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. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's headlines. >> more than a million americans who have been out of work for a month have lost long-term unemployment benefits. congress did not extend the program ta would have cost $19 billion next year. a federal judge in new orleans threw out lots of damages. the state has immunity. >> new york times investigation says the attack on the embassy did not volve al qaeda, but was in relation to an american-made video about islam. >> syria's dangerous chemical weapons removal will likely miss 31st december. bad weather conditions and security concerns are to blame for the delay. syria's chemical weapons program is said to be eliminated by june 2014 based on an international agreement. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is up next. you can find us online. go to aljazeera.com. have a great night and wonderful weekend. >> good evening i'm joie chen. thank you for joining us for the weekend edition of "america tonight." we begin our conversation wit

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and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got them on as if an angels mourned who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year the ga

. >>> made in america. clothes made in america again. and tonight, you can trace your jeans to the farmer who grew the cotton. make it a merry christmas for american jobs. >>> good evening to you on this chilly night. they are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stretching 2,000 miles from the heart land to the east coast. 124 million americans across 16 states, in its grip. look at what some families face this weekend, cars, no match for the slick icy highways. neighbors pitching into help out. power lines dangerously caked in ice. so are the car windows. sidewalks turned into skating rinks, roads icy enough for sleds. our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight. and abc's steve osunsami starts us off in arkansas. >> reporter: black ice. white ice. they're calling ice friday, stretching some 2,000 miles across the middle of the country. turning roads in illinois into ice rinks with massive blowing snow, shutting down more than a dozen airports across seven states, and killing at least six people. in northern arkansas tod

america tonight is up next. i will be back here tomorrow night. you can get the latest news on al jazeera. seen in more than a century. >> they're standing there ripping open that little package of sugar and filling that wound. >> yes. >> how much is too much? the death of a mentally ill homeless man raises questions how much force police needed to stop him. >>> and one thanksgiving, a pastor and his prayers. >> they want prayer but that's the last thing they're looking for . >> and good evening. thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. we have been of course for weeks focused now on the grate health care debate this this country. about access to quality health care and the cost of it. many americans of course have been weighing in but what about those who have very little say in the health care they receive and no recourse to demand better? over the past few years most states have turned over the health care in prisons to private for profit systems. but america tonight investigation reveals that as thets companies cut costs -- these companies cut co

people really believe that made in america equals jobs made in america. and on my thought on a former segment, you talk about regulations and free trade, we can go into all of these different talking points, but my main message of the film is simple. consumer demand can change the course of this country, and i think if that's a simple message that you can follow without getting tappinged up with all of these tree trade and fair trade regulations, people can follow them. and that's why they're responding so well to my film. >> responding to global citizens and awareness. taylor, factory labor conditions, u.s. brands like nike and panasonic, it causes people to think twice before buying them. and is there a comeback? speaking of sustain ability, dave, we'll go to you with this. how will consumer activism be sustainable and long-term? ensure that it goes beyond helping with american products and american workers, but also helps the environment and social issues? >> here's why it's going to work. i have to remove these. the reason it's going to work, there's

¿ese es el camino para amÉrica latina? ¿o uruguay corre el peligro de convertirse en una especie de Ámsterdam de amÉrica latina en dÓnde van a llegar toda la gente que quiere utilizar drogas? >> claro, yo creo que hay dos cosas ahÍ, ahi primera cosa es sabemos bien el camino que no debemos seguir, que es el camino que por 50 aÑos el mundo siguiÓ, que es el camino de ayer, que es un camino se hizo una apuesta, ¿no? sÍ, si hicimos inversiones muy grandes, militares para acabar completamente con las drogas, criminalizando y encerrando a gente, bueno vamos a eliminar las drogas de la sociedad, y una apuesta que no funcionÓ, ahora, por la primera vez en 50 aÑos empezamos a ver paÍses que dicen, bueno, si ya experimentamos el fracaso por tanto tiempo, tenemos que intentar cosas nuevas. >> claro. >> porque el riesgo mÁs grande es dejar las cosas como estÁn. >> y es precisamente lo que me dijo por eso, es precisamente lo que me dijo el presidente de uruguay en una reciente entrevista. dice, vamos a probar y si no fun

jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> america's economy may be on the mend, but more americans are being left behind. the u.s. conference of mayors is out tonight with its annual report on hunger and hopelessness. it finds the ranks of the homeless has risen by 4% in 25 cities surveyed. that's a measure of homeless individuals and families. but 22% of homeless people who need assistance in those cities did not get it this past year. there are many shades of homelessness in america. and a quarter of homeless in are children. many homeless actually have jobs. for many changing the cycle is not easy. we'll go to julia coolly, a teacher's assistant in atlanta who has a four-year-old son. >> you want your sweater? >> i wake up every morning at 5:00. right now it's 10 to 6:00. my bus should be coming up on the hill. i commute a total of 5 hours every day. i am technically homeless because i'm place to place, and i don't have the stability. i take turns. i spend time with my partners, and i spent time with my grand pargrandparents. i try to stay stable. >> one of the common

america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. hundreds in south sudan have been killed after a failed coup there and the violence is spreading. the head saying it was only a misunderstanding. >> reporter: fleeing for their lives. these people are looking for a safe place to hide from the fighting. the united nations base, the message from their a leaders was to go home. >> translator: when you came here, you were looking for peace. now there is no fighting. now we are telling you that everyone should go back to their hou

one thing made in america for christmas. >> is there anything made in america this year? >> reporter: debbie and rebecca from columbus, ohio stumped. >> made in portugal. >> reporter: one last item. this group from texas and they knew us. >> "world news" tonight? >> reporter: turns out they know about our made in america. >> we've seen you do this. >> you've seen people do this? >> yes. >> and now you're about to. >> made in america! >> lynn and amy from boston. >> i didn't even get to ask you. >> reporter: this year we noticed a real shift, so many already knew what we were up to. >> we're in! >> reporter: there was one more iconic stop. the famed radio city music hall where the rockettes have had a leg up on christmas for more than 80 years. >> we're the only ones here right now. we've never seen the stage so quiet. >> reporter: 6,000 seats, four shows a day, 24,000 people will see them today alone and so will we. >> i have never been greeted like this before. merry christmas. >> reporter: holding on to their form and their gifts. samantha with battleship. katie from mo

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. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with a quick look at the headlines. thousands said goodbye to the man many called africa's favourite son. burial marked the ends of 10 days of mourning. he was 95 years owl. the european union stopped trade talks with ukraine. tenses of thousands of protesters spent another day demanding they sign the deal instead of considering closer tas with rushee. senator john mccain joined protesters at independence square. >> hundreds died in fighting between muslims and christians in central african republic. people there are now facing a critical food shortage. >> gaza's only power plant is online for the first time since november. diesel was allowed in to restart the plant that ran out of fuel six weeks ago. it was allowed in after winter storms damaged food and crops. stereo peter o'toole has tide. he made his film debut in the 1960, his role as "lawrence of arabia" made him a superstar. he died at the age of 81. "america tonight weekend" is next. good evening, i'm joey ch

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. president obama saying the health-care rollout has been fixed and americans should give it another chance. >> tell your friends and your family not to let the initial problems with the website discourage you. >> ukrainians braves another night in the cold. they have failed to unseat the government, but they say they won't hit -- quick. -- they won't quit. breakingung and stereotypes. we introduce you to the woman who built computer code. we are broadcast on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. forms will make life better for millions of americans, that was the message from president obama today as he defended the health- care program that has been beset by technical glitches. he said a lot of the website problems are now fixed, but critics are not convinced. >> on the streets of baltimore, the people who -- the people obamacare is designed to help. they have nothing to fall back on if they become ill. a getting them sig

al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >> at this time of year we pause to consider faith and fellowship and those that break ground to bring us both. here in washington "america tonight" met a spiritual leader who challenges assumptions and gives us reason to challenge our own. >> the beautiful thing about god is if you change your attitude and say, "god i need hep" and you. >> it may seem like any number of muslim gatherings across the country. >> welcome to the light of reform mosque. >> conyes gants listen to a surman, followed by a prayer. there is something different about the man leading this service. my name is imam daayie axebdullah. i'm the director and educational director in washington dc. we are out there trying to make a difference. >> this imam is gay. believed to be the only openly gay imam in the americas. >> there's never been one monolithic isolated formulation of what islam is. >> he has been condemned, called twisted and perverted. some local imam's refused to greet him. >> bei

check check >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy, here are the top tories >> 13-year-old jahi mcmath will get another year on life support at a californian hospital. she was declared braindead weeks ago after becoming brain dead after having her tonsilectony removed. her family has filed a lawsuit. >> chechan separatists promised violence around the summer games. the first funerals for the victims in volgograd will be held tuesday. >> palestine inmates walk out of an israeli prison, part of a brokered deal to promote peace talks. there was anger in israel among victims' fam lites. >> helicopters will evacuate 34 passengers trapped on a ship off the coast of antarctica. they hoped an australian icebreaker would rescue them. that ship could not fight through the 13 miles of ice. michael schumacher remains in a medically induced coma. >> those are the headlines - "america tonight" is next and you can get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. >> on high alert tonight following a second deadly terror attack in two day

eastern, that's 8:00 pacific, america tonight, with joey chen is next, on al jazeera america. the pass tor that stood up to his church, and exclusive candidate recess as he was forced out. >> i guns can't understand that they would take my credentials for doing this one thing that buds against the rules but was clearly an act of love. >> also tonight, a fading future, the promise of hope and change for afghanistan's girls will it be cut short, as america prepares to leave. >> we are going to close all these women, that's going to close. >> the latest street sensation by the invisible artist, and what is he really trying to do with it? is. >> good etching and thank you for being with istanbul. so many gay activists this will end the mark of. a number of states allow some type of same sex unions. but there remain as very big hurdles some very difficult ones as well that contest the faith of those who stand for gay rights. frank shaffer is one of those, who had i merged as an unlikely voice. conservative methodist pastor he once saw homosexuality as incompatible until there was a

and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got their man as if an angels mourned who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year the

>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. scores of world leaders travel osearchto south africa for the l this week. snow and high winds as the u.s. finds itself in a deep chill. world leaders from nearly 100 nations are making their way to south africa to honor one man: nelson mandela. among those already in south africa former u.s. president jimmy carter who is in johannesburg. kofe annan. and the former president of ireland is there. dozens of others are en route. president obama and the first lady left for south africa, board air force 1 joined by george bush and his wife. are ali velshi is leading our team in johannesburg. ali, set the scene for us literally hours before the event tomorrow in johannesburg. >> well it's gone cold, tony, it's raining tonight in johannesburg. it was a clear day. police were setting up barricades and rerouting. you could see dignitaries coming in and police convoys. as you said jimmy carter is here as well. george w.

and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got them on as if an angel's mourned who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year the g

>>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, with a look at the top stories tonight. >> meanwhile the family in the top 1% has a net words 288 times higher than the typical family, which is a record for this country. >> the president warns the country's income gap is threatening the american dream. a solution would be an increase in the minimum wage. >> tens of thousands of fast-food workers will walk off the job on thursday. more than 100 cities are expected to take part. >> they want pay to rise to $15 an hour. >> police in mexico have recovered a stolen truck carries dangerous radio active material. in the back was cobalt-60 used in radiation treatment. no arrests have been made, but anyone who touches it could be exposed to radiation levels. >> for students at the university of california, santa barba have been afflicted with meningitis. they have recovered. they may be able to use a vaccine not yet approved in the u.s. those are the headlines. i'm thomas drayton in new york. wells trapped this >> on "ame

al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >> and now, a techknow minute... >> something is killing america's bee population. >> what happened to this bee? >> scientists aren't sure what but beekeepers are reporting dramatic declines of 65% this year. >> the losses are astronomical >> that could have a devistating impact on agriculture. but a collection of resarchers are working hard to build a better bee. >> i'm just gonna roll my fingers forward... >> using artificial insemination to make strains of bee populations from across the globe, >> i'm trying to enhance what mother nature does >> the hope is to find a strain that's resistant to whatever is killing america's bees. >> nobody in the world was able to freeze honey bee semen. >> for mor imformation on this and other techknow stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america while you were asleep tÑws was happening. is. >> finally, on december 5th, south africa lost nelson mande

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and america sanitizes ever. this thing the american people continue to hear from their officials that israel is our democratic ally in the region that is so false it is not an ally is costing america so much money it's bankrupted america fiscally morally and politically and it's not an ally it's is just destroying the countries around and it's destroyed america's standing in the world and the people of america need to be informed he says nobody is talking about what's happening in gaza in west fact what israel is doing we're talking about all other things here in america there's a deliberate attempt to keep the people ignorant god forbid the americans should stand up and say i don't want my money to go to people who committing heinous crimes borderline genocide and i can't eat here i'm hopeless but i'm contributing not only to the people of israel that are there at the moment but anybody who wishes to come with us from africa whether it's from asia they can everybody can go there and my tax dollars will fund the

>> you're watching al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with the headlines. >> at least 15 people were killed when a bomb exploded inside a train station in the southern russian city of volgograd. officials say a suicide bomber detonated explosions near the station's metal detector. >> a national survey says pulling troops out of afghanistan could make the country more vulnerable to afghanistan. the findings say the taliban could remerge three years after troops are withdrawn next year. >> lebanon's former finance minister killed in a car bomb was laid to rest. seven others also died in that explosion. >> passengers on board a russian crewship struck in the ice off the coast of the antarctica is waiting rescue. an australian ice break is making progress. a chinese vessel was six miles away on saturday but could not get closer because of thick ice. retired formula 1 racing legend michael schumacher is in a french hospital. he was injured in a skiing accident and is being treated with serious head wounds. those are the head

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as far as gun violence is concerned, america is on another planet. so can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue of keeping its citizens safe? in this hour, we're going to travel the world to look for solutions. we'll visit one country where liberals and conservatives actually reached an agreement that caused shootings to plummet. in south america, we'll meet a former guerrilla once imprisoned on gun charges. we will show you how he reduced violence in one of the world's most dangerous countries. but first, let's visit a nation whose people are obsessed with video games even more so than americans. is gun violence an even bigger problem there? let's get started. in weeks following the newtown massacre a clearer picture of the shooter, adam lanza emerged. alienated and alone he played military video games in his basement for hours on end, according to reports. with access to a small arsenal, he turned video game fantasies into reality leaving 26 dead at sandy hook. so, in our search for global lessons on guns, we wanted t

>>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are the top story we are following this hour - syrian rebels will no longer receive nonlethal assistance like body armour from the united states. the u.s. was worried the supplies were seized by fighters with links to al qaeda. humanitarian aid will continue. >> 365,000 americans have signed up for health insurance through online exchanges. enrolment triple the since october. health secretary kathleen sebelius called for an inquiry. >> the national transportation safety board determined that the pilot on as yarn ja flight 216 did not understand how the automatic controls worked. >> a funeral procession for nelson mandela is travelling through the streets of pretoria. people are lining the streets as nelson mandela's body is taken to the state building where he'll lie in state. >> there's outrage over a finy sign language interpreter. the deaf federation said the man's hand signals were meaningless. those are the headlines, you can catch us online at aljazeera.com. i also feel bet

. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. detroit is bankrupt. >>> a judge made it official today. current bills will be paid but pensions are due to be cut. a new look at the death of yasser arafat. experts say the palestinian leader was not poisoned. and the moment that divers found a shipwreck survivor right after the tugboat sank. it is, indeed, a momentous day. that is how a federal judge ended theea

martin luther king, america's civil rights movement. i think it's fair to say that history will show the student became the teacher. america the world, his classroom. >> every individual life has a lesson. >> yes. >> thank you so much, byron. >>> still ahead on this special edition of "world news," you're going to meet mandela's jailer, a country boy who became a lifelong friend. that's ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] your eyes. even at a distance of 10 miles... the length of 146 football fields... they can see the light of a single candle. your eyes are amazing. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins with lutein and vitamins a, c, and e to support healthy eyes and packed with key nutrients to support your heart and brain, too. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you. ♪ >>> nelson mandela standing inside the cell that once held him prisoner and mandela walked out of prison with a lesson for living, saying to walk free is not merely to cast off change but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of ot

, take a new look at news. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america still experienced some racial tension. so my parents who both started out in segregated schools made sure i knew my history as a young african american girl. they made me learn about martin luther king's march on washington and watch nelson mandela's acceptance speech when he first took the podium as president. >> so help me god. >> fast forward 17 years later. i'm an eager college senior. and it's no surprise i chose south africa as the place to go for my fellowship. when i got there, i started teaching kids in one of the

and yes, it helps america's export business. they say, don't you want to help european and chinese people? >> oh, yes, if they want to pay for it. and that is the issue and that's what our constitution is. if the government wants her raisins, pay for it. other crop subsidies, corn and cotton, tobacco, and they give them money, peanuts, not the raisin farmer, they took our raisins and didn't give us a dime. they gave us a slap on the back to come back with more raisins next your. john: when the ideal world be they don't take your raisins but they don't give the other guy's subsidies? >> we don't need subsidies. we need to get these subsidies off our back and market our own raisins without interference. john: marvin horne, thank you very much. my next guest says americans are right to criticize what we call capitalism. and also, clint eastwood and his chrysler commercial. ♪ >> we pulled together and motor city is fighting again. city is fighting again. ♪@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ where's tommy? i thought he was with you.

in the best of the rest of the news america is the richest country on planet earth but every morning millions of americans wake up to a life of poverty and despair according to u.s. census data in two thousand and twelve forty six point five million americans are living in poverty including sixteen point one million children and with a life of poverty comes other struggles like hunger in two thousand and twelve seventeen point six million households didn't have enough access to the food and nutrition needed to survive while millions of americans are struggling to survive lawmakers in washington are out concerned are more concerned about preserving corporate tax breaks and helping those who need it the most so more and more americans are taking it upon themselves to highlight just how devastating poverty as become in america includes filmmakers harry and joe gantz directors and producers of the new h.b.o. documentary american winter which talks about the struggles of family of families who are facing poverty in portland oregon take a look. at the next door house in our house the house

. >> something is killing america's bee population. >> what happened to this bee? >> scientists aren't sure what but beekeepers are reporting dramatic declines of 65% this year. >> the losses are astronomical >> that could have a devistating impact on agriculture. but a collection of resarchers are working hard to build a better bee. >> i'm just gonna roll my fingers forward... >> using artificial insemination to make strains of bee populations from across the globe, >> i'm trying to enhance what mother nature does >> the hope is to find a strain that's resistant to whatever is killing america's bees. >> nobody in the world was able to freeze honey bee semen. >> for mor imformation on this and other techknow stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all hav

why america's children being ranked last place in closs coming up shocking findings in the latest school research. the a sex of zero tolerance. and the sordid profession hundreds of thousands of college students are being forced to . do we see these latest skill figures put young americans dead last in an article titled measuring america's decline the new york and knows a shocking slide in u.s. education is no longer in question in reading the new york times writes hong kong and russia are a top well finland's first of numeracy the most highly valued skill in the workforce to america's not just lugging book quote dead last and by a long way in the atrocities beaten to last place by italy in problem solving is told by every single it falls to industrialized country the new york times rise while of almost quote nation building in afghanistan funding new schools and teachers all across america school budgets are being caught and teachers fired while spending has more than doubled since nine eleven going to places like afghanistan iraq and now al qaeda in syria pentagon claims it takes just

and america sanitizes ever. thing the american people continue to hear from their officials that israel is our democratic ally in the region that is so false it is not an ally is costing america so much money it's bankrupted america fiscally morally and politically and it's not an ally it's if it's just destroying the countries around and it's destroyed america's standing in the world and the people of america need to be informed he says nobody is talking about what's happening in gaza in west fact what israel is doing we're talking about all other things here in america there's a deliberate attempt to keep the people ignorant god forbid the americans should stand up and say i don't want my money to go to people who committing heinous crimes borderline genocide and i can't eat here i'm hopeless but i'm contributing not only to the people of israel that are there at the moment but anybody who wishes to come with us from africa whether it's from asia they can everybody can go there and my tax dollars will fund the

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of america. you probably all got something in your house that was made in east liverpool. until very recently it was the crockery capital of the country. in so all your resources and that's probably one made in east liverpool. none of the 400 had been reduced to about two. broker downtown on the right bank, the west bank of the ohio river, up north where ohio and pennsylvania and that tiny little sliver of west virginia all need. it is important for no obvious reason except when you drive from east liverpool eastward toward the bridge of the ohio he noticed -- if his past in a heartbeat, an obelisk on the side of the road. that obelisk is use the important because thomas jefferson as an act that he passed before it became president in 1785. hughes the important act in the making of america, and that was the land ordinance of 1785. after that point in the eastern united states is the model of land ownership, the model enjoyed our suffered in the british island command spelunking is where the arist

tom is just a figurehead for corporate america he's more interested in their interests and. it's hard to hard to dispute that based on policy let's look at immigration reform he has deported more people than all prior presidents combined and he's only partway through his second term ok so what kind of policy is likely to come out i mean this is charade that goes on that this is a compromise american politics i know is the world are in to people outside of the united states you don't have ideological differences between the parties there is wage issue. you know matters that you know i have audio i cycle to do pretty frustrated because there's a serious are you serious you don't have audio magic observations about what we need to demonstrate why anyone who remembers about now you can't be you she had confidence in serious late wait listen said chet listen and the rest of the world the range of ideological differences goes from basically libertarianism to socialism and not republicans calling barack obama a socialist because he wants to give somebody a quarter with their cup in

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. 13-year-old jahi mcmath will get another week on life support. her family filed an injunction to stop the hospital from taking her off life support. >>> the city of volgograd has been hit with two terrorist attacks. >> palestinian president michellmahmoudabbas greeted reld prisoners. >>> another day at sea. the group of 74 explorers were hoping an australian ice breaker would rescue them today but that ship could not pile through the 13 miles of ice. helicopters will evacuate the passengers and crew once the weather clears. that's the news. you can always find us online, go to aljazeera.com. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no

america. i'm stephanie sy. escalating violence in two nash ouring nations in south sudan there are reports that up to 500 were killed tuesday, with 800 wounded. the government says 10 follow tirns are under arrest for taking part in a foiled coup attempt. led by the former vice president. the united nations says fighting across the border cost more than 200,000 people to flee the capital. the french foreign minister says several nations are sending in troops to support a military effort to restore order there. >> we begin with the violence in south sudan. the state department is warning american citizens to leave the country and is suspending normal operations in juba. >> the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting tuesday to discuss the growing crisis. >> fleeing for their lives. these people are looking for a safe place to hide from the fighting. >> at this united nations base in juba the message from leaders was to go home. >> when you came here you were looking for peace. now there

south america? >> the chanceslump of infen my shoe, andish stepped on to a ba ma that plantation, that could set off a shine of events that would spread this. >> you are being alarmist, that can't be true? is it true? >> well, look at this disease began in ma play sha about 1990, it spread to china, taiwan, it has wiped out much of the australian banana industry. now spreading to africa, into the middle east. and everywhere it goes these banana plantations end up lying fallow. it is up to companies like cole to protect it. >> it is up to them, and the question is how are they going to do it. it takes 50 years to develop an effective banana variety. now genetic engineering. the problem is most people don't want to eat. >> last question for you, if the for the cabin dish is under threat, and you say introducing more variety would help, is that something that can be advocated in is that something that is being looked at? >> wide a minute, so it isn't the best on the pl amazing texture, but tough to gro

minds with tim carpenter tim is the co-founder and national director of progressive democrats were america he graduated from cal state university fullerton with bachelor's degrees and history and political science and was a key organizer for the presidential campaigns of reverend jesse jackson and governor jerry brown and served as deputy national campaign manager in the ku soonish for president campaign back in two thousand and four in two thousand and seven tim was named progressive activist of the year by the nation magazine and recently here in washington d.c. was honored by a number of members of congress including john conyers. keith ellison and others. joins us from. amherst massachusetts tim for the we've got a problem with the video feed apparently the camera is way into tight on you so we're just going take your audio for a minute but first of all walk of the program. i think someone here if you will get the video but we're here yes we got audio there you go thank you. and thank you might just tell whoever's there if they can just pull the camera back i think that's that's the pr

that's not good for unions in america. what we need is an independent climate assessment of keystone and a clean energy jobs plan one that will create a string of wind turbines in the heart land of america, not a pipeline. >> he just touched on something, copenhagen summit pledged to keep the increase in global temperatures at no more than 2°. should this pipeline go through can that pledge be kept in the u.s? >> you're looking at a country that contributes to less than 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. oil sands contribute less than a tiny fraction of that. and again, we've you know conceded, this resource is being developed. the largest source of the country's gdp is not going osit in the ground. it's going somewhere. -- to sit in the ground. it's going somewhere. how do you want to get it to market most safely, most eksd peed yent-- expediently? do you want it to go all around the world? and if you do care about the environment and the greenhouse gas issues, do you think it's going to be managed better in the unit

reporting al jazeera america is known for. >> to find out more about al jazeera america go to aljazeera.com commanded a king's ransom, 62-year-old nick saban says, "i'm too darn old to start over", he did not adarn, he used the other word. he agreed to a multi year extension remain the coach of crimson tide. >> not one day during the school year goes by where a navy pleeb doesn't hollar beat army, or a cadet, "beat navy." the two oldest dismiss meet for the 114th time. michael eaves has more. >> on paper this game doesn't figure to be much of a battle. 7 and 4 navy against a team posting three wins. the games are not played on paper. the long-standing rivalry is more than a contest. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was gratef

>> be welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york and here are the top stories. colorado authorities say a high school senior apparently holding a grudge was behind the latest school shooting. 18-year-old carl pearson was looking for his teacher after a disagreement. a 15-year-old student was shot be flown to the south africa eastern cape and will be buried in qunu. >> robert levinson was not a government employee the government says when he disappeared in 2007. multiple reports say plefnson walevinsonwas a government contn he vanished. >>> foot of snow, new york, new jersey, connecticut expecting as much as six inches. those are the headlines. remember you can fet the lat late-- good get the latest on al jazeera.com and i will see you next monday. >> on "america tonight" an open wound. one year after the newtown pain. >> in the midst of our grief, we have come to realize, that we want our loved ones to be remembered for how they lived their lives and how they touched our hearts. >> the you south kor

ismuch of what north america -- the trade in north america is about the coproduction of manufacturing. i think it is important to reflect on what is happening right now the world of manufacturing. we talked about that today already about the changing nature of the global trade in architecture and how that demands that we update nafta. there are changes in the way that we are manufacturing products, in technological advances that demand that we rethink an update nafta. i mean advanced manufacturing, the industry's use of manufacturing in the production cycle. what that means is that of is what arehe pie the different costs? most skilled labor is shaking. we don't need as much skilled labor to create products and more. what is the implication of that? everything else in the pie is more important. if the companies trying to decide where to locate their manufacturing, where to locate their plant, it becomes more important with all the other factors of production. the first of those is energy. where in a great moment in north america with energy. energy is an important input into manufactu