om-ray suarez. rock i'm ray suarez. unions bought american workers a 5-day work week, overtime, safety laws and the voice to speak to management about how a place was run. in the textile mills, in mines and factories across the midwest. in lumber mills and docks. on movie sets and hollywood. such protection was welcome. workers and management had plenty of compliants about unions, feather bedding and corruption, intimidation and racism. after winning some of the most important arguments there were about the rights of a workers, and his or her place in society, are unions as necessary today. tom gagon, and aloysius hogan are with me. i'll give you a chance to respond. i expect mr hogan was claiming that wages should go up with productivity. as unions disappeared in the 1970s, here is what happened. from 1979 to 2014, g.d.p. has gone up 150%. productivity has gone up an astonishing 75%. hourly wages have gone up 5%. 0.2" a year. total disconnect from productivity, and since 2002, for 80%. the bottom 80% of the workforce,

om-ray suarez. rock i'm ray suarez. unions bought american workers a 5-day work week overtime safety laws and the voice to speak to management about how a place was run. in the textile mills, in mines and factories across the midwest. in lumber mills and docks. on movie sets and hollywood. such protection was welcome. workers and management had plenty of compliants about unions feather bedding and corruption, intimidation and racism. after winning some of the most important arguments there were about the rights of a workers, and his or her place in society, are unions as necessary today. tom gagon, and aloysius hogan are with me. i'll give you a chance to respond. i expect mr hogan was claiming that wages should go up with productivity. as unions disappeared in the 1970s, here is what happened. from 1979 to 2014, g.d.p. has gone up 150%. productivity has gone up an astonishing 75%. hourly wages have gone up 5%. 0.2" a year. total disconnect from productivity and since 2002 for 80%. the bottom 80% of the workforce, men a

. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. federal agents raided buildings in three southern californian counties, looking for pregnant women arriving from other countries with a goal to giving birth to an american citizen. if you make it to the united states, a newborn gets you a passport and social security number. it's a squirmish in the immigration area. a place where it doesn't confir citizenship like it does here. it's "inside story." birth right citizenship. >> thousands of times an ear at the united states citizens go into labour. if all goes well, screaming and kicking, an american citizen takes their first breath. many get on a plane and go home, american citizen in their arms, clushed in the baby's fist. federal ates on tuesday raided 20 locations of women found in the sweents from china, paying $15,000 to $50,000 to come to the united states to have their baby. >> what we are investigating is the allegations that the companies facilitate the women to commit visa fraud. it's not illegal it is illegal to lie about th

. >>> hello i'm ray suarez. federal agents raided buildings in three southern californian counties looking for pregnant women arriving from other countries with a goal to giving birth to an american citizen. if you make it to the united states a newborn gets you a passport and social security number. it's a squirmish in the immigration area. a place where it doesn't confir citizenship like it does here. it's "inside story." birth right citizenship. >> thousands of times an ear at the united states citizens go into labour. if all goes well screaming and kicking, an american citizen takes their first breath. many get on a plane and go home american citizen in their arms clushed in the baby's fist. federal ates on tuesday raided 20 locations of women found in the sweents from china, paying $15,000 to $50,000 to come to the united states to have their baby. >> what we are investigating is the allegations that the companies facilitate the women to commit visa fraud. it's not illegal it is illegal to lie about that du

only on al jazeera america night >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. a sharply divided supreme court again heard arguments for and against the structure of president obama's heath care reform law, the affordable care act. what is different this time is the attention on four small words - established by the state. everything is working on how they are interpreted in the context of it 1,000 page war. a ruling against the administration would crack a pillar supporting the law, and drop the health coverage of millions of americans. we'll get in the courtroom with sam baker who will debate the law and the subsidies at the heart of the case, and our plaintiffs. >> mr king, mr king. >> save you a lot of time. no comment. >> reporter: i can't talk to you for a second >>> who they are will surprise you. obama care back in the dock. it's "inside story". >>>reporters who followed today's oral argument are in wide agreement. this issue divides the nine justices. if the administration has hopes to prevail, it will have to hook a fifth vote, maybe from the chief jus

i'm ray suarez. the syrian masses - people desperate to live normal lives have been the victims and bystanders as forces beyond their control tear the country to pieces. a new report from a big group of non-governmental organizations details terrible suf rings at the hand of their government various groups fighting the government and neighbours with designs on one outcome or another, in many ways leaving the people of syria to their sad fate. it's "inside story". >>> 20 non-governmental organizations and n.g.o.s issued a report called failing syria, they targeted the united nations security council, and the international community. according to the n.g.o. the 15 members of the council have not lived up to the commitments spelt out in the very resolutions passed by the security council. the report about the syrian conflict says this spiralling catastrophe is a stain on the conscience of the international community, concluding that without action by individual governments, u.n. resolutions means little

i'm ray suarez. the 2016 presidential race offers a field crowded with potential candidates, exploratory candidates and rumoured candidates, and now a declared real-life official campaign. ted cruz "16 kicked off at liberty university, virgin your, where he laid -- virginia, where he laid out his views of an america ready and able to rise to the challenges of this time. >> from the dawn of this country, at every stage america enjoyed god's providential blessing. over and over again when we faced impossible odds, the american people rose to the challenge. you know, compared to that, repealing affordable care act, and abolishing the i.r.s. ain't all that tough. >> al jazeera american political correspondent michael shure joins me, on the road in montgomery alabama. good to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> why did ted cruz make a point of stealing a day's march on opponents, declare now rather than virginia, texas? >> i think a little bit of that is an imagery. he's at liberty university in

i'm ray suarez. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu was the subject of swirling debate. he sided with the republicans on the hill against a president, whose documents spent years trying to hammer out a deal with iran that would keep the iranian public developing weapons. >> iran proved time and again that it cannot be trusted. that's why the first major concession is a source of concern. it leaves with a vast infrastructure, relying on a break-up. that creates a danger. the second major concession creates a greater danger. that iran could get to the bomb by keeping the deal. virtually all the restrictions will automatically expire in a decade. >> research scholar at the programme on science and global security at princeton university says binyamin netanyahu has it wrong. a former member of the delegation says his country has gone a long way towards meeting demands and will not make a bomb. >> when a country like iran is accepting the maximum level of verification the maximum level of frarnsy,

i'm ray suarez. president obama is not letting binyamin netanyahu off the hook for his election eve repudiation of the establishment of a palestinian state. if israelis of all political stripes hope this blows over it hasn't yet. does president obama have a case for being annoyed, suspecting that years of talks between various secretaries of state, palestinian leader and binyamin netanyahu were really all just a waste of time. away from israel to slow-walk the peace process, all the while denigrating the palestinian's commitment to peace. fred flights is with us in washington. senior vice president at the center for security policy and heather herbert, from the new north america foundation. that good a bad reception in washington a 2-state solution remark before the polls opened. what do you make of that? >> it did, let's not be shocked that a politician did something. we know that prime minister binyamin netanyahu has been skeptical about the 2-state solution. the problem is the politician never sho

i'm ray suarez. we're looking at the announcement by mcdonald's this week that it will stop buying chickens raised on antibiotics also used on humans. in the days since, there's been praise and skepticism. we're looking inside big food. chick-fil-a had already moved to antibiotic free poultry. panera has used it for a century. susan von broderers and arianda gann. welcome both of you. ended. do you think this is public relations, mcdonald's is famously well aware of what people are saying about it or an important change in the american food supply? >> i think it's a bit of both. i think it's what americans have been wanting a while, they've been wanting transparency . where their foods are produced how they are produced and where they're coming pr. it'sfrom. it's got to be good pr. i think it's a bit of both. >> your chdges chickens from your suppliers have always been raise raised without antibiotics. is it easy for your farmers or for someone who is doing large factory farming? >> yes of course, th

i'm ray suarez. the 2016 presidential race offers a field crowded with potential candidates exploratory candidates and rumoured candidates, and now a declared real-life official campaign. ted cruz "16 kicked off at liberty university virgin your where he laid -- virginia where he laid out his views of an america ready and able to rise to the challenges of this time. >> from the dawn of this country, at every stage america enjoyed god's providential blessing. over and over again when we faced impossible odds the american people rose to the challenge. you know compared to that, repealing affordable care act and abolishing the i.r.s. ain't all that tough. >> al jazeera american political correspondent michael shure joins me on the road in montgomery alabama. good to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> why did ted cruz make a point of stealing a day's march on opponents, declare now rather than virginia texas? >> i think a little bit of that is an imagery. he's at liberty university in virginia.

i'm ray suarez. the german newspaper build has reported that the 27-year-old co-pilot of the germanwings flight that crashed in the alps was hiding mental illness lubitz had been treated for a serious episode and suspended because of psychological problems. keeping tabs on pilot health, would there be any way to know if a member of the cockpit crew the next time you fly is being treated for mental illness? lisa stark joins me now on "inside story." lisa what do they check about a pilot's health to keep that person certified to fly? >> reporter: well, those questions are being asked and reasked as you can imagine in the wake of this horrible tragedy. pilots obviously are rigorously screened. i'm using the words used by both the pilots union the main pilots union in the u.s. and the airlines themselves. rigorously screened when they're hired. there is some physical, mental, psychological testing that goes on. but really most of that doesn't occur as a pilot goes on in his or her career. they are checke

night >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. a sharply divided supreme court again heard arguments for and against the structure of president obama's heath care reform law, the affordable care act. what is different this time is the attention on four small words - established by the state. everything is working on how they are interpreted in the context of it 1,000 page war. a ruling against the administration would crack a pillar supporting the law, and drop the health coverage of millions of americans. we'll get in the courtroom with sam baker who will debate the law and the subsidies at the heart of the case, and our plaintiffs. >> mr king, mr king. >> save you a lot of time. no comment. >> reporter: i can't talk to you for a second >>> who they are will surprise you. obama care back in the dock. it's "inside story". >>>reporters who followed today's oral argument are in wide agreement. this issue divides the nine justices. if the administration has hopes to prevail, it will have to hook a fifth vote, maybe from the chief jus

i'm ray suarez. on america's paper money we feature presidents, war heroes buildings and historical events. what have we left out? just half the population. since martha washington graced the dollar bill with her husband, for marrying the guy? the 5, the 10, the 50, the 100 you could be foreforgiven for three reasons, long dead white and a man. meaning half americans, women have been permanently unrepresented. have women helped make the country like it is, women on 20, are wondering if you are willing to swap out george washington with many famous women. welcome to "inside story." >> thanks. >> why is this a big deal, why is it important to get it done and why are you trying to get it done by 2020? >> well it's important to get it done because we really have very few reminders in our everyday lives of important women who have made enormous contributions to our country, and we think it's long overdue that these women get recognized alongside these great men. why 2020? 2020 is the centennial anniversar

i'm ray suarez. mcdonald's cash registers ringing is a company that americans hate love and hate to love. changing what farmers ro grow and away we eat. now the company's announced it won't buy chickens raised using human antibiotics. mickey d's changing what people eat and how they eat it. in recycling and nutrition in many ways mcdonald's is a trend-spotter, what will this new policy mean to everyone who sells, makes and eats food? it's is "inside story." >> being a major seller of cooked food in the united states mcdonald's watches trends closely. when the exan was company was bashed for wasted packaging it responded with new packaging efforts and new messages to the public. when the world knocked the children's offerings mcdonald's changed that. supersize me, its move to low fat milk when reporting and activists focused attention how cows were raised for hamburger meat the company reduced the hormones in the meat itself. applause from some sectors skepticism from others, at a time when more and m

have a great night >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. a sharply divided supreme court again heard arguments for and against the structure of president obama's heath care reform law, the affordable care act. what is different this time is the attention on four small words - established by the state. everything is working on how they are interpreted in the context of it 1,000 page war. a ruling against the administration would crack a pillar supporting the law, and drop the health coverage of millions of americans. we'll get in the courtroom with sam baker who will debate the law and the subsidies at the heart of the case and our reporter is looking for the plaintiffs. >> mr king mr king. >> save you a lot of time. no comment. >> reporter: i can't talk to you for a second >>> who they are will surprise you. obama care back in the dock. it's "inside story". >>>reporters who followed today's oral argument are in wide agreement. this issue divides the nine justices. if the administration has hopes to prevail, it will have to hook a fifth vote

i'm ray suarez. american officials used to point to yemen as a reliable ally stabilizing partner, and a country willing to take risks to rule out guerilla fighter and accept the president to do it. now the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is leading a counterirn surgent force against -- insurnt force against a rebel army that has taken over big chunks of the his country. it's hard to say who is in charge. whether the militarily-suggested rebels, after pulling down the capital, are capable of running the country. it's a mess and adds yemen to a too-long list of countries where the state is ineffective, in instability affects neighbours and criminal groups may once again find safe haven. we have the u.s. ambassador to yemen, representing the country in kuwait in iraq director of institute of the study in george town. welcome to the programme. in the short version, what happened? >> in the short version, we are not sure. what really did happen was a political vacuum was created. after the 2011 election

i'm ray suarez. i have to admit a lot of this is foreign to my own college experience a long long time ago. on my big city campus in the 1970s greek letter societies had been chased out in the tumult of the '60s. one fraternity was allowed back my senior year and didn't make much of a splash. fast-forward 35 years and i'm walking by frat row with my undergraduate daughter on a different urban campus and all the bros were out, giants facing outside, sitting outside drinking cat-calling women some interested in the attention. i asked my daughter how is this allowed, she said nobody had any control over what went open. if anybody wanted to make it stop it wasn't clear anybody could. administrations on several big campuses are now breathing down their necks. can the young men themselves take back some of the initiative, change the flair tiff. bob bigs is the executive vice president of phi delta university and jenson mccreery, he consults on best practices for greek life on campus and was formerly direct

i'm ray suarez. israeli's prime minister found himself in the fight of his political life, as voters turned out in large numbers and were signaling they were ready for change, but just a few hours ago, benjamin netanyahu net declared victory in a close race. right now, it looks a lot like a tie. when the dust settles and a victorious party shapes a coalition that can back the next prime minister, will the voters actually see anything different? was this about security? was it about iran and the threat it poses, or did it come down to pocketbook issues and the hardships and increasing number of israelis jews and arabs alike are bearing. we'll look at the forces driving the elections in tel-aviv and discuss the way forward for israel at home and on the world stage and find out what any change means to president obama and his goals. israel's election. it's the "inside story." politicians trying to push their own supporters to the polls for a not yet 70-year-old country about the size of new jersey israe

pass >>> hello, i'm ray suarez when the fund that pays social security disabledy insurance runs short. the gap is filled with an infusion of cash from the old age community funds. tucked away in the new business for congress was a quiet tie bomb. congressional forces cut the quick fix, now benefits will need to be cut. are people abusing the programme. is precipitating a debate over social security the thing now. we have the top man, a congressman sounding the alarm and a debate on how to solve it ahead. whether you collect benefits now or in the future this affected you. listen up it's important, it's your money and it's "inside story". >>> with congress lurching from debt ceiling to a shutdown and threatened shutdown from the department of homeland security there's another cliff on the horizon, social security disability insurance, it will not have enough money to pay full scheduled benefits by the end of 2016. congress is fighting over how to fluing the gap. it's -- plug the gap. in is complicated stuff. we'll walk you through it with the people inside the story. the stakes are rea

follow me or get in touch at ray suarez news. see us next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. >> on an "america tonight" special report: drugging america. >> marv and linda lost their son jason last august. >> i never thought he was going to die. >> the tomah va told them his death was caused by an aneurysm. >> despite the va's most serious warning, they found the nursing home residents with dementia received antiscottics. >> daddy, come on wake up. >> is not waking up. i'm like what the heck happened to my father. what happened, why is he not waking up.

follow me or get in touch at ray suarez news. see us next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. >>> the red cross warns of what calls unbelievable destruction after cyclone pam plows through the south pacific. this is al jazerra. live from our head quarters in doha. also ahead on the program. help for nigeria as it fights boko haram. the government says foreign fighters are part of its campaign against the rebel group. >>> egypt launches a campaign to help boost its struggling economy and the pledges are pouring in. >> this is not murder, it's

follow me or get in touch at ray suarez news. see us next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. >> no other sport can kick off mass emotion in indonesia like football, even if the national team languishes near the bottom of world rankings. >> indonesians, they're really crazy. we can see their ranking in fifa is going down, going down, going down. but every game in the stadium, 80,000 people, 90,000 people. >> even local competitions turn smaller stadiums into cauldrons of passion, with crowd turnouts

follow me or get in touch at ray suarez news. see us next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour i'm in doha and top stories. >> we don't know what happened to our family. >> reporter: president makes emotional appeal for the world to help his people. as talks resume on iran's nuclear program saudi arabia says it wants the same deal. could it be good-bye to bibi the last full day of

i'm ray suarez. israeli's prime minister found himself in the fight of his political life, as voters turned out in large numbers and were signaling they were ready for change, but just a few hours ago, benjamin netanyahu net declared victory in a close race. right now it looks a lot like a tie. when the dust settles and a victorious party shapes a coalition that can back the next prime minister, will the voters actually see anything different? was this about security? was it about iran and the threat it poses or did it come down to pocketbook issues and the hardships and increasing number of israelis jews and arabs alike are bearing. we'll look at the forces driving the elections in tel-aviv and discuss the way forward for israel at home and on the world stage and find out what any change means to president obama and his goals. israel's election. it's the "inside story." politicians trying to push their own supporters to the polls for a not yet 70-year-old country about the size of new jersey, israel

i'm ray suarez. president obama is not letting binyamin netanyahu off the hook for his election eve repudiation of the establishment of a palestinian state. if israelis of all political stripes hope this blows over, it hasn't yet. does president obama have a case for being annoyed, suspecting that years of talks between various secretaries of state, palestinian leader and binyamin netanyahu were really all just a waste of time. away from israel to slow-walk the peace process, all the while denigrating the palestinian's commitment to peace. fred flights is with us in washington. senior vice president at the center for security policy, and heather herbert, from the new north america foundation. that good a bad reception in washington a 2-state solution remark before the polls opened. what do you make of that? >> it did, let's not be shocked that a politician did something. we know that prime minister binyamin netanyahu has been skeptical about the 2-state solution. the problem is the politician never s

i'm ray suarez. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu was the subject of swirling debate. he sided with the republicans on the hill, against a president, whose documents spent years trying to hammer out a deal with iran that would keep the iranian public developing weapons. >> iran proved time and again that it cannot be trusted. that's why the first major concession is a source of concern. it leaves with a vast infrastructure, relying on a break-up. that creates a danger. the second major concession creates a greater danger. that iran could get to the bomb by keeping the deal. virtually all the restrictions will decade. >> research scholar at the programme on science and global security at princeton university says binyamin netanyahu has it wrong. a former member of the delegation says his country has gone a long way towards meeting bomb. >> when a country like iran is accepting the maximum level of verification, the maximum level of frarnsy, the maximum level of inspections, and also is ready

i'm ray suarez. the syrian masses - people desperate to live normal lives have been the victims and bystanders as forces beyond their control tear the country to pieces. a new report from a big group of non-governmental organizations details terrible suf rings at the hand of their government, various groups fighting the government and neighbours with designs on one outcome or another, in many ways leaving fate. it's "inside story". >>> 20 non-governmental organizations and n.g.o.s issued a report called failing syria, they targeted the united nations security council, and the international community. according to the n.g.o., the 15 members of the council have not lived up to the commitments spelt out in the very resolutions passed by the security council. the report about the syrian conflict says this spiralling catastrophe is a stain on the conscience of the international community, concluding that without action by individual governments, u.n. resolutions means little more than words on a page. it

i'm ray suarez. indiana governor mike pens appeared on "this week with george stefanopolous", and was peppered with questions about the law which he insisted was in harmony with the freedom and restoration act tined by parliament. he insisted signing it was the right thing to do but wouldn't answer a straightforward question, would it be legal to discriminate against gays and lesbians in public accommodation. in declining our invitation to be part of the discussion the governor's staff sent a statement: people religious denominations like the disciples of crist, angie's lift and conventions like gen come have publicly announced announced intentions not to expand spend money or schedule events in indiana. apple c.e.o. tim cook, openly gay, and chief of a powerful country called laws like this a bad idea are in an op-ed in the wopt "the washington post." does it stand up to a cost benefit analyse to indiana. we are joined by cuttize smith, president of the indiana family newt, and zach adamson, a membe

is >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america i'm ray suarez. this time on the programme, social security and the part of the program that provides monthly insurance checks to the disabled. congressional republicans blocked the transfer of money from old age funds to make up a shortfall in disability. without an infusion of cash, disability will have to take a cut. were they right to get in the way of automatic approval of topic up funds. we hear from two experts on the disability programme with opposing bills on funding the gap. first to coil -- capitol hill, joined by a senator. welcome to the program congresslessman. as a -- congressman. as a minority members, did you see it coming. >> when they adopted rules subjecting the transfer that we have done routinely over a number of years to an objection by a single person, that's a signal that they are creating an artificial cliff, and it will be a challenge to navigate this in a reasonable fashion. >> what do your majority colleagues want in return for money? >> well, it's interesting. because we

i'm ray suarez. i have to admit, a lot of this is foreign to my own college experience a long long time ago. on my big city campus in the 1970s greek letter societies had been chased out in the tumult of the '60s. one fraternity was allowed back my senior year and didn't make much of a splash. fast-forward 35 years and i'm walking by frat row with my undergraduate daughter on a different urban campus and all the bros were out, giants facing outside, sitting outside, drinking, cat-calling women, some interested in the attention. i asked my daughter how is this allowed, she said nobody had any control over what went open. if anybody wanted to make it stop it wasn't clear anybody could. administrations on several big campuses are now breathing down their necks. can the young men themselves take back some of the initiative, change the flair tiff. bob bigs is the executive vice president of phi delta university and jenson mccreery, he consults on best practices for greek life on campus and was formerly di

i'm ray suarez. american officials used to point to yemen as a reliable ally, stabilizing partner, and a country willing to take risks to rule out guerilla fighter and accept the president to do it. now the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is leading a counterirn surgent force against -- insurnt force against a rebel army that has taken over big chunks of the his country. it's hard to say who is in charge. whether the militarily-suggested rebels, after pulling down the capital, are capable of running the country. it's a mess, and adds yemen to a too-long list of countries where the state is ineffective, in instability affects neighbours and criminal groups may once again find safe haven. we have the u.s. ambassador to yemen, representing the country in kuwait in iraq, director of institute of the study in george town. welcome to the programme. happened? >> in the short version, we are not sure. what really did happen was a political vacuum was created. after the 2011 election, and what looked like a

i'm ray suarez. that's secretary of state john kerry on capitol hill today talking about the open letter to the leaders of iran written by senator tom cotton of arkansas and signed by 46 other republican senators and signed by the senate majority letter. joining me now to continue the look at the letter and what such a gesture means in international negotiations, bruce gendleson, former senior advisor to the u.s. state department during the first obama administration and fred flight formerly on the staff of the house intelligence committee during the george w. bush and obama administrations. regardless of its legality and there are many people throwing plenty of cold water on the idea that this was illegal to do is it a good idea? >> it's good to be here. it's an excellent idea. this was an active leadership our elected representatives, senators can't do anything about this agreement because it's not a treaty. they see an agreement that this administration is cooking up that will be extremely destabi

i'm ray suarez. that's secretary of state john kerry on capitol hill today talking about the open letter to the leaders of iran written by senator tom cotton of arkansas and signed by 46 other republican senators and signed by the senate majority letter. joining me now to continue the look at the letter and what such a gesture means in international negotiations, bruce gendleson, former senior advisor to the u.s. state department during the first obama administration and fred flight, formerly on the staff of the house intelligence committee during the george w. bush and obama administrations. regardless of its legality and there are many people throwing plenty of cold water on the idea that this was illegal to do, is it a good idea? >> it's good to be here. it's an excellent idea. this was an active leadership our elected representatives, senators can't do anything about this agreement because it's not a treaty. they see an agreement that this administration is cooking up that will be extremely desta

i'm ray suarez. the margin of victory for style prime minister benjamin netanyahu in yesterday's israeli elections caught pollsters by surprise and made the israeli leaders early and confident declaration of victory look like an act of bravado. he was right. the early exit polls that showed a tie were wrong. netanyahu won a clear victory over the zionist alliance of isaac herzog. he is now moving ahead to forming a government. we are joined now from jerusalem. late in the going everybody was saying this was a tie. what happened? >> everybody went by the television exit polls ray and were wrong. they got it wrong. for whatever reason, whether there were technical difficulties or it was the voter turnout or it was where they were doing some of their exit polling, they got it wrong. a number of television stations got it wrong. in fact, to the point that herzog made a victory speech, saying essentially that they're going to come to power and put their government together. netanyahu also made a victory s

. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. ebola. >> welcome back. let's take a look at the headlines on al jazeera. arab leaders have expresstheir supportexpressedtheir support for saudi led attacks on yemen rebels. >>> the syrian government has suffered a major defeat on at the hand of al qaeda rebels. >>> in northeast nigeria 14 people have been killed by boko haram, voting in the country's presidential election has been extended for a second day because of the violence and technical problems that cause some polling places to close. >>> singaporeans have lined the street to pay their final respects to lee quan yew. bill clinton is one of the crowd. his son is now prime minister. let's go now to hale rayman. rain is heavy in singapore. has that deterred some from turning out? >> i would say it has deterred some mourners. the cortege began its journey about 45 minutes ago from parliament house. lee quan yew's body laid in state for about four days. where the final funeral service will be held, of course as you can see behind