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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. re# #a# #d# #y# ##fo# #r# ## >> terrorists, what does that mean? it means that people there, in that state or an area, and the locals cannot stop it. so that makes the self defense pretty strong. logical with that. and they conducted many operations. so this is not to say that this gives us a blank check to do whatever we want to, but the response was oversight, more responsibility. and also seeing if this is a tactic, or if this is the only thing we have. >> your response? >> yeah, what about the rights of the people who are living in that part of pakistan? what about their security? are we saying that these people don't have any rights? >> the civilian deaths, all military aged men killed are classified by us [ audio difficulties ] and then there's also [ audio difficulties ] who do we hold accountable for the deaths [ audio difficulties ] and what type of precedent does that set? in the case of bad intelligence leading to them getting killed. that

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on the air is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >>about a thousand protestors have occupied ... [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. . ♪ headlines for you on al jazeera and with me is david foster and talks are beginning in london to try to lead the ground work for peace negotiations to end the conflict in syria and they are meeting leaders of the syrian national coalition. in australia brush fires in south wales are threatening the capitol sidney and the worst fires there in a decade and one person died so far and more than 200 homes have been destroyed. amnesty international said u.s. drone strikes in pakistan are illegal and could amount to war crimes. once those responsible to be prosecuted. and human rights group investigated 45 strikes in northwest in the last 1

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. [ speaking spanish ] >> so that's an excerpt of luke's documentary, the cuban dream. luke, you traveled to cuba to produce it, and legally, that's tricky because of the embargo and the sanctions, whatever you want to call it, and how did you do it in >> well, it helps being a cuban-american. in 2009, president obama allowed cubans to visit family. and i still have family in cube, and that was my entryway into the country. so in regards to the project itself, i believe in the power of good and the power of common loves, and with baseball being my national pastime as an american, and being the pastime in my blood of my father's country, i thought it will be an incredible opportunity to do something that no one has done before. to play in cuba's major leagues, and be the first foreigner and think outside of the box. >> and expectations? >> the rollercoaster in 2012 and this year, there were ups and downs, but i would have to say my experience in cuba, an

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012, in a body bag. >> it took more than three months from the day mohamed latif heard the news his brother adnan had been found dead in a cell, until he was able to bury his body here. a military autopsy at guantanamo determined he'd committed suicide. and by the time the us military delivered his body back to yemen, it was too late for his family to have an independent autopsy performed. >> adnan had been cleared for release from guantanamo three times before president obama imposed a moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. in 2010, a dc district court ordered that he be freed. >> an appeals court overturned the ruling. >> guantanamo doctors had diagnosed adnan with bipolar and borderline personality disorders. the guards found his

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> obama administration officials said they need to enrol 2.7 u.s. redents between the ages of 18 and 35 in exchange plans to balance risks and hold down costs. will they enrol come 1 october - should they pay the face. >> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success of obamacare. >> absolutely. they'll balance out the risk pool, they'll keep premiums that need the insurance, and the administration is reaching out to them. >> jen, the young invincibles are in the 18-34 group. [[voiceover]] from lucrative defense contracts to behind-the-scene lobbyists. >>did egyptians ever think that aid would actually be cut? >>never. [[voiceover]] fault lines explores the enduring relationship between the american and the egyptian milit

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating >>> the u.s. manufacturing industry has lost about 8 million jobs over the last 30 years. some were lost because technology means fewer labor hours needed to build things, but some jobs went overseas. we know that as offshoring, but in the last few years, companies, including ge, motorola and caterpillar have reopened factories in places georgia. >> reporter: lost livelihoods, shattered communities. imaging of u.s. manufacturing jobs migrating overseas, but that picture is slowly changing. according to a recent survey, more than half of executives polled at large u.s. manufacturers are planning to bring production back to the u.s. from china or are actively considering it. a nearly 50% increase in the last 18 months. >> the costs in china were rising. >> reporter: since '2010, more than 200 u.s. manufacturers have returned 80,000 jobs to u.s. shores, and

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> what do you think? >> consider this. unconventional wisdom. there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >>> 100,000 head of cattle killed in a single early winter snowstorm. it's left ranchers in south dakota worried about their stock and the impact the loss will have on their futures. maria joins me now to tell us what ranchers are going through right now, what they're dealing with. >> a lot of devastation, tony. we want to show you where that occurred. to the west of the missouri river in south dakota there are three counties there that were majorly affected by this blizzard. now, about a third of the state

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. before the break, we mentioned bro grammars, and tech culture and asked if they are creating barriers to women and minorities. >> a lot of leaders responded. serene said: >> chandley, when we talk about tech culture, one term that keeps coming up is bro grammar, and can you explain what that is? >> in bro gramming, we see the imagining or rebuilding of the traditional geek stereotype, a much more aggressive and traditionally masculine version of nerd and geek culture, and it blends well with job kurt. traditionally, the geek being shy and socially awkward, unattractive, and having difficulty picking up women. and while this was inaccurate, it was rampant in the geek culture. so now with bro gramming, we see masculinity that was lost in early version stereotypes with the rise of this white nerd and boy king construct, more hyper masculine, and boy bonding and individualism. with open sexism and objectification of women. >> why don't we

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. >>> the man with a five million dollars price on his head. u.s. special forces capture a suspected al qaeda leader in libya. ♪ >>> hello and welcome i'm steven coal. you are watching al jazeera. live. >> egypt marks the 40th anniversary of the the 1973 arab-israeli war. >>> the countries that account for half of the country's business.

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> hi, i'm phil torrez. coming up this week on techknow: >> it's going to get bumpy over here it looks like. >> we drop like a rock, and then you experience zero g's. >> this is a modified dc8 with about 28 different instruments on the outside. >> it's one wild ride. we're flying at 300 feet over the gulf of mexico. come aboard nasa's laboratory in the sky. >> welcome back. before the break, we mentioned bro grammars, and tech culture and asked if they are creating barriers to women and minorities. >> a lot of leaders responded. serene said: >> chandley, when we talk about tech culture, one term that keeps coming up is bro grammar, and can you explain what that is? >> in bro gramming, we see the imagining or rebuilding of the traditional geek stereotype, a much more aggressive and traditionally masculine version of nerd and geek culture, and it blends well with job kurt. traditionally, the geek being shy and socially awkward, unattractive, and having

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. welcome back everyone to al jazeera. sitting with the president of bolivia. mr. president, thank you for your time. i want to talk to beliefian and u.s. relates. there was a time when you thought that relations might actually improve after the election. of barack obama. in your view, what's gone wrong? >> well, first, the beliefian government tries to improve diplomatic relations with the united states. and for that, we drafted an agreement for diplomatic relations, cooperation, working together, and that was not respected. second, i had a lot of faith in president obama. because he also comed from a family that comes from more of a humble background, and from a sector that's been discriminated against, same as indigenous people. and one thing that he said when he was elected as president, he said i was elected to end wars. right now, wars continue to be proliferated. the worst thing is that the united states inst

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> these are the top stories on al jazeera. syria has freed 62 female prisoners as part of a three-way exchange deal. nine lebanese hostages were released on saturday after being held by syrian rebels. >> two turkish pilots were freed on the same day. >> people are protesting on the capital to protest a stolen election. they want an independent investigation into poll results this year. >> germany has summoned the ambassador over suspicions that's the president as phone was tapped the white house is not ruling out it may have happened in the past. >> hundreds of students continue to speak out against military rule at university across egypt. of the students are respondings to call from the anti-coup. it's the latest one of a number of protests that have taken place since the start of the academic year since september. >>> and that instablity is having a devastating eforecast oeffect onthe country's tourismf they have not recovered since the coup. it's

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >>about a thousand protestors have occupied ... on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on the air is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. welcome back everyone to al jazeera. sitting with the president of bolivia. mr. president, thank you for your time. i want to talk to beliefian and u.s. relates. there was a time

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> hello again, a reminder of our top stories on al jazeera. 5 million people are now displaced within syria according to the u.n. it says both the government and the rebels must do more to make sure aid reaches those who need it. >>> 16 rebels have been handing in iran in retaliation against guards in pakistan. outthe southeastern town of saravan. >>> heavy fighting has broken out in the democratic republic of congo. >>> the u.n.'s counterterrorism envoy is looking for more security over use of drones. killed far more people than the u.s. government has acknowledged. must reveal the results of their own investigations. >> we absolutely have to press on the transparency question. which is why the one concrete recommendation that i've made in this interim report is that states should accept a duty under international law to provide, in public, findings of their own investigations whenever there is a ground to believe that civilians may have been killed

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> what do you think? >> consider this. unconventional wisdom. on august 20th, al jazeera >> welcome back, we're talking about u.s.-cuba politics through the lens of baseball. and given the increasing divisions among cuba an americans and the embargo, where do you see the relations going from here >> until there's a change in leadership in cuba. from everything that i hear, he's a nice guy. no one doubts that cubans like americans and americans like cube as, but the problem is, there's a totalitarian and stalinist regime in between them. luke would have never gotten a visa to go to cuba except the regime recognized that it's cash in our pockets. >> that's not true. >> my vote, i can guarantee you that. >> humberto, you made some assumptions that aren't true. you haven't done background and research. if you read my blog, my family, my brothers, my filmmakers, i wasn't cleared by cuba. most of my filming. 85% of my filming in cuba was gorilla shooting.

i'm antonio mora. we begin with drones, an important tool on the war on terror, without putting american soldiers in danger. two reports say the unmanned aircraft unleashed missiles and often kill civilians, not just terrorists. we report on the battle over this modern warfare weapon. >> we found in some cases it killed civilians. >> human rights watch, and amnesty international's joint report demand the u.s. end its secrecy surrounding drone strikes. in pakistan's north waz earise stan amnesty international investigated 45 strokes from january 2012 to august 2013. it cited cases like that of a 68-year-old grandmother. >> her grandchildren recounted the moment she was blown into pieces in front of their eyes. >> her granddaughter was filmed by the group as an eyewitness. >> human rights watch also carried out research on six specific air strikes in yemen inns 2009. >> the u.s.'s only publicly acknowledged two of the three strikes - those that have killed americans. it's as if the hundreds of yemenies k

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> you're watching al jazeera with me david foster. top stories. cyclone phailin is heading towards india's southern coast threatening thousands of people. the most powerful storm to hit india in 14 years. >>> u.s. forces has captured a senior mental of the pakistan taliban, latif mehsud. responsible for many terrorist. incidents including the attack on times square. >>> the international monetary fund's expecting more slow economic growth for latin america and the caribbean. in its latest forecast it says the regional economy will grow by 2.75%, recover from a slow down that started two years ago. >> we see levels of growth that given structure of the brazilian economy today we'll be waiting until 2014 and onward for more improvement. perhaps rates of 3 or 3.5% later, when the infrastructure will have significant effects on economic growth. >> eight of the biggest universities in greece have shut their doors due to a strike by admin growth, 600 jobs

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. ul tear. >> today marks the final day of the asia pacific economic summit in bali, hoping to strengthen partnerships in the region where trade is on the rise. al jazeera's step vassan joins us. step what would be the major outcome of the summit if any? >> yes, the apec summit here in bali has been officially wrapped up and now you can see leaders going back home. apec is not much about outcome but about debates, meetings and commitments. what we have seen is that all the leaders, china, japan have actually made new commitments to the region, despite crises that are going on in their countries. that is the main worry, you are talking about opening up economies, working together, but you're suffering and struggling within your owning country. this region is the vital region for global recovery. that's what everyone agrees on. that is a major outcome although of course it is not a very concrete one as of yet. >> of c

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. fugitives are back i in prison t how they managed to get out is unclear. the police tracked down the killers in a florida hotel after they walked out of prison weeks ago with forged documents. who helped them escape is in front of investigators. >> for five days the florida authorities were on a manhunt looking for joseph general jenkd charles walker. on sunday we learned that a tip led the police to the feu fugit. the officers late saturday received key information through an associate of one of the inmates helping to pin point their location. both men walked out of the prison thanks to forged documents. they went to orlando and registered as fel felons. no red flags went up until one of the mother's of the victims heard of his release. >> even the judge whose name was forged on the paper was impresidented. impresidented -- impressed. i have never seen anything like this. you have to give them an "a" fr being imaginative. >> family of the fugitives p

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. ♪ >>> welcome back. in that was the view from a private drone that monitors power lines. now we're talking about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the u.s. and how much they should be regulated. before the break we asked you if law enforcement should be able to use drones and where the lawn should be drawn. response? >> a lot of suspicion. expensive. >> exactly. >> trevor first your organization obtained a list from customs and border protection about how many times it flew predator surveillance drones on behalf of other agencies. talk about what you found, and what that really means? >> yes, as i was saying before the break, customs and border protection as about ten surveillance drones. but when they are not using them they lend them out to law enforcement agencies. and the justice department said they only used these drones two times. when we got our request back, it turned out they are used them over a hundred times. and this is the same pa

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> the vilification, targeting of immigrants in the u.s. isn't anything new. but since the mi the mid 90s, after the oklahoma city bombings in 1995, congress passed laws expanding the grounds for the detention and deportation of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration expanded the detention of criminal prosecution of undocumented people crossing the border. >> undocumented individuals to enter our country represents an obvious homeland security act. >>> in 2006, congress passed the secure detention act, ice also promoted programs like secured communities and the criminal alien program that flagged potentially deportable immigrants. secure communities ha

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. ♪ >>> we're back. we're discussing why dealing with mental illness is different in the black community than others. there is a treatment where your mental state is actually making you sick. and that is more common amongs african-americans. why is that? >> there is some connections between physical and mental health. part of it could be people are -- there's some amount of literature that perhaps there's a difference in symptomology, particularly the symptoms that african-americans feel or are willing to admit compared to whites. so there has been some work to look at the differences there. so the fiscal nature of it so part of it, but there's also some links, a growing body of literature that shows a link between mental health and physical health. a good example is depression and diabetes. we're not quite sure what the connection is. is people are diagnosed with the disease, and then people are depressed or if there's a physiological pathway between

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> what do you think? >> consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> ili's coast guard denied it was slow to reach a sinking boat carrying hundreds of migrants. it took authorities 45 minutes to reach the ship wreck. the coast guard said it took 20 minutes. residents and survivors paid respects to the victims today. 100 people have been confirmed dead so far. we have more. >> coffins of the 111 bodies recovered from the sea after wednesday's ship wreck, among the victims chirp, too vulnerable to survive the disaster. most of them here were attempting to reach europe for a better life, instead met with a tragic end. at the immigrant reception center, those who survived have been attempting to piece together their lives. this 18-year-old made the journey with his friends. they did not survive the voyage. still suffering from shock, he remembers some details from that night. >> fire. yeah, after that, 107 people in sea, and 355 above is died. >> how did you

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> and welcome back. we are talking about two gubernatorial races in new jersey and virginia. we'll start in virginia with mark fisher of the washington "n post" and bill schneider. mark fisher let's start with you. you are seeing any apology that -- polling with cuccinel limi cinelli. >> there will be more attacks in the final days. but the trend has been clear throughout the fall. that cu ccinelli is in deep trouble and the government shutdown has hurt him badly. there is a tremendous well of ill will against washington. >> the possible defel default ad there is ken cuccinelli who is taking the stink himself. >> more so in virginia than other places because the closeness of washington, d.c. therthere is a tremendous awares of the shutdown by people who are not getting their paychecks and forced to sit home. ken cuccinelli has had to do this dance and saying i'm for the tea party and cutting government spending and taming the monster in washington o

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> the pictures tell a story of estimated 2 million muslims in saudi arabia on their travels to mecca. they spend their day in prayer, the main ritual of the hajj. we report from mecca. >> reporter: this is the mount of mercy. it has for centuries been the focal point where pilgrims spend the day in prayer and contemplation. for muslims it is a reminder of the day of judgment when they believe they will stand on a plane similar to this one for their final judgment. this is why it is considered the focal point of hajj. habib todd burger came here. >> a friend of mine who started learning about islam was not herself a muslim but started teaching me things that she had learned, and i started with th that, and my heart continued to open more and more. >> reporter: habib hopes once he gets back home that he will try to convince his family and friends that he made the right choice. >> my families have concerns, and they also recognize that i have a deep con

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> as we mentioned before that republican news conference, the suspected leader of al-qaeda recently captured in libya is set to appear inside a new york city courtroom later today. a grand jury indicted him for the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. jonathan how big of a moment is this for federal prosecutors? >> reporter: dell, it's certainly a big catch for the justice department. he was on the most-wanted list for years. there was a $5 million bounty on his head. now he is to appear here in the courtroom to face federal charges after being on the run for more than a decade. he was captured by american comma commandos in libya. he was interrogated for a week aboard the uss san antonio you. he is considered a computer expert who helped plan the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. in 2001 a grand jury indicted al-liby, along with 20 other terror suspects including osama bin laden. as early as 1993 it is alleged to have begun

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> welcome back. a substantial number of people between ages of 18 to 34 had to join. page, we talked about this before the break. what happens the number doesn't meet projections. >> a moment just started yesterday. enrolled. the hope is that out of the 7 million people that the administration hoped for enrollment here, 2.7 million of those thereby young people but nobody knows at this point. there's a lot of outreach efforts that are going on right now. if they don't, the skerpb that premiums can go up even more. >> the premiums are already rising every year and that's probably going to continue because this law really doesn't curve the growth of health care costs. that's the biggest complaints that they have it's something that they have the growth that some of the young people will start paying in the system. >> u you mentioned outreach. the obama administration made the mistake that the affordable care act wi

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> the numbers are frightening. one in five women will be sexually assaulted during their college years. all week our program america tonight is focusing on that problem in a special series of reports called sex crimes on campus. joie chen has a preview. >> my head was slammed into a bathroom door and then again next to the toilet and you know the assault proceeded. >> i remember putting my hands in the sink and looking at myself in the mirror and not even being able tofully comprehend what had--to fully comprehensive what had just happened. >> most assume will be a haven of learning and saiferlt, college. anne annie was a freshman and andrea, a sophomore, attending unc, chapel hill. >> they treat it as a compliance issue something that can be treated where a policy. >> one in 20 college women in the united states will be the victim of a completed or attempted rape in a typical college year. according to the national voings against women--i women--vio

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a. days with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're almost always from other countries and you nevada know who they are. they could be physicists. it in is a pilot program going on in new york city where they're driving around completely electric vehicles. it's a really cool story. >> imagine a new york city with taxi fleet dominated by electric vehicles. now imagine the year, is i it 2030? 2050? how about 1899. that's right. 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

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. [[voiceover]] there's more to america. more stories. more voices. more points of view. >>from our headquarters in new york ... [[voiceover]] now there's a news channel with more of what americans want to know. >>i'm ali velshi, and this is real money. >>this is america tonight. >>our news coverage, reporting, and documentaries explore, inspire, and reveal more of america's stories. >>i'm here to investigate genetically modified salmon. >> welcome back. a substantial number of people between ages of 18 to 34 had to join. page, we talked about this before the break. what happens the number doesn't meet projections. >> a moment just started yesterday. enrolled. the hope is that out of the 7 million people that the administration hoped for enrollment here, 2.7 million of those thereby young people but nobody knows at this point. there's a lot of outreach efforts that are going on right now. if they don't, the skerpb t

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> back with reza aslan the author of "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth" . "zealot", how did you set on this title, what does it mean, we know in today's parlance it can be a loaded term. >> it's provocative, i know that. "zealot" has very negative connotations, but it didn't in jesus time . most jews in jesus time would have said i'm a zealot. but some took that identity to its necessary consequence. which is if you are zealous for the lord and for his law, his law says none but the chosen people can live in the holy land. now this is a land that is currently in jesus' time being occupied by a blood thirsty brutal imperial pagan power called rome. you get zealots rising up against roam being crushed, and my argument is if you look at jesus' teachings, and put them within his time, you cannot miss the zealotry that is in his doings. >> what is it in his action he that posed quite more threat to the roman entire or did it, than those who

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> hi, i'm phil torrez. coming up this week on techknow: >> it's going to get bumpy over here it looks like. >> we drop like a rock, and then you experience zero g's. >> this is a modified dc8 with about 28 different instruments on the outside. >> it's one wild ride. we're flying at 300 feet over the gulf of mexico. come aboard nasa's laboratory in the sky. ♪ there are rortsd o reports of cn dying of hunger. the area is under control of rebel fighters. >>> the conditions have forced millions of syrians to seek shelter elsewhere. germany has agreed to take in 5,000 so far. we are reporting from freidland. >> after months and months of war and fear and waiting it's back to school for these syrian children in a country they can at last feel safe. ali learns to say he i is 44 yes old. what they did before it's back to the basics for the adults as well. the family heads to lunch. hamed in the wheelchair is 15. tiny because of a degenerative disease. a di

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters these are your headlines. a federal judge is going to decide if the city of detroit can go ahead with its bankruptcy case. that hearing will determine if the city is eligible for file. >>> pakistan's prime minister will meet with president obama today, the topic of drones expected to top the subjects. >>> the bishop of bling has been suspended after wanting to have a $42 million resident build. >>> a city in missouri, hundreds of people gathering in a call for charges against two boys accused of sexually assaulting a teenager and her friend. jonathan martin has more from maryville, missouri. >> reporter: marryville, missouri, a town of just 12,000 people finds it's a in the spotlight, as protesters gather with daisies. >> all of the evidence was there, and they still turned their back on her. >> the girls one 14, the other 13 at the time, say they were raped by two classmates, a 16 and 17 year ol