protesters gathered to protest what they say is unlawful government spying on americans. signs saying t stop mass spying and thank you, edward snowden. jean meserve was there. >> marched through the streets of washington to the reflecting pool at the base of the u.s. congress. their message, nsa mass spying should stop. >> i'm here because of our liberal principles in this country that are being severely curtailed. and not just privacy but that is the issue today. >> we're here at this ra

i'm del walters from new york. you can go to www.aljazeera.com where the news continues 24 hours a day. >> hi i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. some native americans drive more than 100 miles to cast a ballot and they're fed up . voting, it is essential to our democracy. but some native americans in montana say they don't have equal access. they filed a lawsuit against county and state election officials asking for satellite voting on their reservations to begin 30 days prior le

now it is getting the money into the hands of the city of new york and state of new york and those programs that are designed and try to make sure that we coordinate better with the city to get the free flow of money into the hands of individuals i. federally, we've got to work on the insurance issue, dealing making sure the insurance rates don't go up. >> if i'm one of those people trying to hold on, how long is too long and how much longer do you think they will have to wait no. >> you know, it is tough. i tell individuals to hang in there, because you have to get back. unfortunately, folks are still recovering in katrina in new orleans or from katrina. we hope to do that in less time, but ask folks to stick in there, because we're going to work with them and try to make sure they are back and stronger than ever. >> how long is too long? >> every day is too long with you're out of your home, can't open your business or you don't have a job. we've got to expedite it. it's been too lock. >> thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> congressman weeks, thanks for being with us this morning

>>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. a number of allies growing increasingly upset with the u.s. over the allegation of spying. they say the trust has to be restored and reinforced. a report in the french newspaper says the u.s. has spied on 35 world leaders. >>> and now seven senate democrats agree that the website needs to be fixed. six agree that they want to postpone the enrollment deadline. and others want to suspend the penalty. >>> one of the most powerful politicians in china has lost his appeal to overturn his sentence. he was convicted of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power. >>> those are your headlines. "consider this" is next. ♪ >> a congressional grilling on obamacare. finger pointing and lots of anger. consider this, did we actually learn what went wrong, and do we know what is really ahead for the politically polarizing law? and was he once a radical in ask a commercial pilot turned author tells you, the real reason airlines ask you to turn off

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> it has caused genuine and lasting concerns. >> voicing unease over allegations of u.s. global spying. >>> penn state agrees to pay $60 million to victims from convictions of coach jerry sandusky, and super storm sandy, a year later. >> one by one world leaders and u.s. allies are learning the nsa has been spying on them. and the latest is staunch u.s. ally and the german chancellor angela merkel. her reaction she has dispatched her top spy chiefs to washington. this comes as an european delegation visits the u.s. >> reporter: the white house said it was unwilling to talk abou--to--contra-ducts reports n german newspapers that not only did president obama know about the surveillance, he fast tracked any information gleaned from angela merkel's surveillance to the white house. >> the president, i think in all he has said about this issue, not just sense the disclosures, but even before them reflects his commitment to insuring that w

in new york city. these much smaller versions could serve a host of civilian functions and can cost as low as $300. drone builders say this is just the beginning, but there are some concerns. law experts at the conference addressed issues of privacy and liability. >> what are drones really but flying smartphones? if you build a drone, a third-party can write an app for it, whether it be a corporation or some kid in a basement. how do you allocate responsibility among the person that owns the drone and the person that writes the software where bones are on the line instead of just bits? >> the legal concerns come as more and more drones take flight in civilian air space. for example, the issue of drones mounted with cameras whether used by law enforcement or journalists is launching worries about privacy. we spoke with missy cummings. she's an associate professor at m.i.t. who first researched drones while on active duty as one of the navy's first female fighter pilots. she said drones do a more effecti

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey with a look at the day's top stories. another saturday session for the house of representative as the government shutdown drags on. these are live pictures, president obama, congressional republicans let face to face on friday. >>> some of america's iconic national monuments will open again despite the government shutdown. the statute of liberty, mount rushmore. the state will be paying for park personnel while private funds will be used to open mount rushadminister ore. the sigh down phailin could become the biggest cyclone that india has ever seen. >>> secretary of state john kerry and president karzai continue their talks in kabul. u.s. wants to leave troops in afghanistan to seek out the remnants of al-qaeda. those are the headlines. for more go to www.aljazeera.com. keep it here. at aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> bbipartisan immigration reform seemed like a sure thing a few months ago. of after the sen senate approved the bill it's being stalled. >>> unusual ways the g

new york and new jersey and miami could account for 3 i 3 3f the global flood losses. this year new orleans spent a 75-mile line of levies and flood walls and drainage pumps. and last year they had a homeowners an businesses upgrade for protection. the hurricane sandy rebuilding task portion held a resign come tion. competition. diana fee signe designed these n floating marshes. they will decrease pollutants:they are trying to figure out how to anchor the noting marshes t -- floating marshes to the cities. new york city in a few short years will be a home only to fish. >> i hope henry is yonge. did wrong. >> president obama's second term has gotten off to a rocky start. is he truly a new teflon president? what do you think? join the conversation on twitter and google plus and facebook pages. we'll be right back. determining using some sort of subjective interpretation of >> no white house administration in modern times has been without scandals. the president seems to float above the grey. grey -- fray. and with the affordable care website still on life support, they h

this is al jazeera america and i'm morgan radford in new york. america's closest allies are and inning answers over the lathest spying allegations. so they're bringing the debate right to america's doorstep. a delegation from the european union will arrive in washington monday to question u.s. officials over this week's revelation of spying, including access to tens of thousands of french phone records and even monitoring german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone. now merkel is demanding the u.s. sign a no spying agreement with germany and france. same as what they have with great britain. but u.s. officials say this is really nothing new. >> all are aware that collection on their high level political leaders is always a possibility. >> and now, mike viqueria brings us the latest from the white house. >> while u.s. officials are still not commenting publicly on the substance of these allegations, spying on america's closest allies, including the cell phone of angela merkel, president obama has been on the phone with officials including merkel

sleepy hollow new york is now enjoying a tourism boom. as stacey tisdale reports, sleepy hollow the show was just the shot in the arm that sleepy hollow the town needed. >> reporter: the year was 1996. general motors closed down his terry town plant. and the village north decided it was time to change its image and changed its name to sleepy hollow. >> the village is trying to recover from that hit. it was huge hit, and i think one of the reasons to change the name to sleepy hollow was to bring business into the downtown. >> reporter: the name change was a draw. people flocked to the town to catch a glimpse of the graveyard wheric baud crane traveled. but then fox launched its smash-hit series, sleepy hollow in september. >> probably close to a hundred thousand tourists in september. they show clips -- overhead shots of the actual village of sleepy hallow, and a lot of people are interested in seeing what the real sleepy hollow is all about. >> reporter: even the greatest of tv shows don't last forever, so what would happen to the town if

here are the warnings there in new york and pennsylvania. freeze watches, meaning that the temperatures are dropping to 32 by tomorrow morning. the radar plus the clouds shows the rain and snow going over the same area. a closeup view shows it's in new york and western pennsylvania. and the we're talking about amounts close to a foot. because the air temperature is 40°, and the water is 45, and it pulls a lot of moisture up from the great lakes and dumps it down as snow. the snow amounts, in new york, 12 inches and 6 inches in western pennsylvania, just to the east of erie. as far as the temperatures go, 55 by thursday and friday. and by sunday and monday, climbing just a bit, 57 and close to 60 on monday. so the warmer weather comes back, and you can see the temperatures tomorrow. 60s in the -- i should say the southern plains. houston, 81, and denver and billings. the cool air is here, and warmer each day. but not until the end of the weekend and the start of next week where we'll see the temperatures climb back up to 60°. pacific watchi

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this is in new york city, called the rockaways. this is designated a medically underserved area, but after the hurricane it got worse. the doctors weren't able to return for one reason or another. the files got washed away. they can't produce the work they did. >> the rock aways are on a narrow peninsula in south queens. it's home to about 130,000 people. during the storm much of the area was flood he. electricity and public transportation was cut off. forcing many businesses like health care proardz to shut down and some of the repairs are still ongoing. 57-year-old howard cohen walked 26 blocks to visit the clinic. he lives with his mother. neither of them have health insurance. health care providers are reluctant to set up shop here. >> those who are seniors or just about to be one, there's been a rise especially of depression in this area just fear, tremendous fear, if i have a heart attack where the (bleep) sorry where do i go? >> before sandy now there's only one full service hospital for the area's 15 neighborhoods. doctors