in the northern can you kanorthern caucasus.it is one oy they're concerned about what a happened in syria. if there are radical islamic groups that get ahold of weapons and nuclear weapons there it could affect the north caucasus. >> having what the terrorists would consider a success with these attacks, do you see this the beginning of a sustained campaign of violence by these groups? >> it could be a sustained campaign. it depends on how you define sustained. i think it will likely come in fits and starts. if there is another one or two, this will really shake up the russian people, and the whole goal is to try to show that russia cannot protect it's own people and cannot protect foreigners who are visiting there and cannot protect people who are going to the olympics. that could lead to first as i said a real embarrassment of mr. putin, and economic losses could be quite high. >> stephen larabee, thank you. >>> in south sudan thousands of troops are heading to the key city of bor hoping to capture the city. the government had been in command but rebels took over earlier today. bor is t

the deadliest country is syria. then on the last day of 2013, we will look at 10 hopeful things that happened in 2013 to get you inspired for what's to come. we will speak with sarah van gelder, editor in chief of "yes!" magazine. then we will go to germany. among them spoke was julian assange. >> there'll be no person and has not been exposed to this ideology of transparency in keepstanding of what is to the internet free. this is the last regeneration. >> all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. iraq is capping off its worst year of violence since the height of u.s. occupation. according to the united nations, civilians and 950 security forces have been killed this year, the highest annual total since 2008. on monday, at least 13 people were killed in clashes with iraqi police raided a sunni protest camp. protesters had been camped out for year to protest the marginalization of sunnis by the shiite-led government. more than 40 sunni lawmak

. >>> the global weapons agency responsible for getting rid of the syria nuclear have caused problems. syria has promised to abandon their chemical weapons by nest june. >>> vladimir puteib is promising -- putin is promising to annialate any terrorists. amy kellogg has an update tonight from london. >> reporter: they should be celebrating new years and russian orthodox christmas which is next week, instead back to back suicide attacks believed to be carried out by islamists. >> we were born here this woman said, grew up here and there has never been anything like this. vladimir putin silent until now, vowed in his new year's address to hit back hard. >> we will confidently, fiercely and consistently continue to fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation. >> reporter: he and the olympic committee vow sochi is safe but have their doubts. >> we've had three terrorists attacks in volgograd, in such close proximity to sochi, suggest there are holes in the security. >> security has been put in place for the games. a 60 by 25 mile security zones into which cars won't be permi

it changed the equation in syria. now it's clear syria will not meet an important dead lean in the process, getting its most dangerous chemicals out of the country by the end of the year. >> it's the assad regime's responsibility to get them safely to the port. >> reporter: syria has to haul the chemical agents by land to the coast. danish and norwegian ships were supposed to peck up the chemicals at the port, burr the vessels have turned around and returned to their port in cyprus because the chemicals weren't ready for pickup. more than 1,000 tons of vx sarin and mustard gas. they say the situation is to blame for the delay. they said security wasle leslea going to be a problem. >> we also hope that the syrian population with time has appreciated, understands that this is a mission for them. >> reporter: the pressure is being kept on the assad regime. but the state department says even with the delay, the mission still seems to be on track. >> we ten to make progress, which has been the important part here. they're

strike on syria and most recently we saw the death of former south african president and international icon nelson mandela but while it's important to reflect on the events that have defined that this past year in history it's equally important to look forward so to talk about what we can expect next year and twenty fourteen artie's on a stasia churkin i sat down with gerald cilento he's the publisher of the trends journal and the founder of the trends research institute take a look we're sitting down with trans caster gerald for leonti to discuss the year ahead twenty fourteen what lays ahead socially economically politically jerrold thank you very much for having us today well you are saying in your forecast that twenty fourteen is going to be year of extremes from what i've read kind of tough hardships walking hand in hand with more inner and light moment of sorts so let's talk a little bit about that what do you mean how is this going to represent itself in real life we'll look at the extremes going on right now who would have thought what was going on in thailand would be going on

strike on syria and most recently we saw the death of former south african president and international icon nelson mandela but while it's important to reflect on the events that have defined this past year in history it's equally important to look forward so to talk about what we can expect next year in two thousand and fourteen artie's on a stasia churkin sat down with gerald celente he's the publisher of the trends journal and the founder of the trends research institute take a look we're sitting down with trans caster gerald celente to discuss the year ahead twenty fourteen what lays ahead socially economically politically jerrold thank you very much for having us today well you are saying in your forecast that twenty fourteen is going to be year of extremes from what i've read kind of tough hardships walking hand in hand with more inner and light moment of sorts so let's talk a little bit about that what do you mean how is this going to represent itself in real life we'll look at the extremes going on right now who would have thought what was going on in thailand would be going on

is giving syria a free pass here? >> well, look, jake, this deal involves giving syria a free pass on a number of things. it's not unusual in diplomacy you have a number of goals in competition. in this case, the decision was made, the primary objective was to get those weapons out of syria. we have ignored a lot of syrian attacks, military operations, since then. in fact, just during the last three weeks, syria has carried out military operations which they have justified by saying they're clearing the highway that these chemical weapons have to move down to the port. yeah, there's a pass here. >> let's talk about that, because just since december 15th, syrian forces have killed more than 500 people, mostly by dropping these explosive-filled barrels on rebels in areas where rebels live. scores of civilians killed. remind us why the u.s. isn't interfering with that kind of weapons use, what many call genocide, but is getting involved for chemical weapons. >> well, the reason you got involved with chemical weapons was

the group says it is stimon track to meet a june 30th deadline to eliminate syria's chemical weapons stock piles. and we have a update on our al jazeera colleague whose have been detained in egypt producer, has been moved to a prison outside cairo, a prosecute her question him tomorrow. he is also at that same prison, but he won't be questioned until saturday, and correspondent will be questioned tomorrow he is still being held at a cairo police station. brazil, has six months before millions of soccer fans arrive for the 2014 world cup. the country as premier destination, crime has been a major concern. a lot of blame has been placed on the city's poorer districts. but those who live there say they don't deserve the bad reputation. rachel reports now. growing up in one of the hundred shanty towns means he is used to fighting stereotypes both in and outside the ring. they assume we with are all thieves. >> it's an image repeated constantly, making the world synonymous with violence and chaos. >> when people go looking for a job and they say they are from this community, that is alrea

the reason for the tension was ongoing problems in syria. they both just look so miserable. they'd rather be anywhere but on that stage with photographers present. >> exactly. anywhere but here. okay. we have to put in some beyonce. here it is. especially the look on senator chuck schumer's face is priceless. look at that. >> no, it's wonderful. it's kind of hard to tell if he's impressed by her singi inir how beautiful she is in person. that's what makings the photo memorable. >> probably both. and finally, one that had us scratching our heads a bit. congresswoman nancy pelosi sitting on the floor watching television. what's she watching so intently? >> she was watching the final race in the america's cup, actually. she left a press conference early so that she could watch the final leg. as soon as it was over, she went on to the floor of congress and congratulated the winning united states team. she's apparently a huge sailing fan. >> understandably so. well, we appreciate it. ellie hall, who's from buzzfeed.com. thanks very much. really wonderful to share those moments. >

in just this last month, 2,336 people were killed. 1,510 injured in pakistan, afghanistan, syria, iraq and nigeria, and yet there has not been a mass casualty here in the u.s. since 2001. that is not by luck. they didn't stop hating us. they didn't say that they were going to just forgive this. they continue to try. it is the great members in the intelligence community, our military, our law enforcement that have stood up and said this is our job and we do it with our partners and our allies. and it has been a great partnership. when you look at the numbers that we gave you early on about the numbers of terrorist-related events that we helped stop, recall that 13 were in the u.s., 25 were in europe. they are closer to the threat. it is easier to get to europe and they are going after them. and i think it is a privilege and honor from the united states perspective to know that we have helped stop incidents there. as congressman king said, one incident was called 9/11. we call that one incident. that should never happen again. that is what we are about here. that is what we are trying to

but can syria be trusted? >> coming back to the regime with which we had the problems to begin with and can they be trusted? the actual challenge for them to keep the end of the promise in terms of getting rid of the chemical weapons. it is demonstrating the bigger problem here and the challenge of dealing with this regime altogether. we had russia step in because we didn't want military strikes against syria. and the bottom line for so many people watching the story closely, the u.s. and allies did not work in terms of a humanitarian concern for the syrian people who are murdered on the streets and many of them being children. and that problem remains and if assad is only more comfortable as a dictator and only since december 15th, 500 people, many of them children have been killed. we haven't gotten rid of the problem and this is another set back and delay and excuses. the state department looking at mid2014 dead line in terms of getting rid of the chemical weapons. and we are promised by the u.s. and state

arthel: a crucial deadline about to be missed in syria. that means some of the country's most dangerous chemical weapons are still out there. we'll go live to the middle east with an update on those efforts. and get ready to pay higher taxes. more than 50 tax breaks are set to expire next year. we're going to tell you which ones next. ♪ no need to chuck, donate or burn them ♪ ♪ juspack them in our flat rate box ♪ ♪ we'll come to yo door and return them ♪ ♪ gifts you bought but never gave away ♪ ♪ or said you liked but thought were chey ♪ ♪ you don't even need to leave your house ♪ ♪ we'll come and take them, easy-peasy ♪ [ female announcer ] no one returns the holidays like the u.s. postal service. with improved priority mail flat rate, just print a label, schedule a pickup, and return those gifts at a same low flat rate. just print a label, schedule a pickup, she loves to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her ha

civil war deepens in syria. the 113th congress was sworn in and then didn't get that much done. 2013 is about to enter the history books the first draft looking back at the year that was is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. we didn't look ahead to 2013 on this program a year ago. because this network wasn't on the air and i was working somewhere else.

. >> no one disputes that chemical weapons were used in syria. moreover, we know the ashaud regime was responsible. >> egypt has a new form of government. mohamed morsi is under house arrest. >> dozens of muslim brotherhood leaders. >> military keeping firing tear gas on the ground. >> egypt is not only in a state of emergency. it's in a state of shock. >> you and i as citizens have the obligation to shape the debate of our times. >> that vladimir putin -- >> i believe the president -- >> have you changed your mind about what you want to do with your life? >> yeah i sort of want to be a president. >> my fellow americans, we are made for this moment. and we will seize it so long as we seize it together. >> mr. speaker, it's midnight and the great government of the united states is now closed. ♪ with can't we be friends nt ss ♪ ♪ >> do you stand with your government or take it down? >> it's about the american people. >> i think this is worth fighting over obamacare. >> our founders would be ashamed. i intend to speak until i can no longer sta

. >> syria's most could have serious consequences and illinois. the maximum penalty is a boston shares prison time for organizing-- use and social media. >> we will have the latest on bay area weather and traffic when we return. here's a live look for preparations for the embarcadero. >> welcome back. this is on the road where they have this barricaded. once we get information will bring it to you. we're hearing that fire crews are on the scene. >> once again here is erica with the new year's eve forecast. >> we're going to be in the upper 40's, low 50's. take a look. it will be a hazy sunshine and the temperatures will be and to the low to mid 60's. as we head into 20 of 14. some of us will be approaching the low 70's. we have minor changes to highlight and i will bring you the seven there on the bay coming up. >> as we continue to monitor a like ride around the bay, the bridges, like the dumbarton, the san mattel, the san mattel is looking good. the ride at the oakland bay bridge has no backups for delays. or around the bay there is light traffi

. >> whether it's the boston bombing, syria, all the countries in europe that managed to be resilient, cypress, greece, italy, portugal, s.e.c., stock exchange glitches, a shotdown here in the united states, ipos that may or may not have managed to get done. >> black sten, while of course hilton we think of, there were any number of -- a couple of real estate related ones. you it has been. it funny, over the last couple of years when you see a delaugh rejing ipo, one from private equity or or being raised with paying down debt, the likes of a twitter, which is still one of the best ones we've seen in quite some time but this year everybody liked almost everything that came public. almost. not everything but almost. >> 26 minutes until we start trading for the last session of 2013. >>> ron, where do you think we will go next year? >> i think the big issue i wrestled with and we wrestled with coming into the end of the year is what kind of probability do you put on a recession in 2014? it's probably the lowest probability of a recession that we've had since the recovery started. it's un

deal to get rid of syria's chemical weapons. now it looks like syria is going to miss the first deadline, critical deadline here. how important was this deadline and does it have bad implications for the success of this. >> just like kerry with the israeli-palestinian mission, the deadline was always tough. those negotiating expected there would be some slippages. they set a tough deadline expecting that. the syria crisis now no longer simply about chemical weapons. in some respects chemical weapons no longer the conversation. the big conversation assad is still there. another year and he's still there. there's nothing to suggest in 2014 that will change. what will change is a lot more people will die. the latest numbers are 130,000. a lot more people. the process of refugees, there are 2 million refugees. they think there will be 4 million at the end of the year. >> given what you're saying, i've asked the administration if they are going to change their strategy. it's not working. assad that not been weakened, will they be for

host: are you talking about syria? caller: host: yes. thank you so much. what you think it will come back to be a big story? caller: people will realize that united states threats will not have much meaning to it anymore and other countries will not think much of it. host: speaking of foreign policy , afghanistan is on the front page of the "wall street the picture they have. children staying in the snow outside of the shelter in kabul. the headline on the story is massachusetts, republican caller, high, brian. caller: mine is snowden. can't believe that the government is snooping on everybody like that. it is just ridiculous. i thought we were a free country. that is not a free country. that, a show on c-span2 about a week ago on trade, it said that china wants to buy 200 planes from boeing but they are going to start making the planes there. all our companies want to get into china because they're buying up everything. they're willing to sell this country down the tubes. company wantll his to sell stuff area to make it here. dorothy in pine bluff, arkans

syria, egypt and iraq have been the deadliest coupes for reporters, 29 of them dying in syria, including self citizen journalists covering the war in home cities, 10 journalists dying in iraq and six more reporting on the ongoing tries in egypt this year. for the first time in a decade, no turningists were killed in mexico. >> aljazeera is do demanding the release of its journallives, now in custody in cairo. egyptian authorities accused them of broadcasting false news. they say this for interviewing members of the muslim brotherhood. all of experienced journalists who have worked for international media organizations for decades. >> the united nations now missing the deadline for removing chemical weapons from syria, blaming security conditions, logical challenges and poor weather. the regime of bashar al assad agreeing to get rid of its stockpiles by the end of june, it also agreed to pans porting chemicals by today out of the war zone. >> china say a group behind an attack of a police station there, attacking the station in the province. police say they killed eight attackers during t

>> chemical weapons in syria nearly pulled the u.s. into another war in the middle east. >> whether or not this red line was crossed. >> the president decided not to cross that line. >> first of all, i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. >> gun control took center stage. >> president obama is out with his plan on gun control. >> but even the massacre at sandy hook couldn't change hearts and minds in congress. >> what's appalled me about this debate how little it has to do with making people safe and how much it has to do with this decade agenda to attack the second amendment. >> you know it's a rough year when a 30-year-old hacker can bring down your national spy program but can't find enough hackers to fix your own website. >> let me give you that number. the number is 1-800318-2956. >> and boy those "star trek" and gilligan island video from the irs didn't help. >> that's why i became a public servant. >> the minority party took center stage in 2013 and though they stumbled out of the gate, some republicans accomplished

unicef is desperate for donations to syria. join the movement. impact your world. cnn.com/impact. >> great work. >> so nice to see the smiles on the faces of the kids there. really hope we can see many, many more. >> many more. good work, lucy. >>> miracle dog gets his due, earning his place of honor after surviving against odds. he will join us with his owner live from pasadena, next. >>> the rose parade, an annual tradition. a dog will finally get his day. that's a little beagle mix, only 6 months old when he was scheduled to be put town in florence, alabama, back in 2011, but he survived. miraculously. they named him daniel, after the biblical figure who survived in the lion's den. he found a home with john joe dwyer, motivational speaker. tomorrow they both will ride on the lucy pet foundation float in the rose parade new year's day. good to see you both. hello, daniel. hello, joe. >> good morning. thanks for having us here. we're thrilled to be here. >> we just heard of daniel's amazing survival story, of surviving being put down. and how did he get to be with

situation resulted by the attack on haran and other valleys in the western sahara of iraq in the border of syria and jordan and the influence of the campaign now shows a sort of popular support in all iraq including this also. that is why i do believe the sectarian polorization is not the issue. the issue is that molaki would like to provoke a new general after he finish their -- the threat of a visit last week. >> reporter: and what about the call by the vice president on saudi arabia to step in? >> and someone from the past. it had no effect. even his group had been abandoned him and don't talk about him. i don't think he had on the ground any kind of political followers materially that can suppress a power or any kind of political influence. >> reporter: okay, thank you very much for putting that into perspective for us. thank you. more palestinian prisoners are welcomed home after being freed from israeli jails, 26 inmates are the third batch released bringing 204 as part of a u.s. broker deal to reach talks between israel and palestinians and serving 19 years behind bars after being convict

seemed unforgivable or unforgettable in the world from the train crashes to the raging civil war in syria to the nairobi mall attack and the typhoon that ripped through the philippines. but the worst surprise came closer to home. >> something just blew up -- run! go! >> the boston marathon bombings. >> i'm a new yorker, so it's very reminiscent of that eerie 9/11 feeling of shock and you can't believe this is happening and why, i think, is the biggest question. >> the manhunt for the tsarnaev brothers gave few answers. even if it was the worst "rolling stones" cover of the brother. >> made him feel like a rock star. i thought it was cheap and a way to grab sensationalism. >> but that didn't stop the best comeback. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. >> when the boston red sox won the world series that region really needed that boost and that uplift. and still to this day, i really salute boston. >> there she is! >> worst and best crime story. the escape of three women in cleveland after years of being secretly held captive and tormented in the home of ariel castro. >> i am glad they got the gu

probably the most under reported story was syria and the devastation and tragedy going on there and the millions of people displaced. bashar will probably survive all of this. but i think the mideast is in a position --ings we're close to seeing things explode to the il extent that iit still think t there's a possibility that the terrorists will take over the canal. t it will send the world's economic order into disorder. >> tokay. so i think you gave good b, w answers. we're going to let you stay. ver he's so happy because i have more obamacare thoughts. just to tantalize him. let's talk about this as well. there's a gallop poll out talking about obama, clinton, most admired in 2013. did these numbers surprise you h in terms of popularity, admiration, given the year the president has had? >> i actually think that this poll, because it's open ended, they just ask who do you admireo most? president obama and secretary clinton are the two you know thh most. they're the onesm in the news tt most. i would imagine that democrats find it hard to believe that george w. bush is second on the li

whatever he has done has been -- hillary's efforts with the russians and libya and syria as a springboard. >> i would say mary katherine his record as secretary of state has been far superior to hillary's. i think you can make the opposite argument that has actually tried to to play clean up to the administration's mistakes mainly mrs. clinton and barack obama. >> make that argument make no difference electorally. the big winner would be laura ingraham who would have a blast with that. >> i still remember my 2004 radio shows those were fun. >> we should always stint that hillary clinton was inevitable in 2008. always want to put that out there early polling of her. lots of things can happen. john kerry not one of the things that can't harassment maybe bill richardson is saying hey. hillary clinton. maybe john kerry and bill richardson can be 3 and 4 in the sent subsequent -- >> does that give her heat from benghazi, richard? the other people still feel good about benghazi and what happened that night. seem to be some lingering sense that there were major screwups over at the he state depa

. >> egypt joins syria and iraq on a list of deadly countries for journalists. >> israel released a group of palestine prisoners, part of a deal to resume talks between the two sides. the release led to prays and criticism. >> this woman has been waiting for this moment for 21 years. no one could stand between her and adnad, released from an israeli prison the the first person he hugged was his mother. [ cheering ] . >> after, asked how she felt. "my heart is trembling." >> 10 miles away bella remembers the way her life changed. she was wearing this dress. >> when i give him life. >> bella was walking in a jerusalem market when 211-year-old palestinian approached her. he stabbed an israeli boy. bella shielded him from an angry mob. the crowd turned on her. >> i feel the energy on me. i feel they go killing me. they asked me "if you not go inside, we kill you." for 27 minutes she was a shield. fellow israelis spit on her, burnt her. >> translation: i chose to sanctify life - mine and the terrorists. as port of the ongoing peace talks israel agreed to release 100 palestine prisoners. as a w

in just this last month, 2,336 people were killed. 1,510 injured in pakistan, afghanistan, syria, iraq and nigeria and yet there has not been a mass casualty here in the u.s. since 2001. that is not by luck. they didn't stop hating us. they didn't say that they were going to just forgive this. they continue to try. it is the great members in the intelligence community, our military, our law enforcement that have stood up and said this is our job and we do it with our partners and our allies. and it has been a great partnership. when you look at the numbers that we gave you early on about the numbers of terrorist-related events that we helped stop, recall that 13 were in the u.s., 25 were in europe. they are closer to the threat. it is easier to get to europe and they are going after them. and i think it is a privilege and honor from the united states perspective to know that we have helped stop incidents there. as congressman king said, one incident was called 9/11. we call that one incident. that should never happen again. that is what we are about here. that is what we are trying to

seemed unforgivable or unforgettable in the world from the train crashes to the raging civil war in syria to the nairobi mall attack and the typhoon that ripped through the philippines. but the worst surprise came closer to home. >> something just blew up -- run! go! >> the boston marathon bombings. >> i'm a new yorker. it's reminiscent of that eerie 9/11 feeling of shock and you can't believe this is happening and why is the biggest question. >> the manhunt for the tsarnaev brothers gave few answers. and the rolling stones cover of the brother. >> made him feel like a rock star. it was sensationalism. >> but that didn't stop the best comeback. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. >> when the boston red sox won the world series that region really needed that boost and that upliftment. and still to this day i really salute boston. >> worst and best crime story. the escape of three women in cleveland after years of being secretly held captive and tormented in the home of ariel castro. >> i am glad they got the guy but the victims will never be the same. >> castro killed himself and the house was

our challenge is we had so many issues, recently with syria and the shut down. we are running out of time. we are trying to make sure that not only does house leadership know how many members are really motivated on this issue but a engage in the entire public. we have something out there, several bills, one in particular. there is one thing to talk about how many democrats will support something where how many republicans will support a pathway. until you actually have a bill, that makes it a challenge. we are getting them now. they are bipartisan. >> you signed on to a larger democratically led bill. explain your decision-making. >> this is something i've worked on for many years. when the senate bill came out, i always said that was one major issue and that was border security peace. both republicans and democrats have come out after the fact and said that was a flawed issue. the republicans in the house had a good border security package. bipartisan, but has been added to the bill. we address border security and guest worker program and a path to earned citi

a new report that the obama administration suffered another form policy failure in syria. according to top u.s. officials, they decided to meet with a rebel group kno as the islamic front after the more moderate rebels, the free syrian army, with were chased and this contls 100 30,000 fighters throughout syria. they canceled the meeting and i the meeting had occurred, the administration would have eportedly encouraged them to broker an end to this three-year long civil war. and the obama administration announcing more than 1.1 million americans have indeed signed up fo private insurance plans from october through the federal exchanges. the white house is celebrating those results and it is still 60% of the 3.3 million people signing up by now. and it's also not clear if those 2 million paid yet r whether or not they were uninsured or had to sign him because of existing plans. in the next enrollment surge probably will not come until the weeks before march 31. that is the deadline for open enrollment. and more of a make or break month to determine insurance plans and whethe

seemed unforgivable or unforgettable in the world from the train crashes to the raging civil war in syria to the nairobi mall attack and the typhoon that ripped through the philippines. but the worst surprise came closer to home. >> something just blew up -- run! go! >> the boston marathon bombings. >> i'm a new yorker. it's reminiscent of that eerie 9/11 feeling of shock and you can't believe this is happening and why is the biggest question. >> the manhunt for the tsarnaev brothers gave few answers. and the rolling stones cover of the brother. >> made him feel like a rock star. it was sensationalism. >> but that didn't stop the best comeback. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. >> when the boston red sox won the world series that region really needed that boost and that up liftment. and still to this day i really salute boston. >> worst and best crime story. the escape of three women in cleveland after years of being secretly held captive and tormented in the home of ariel castro. >> i am glad they got the guy but the victims will never been "b" the same. >> castro killed himself and the hou

syria and iran in the short run have been defused. that was hanging over the market. with those three items neutralized and stronger data in the fourth quarter, i don't think anyone should be surprised at the big rally. >> you were predicting it. what are you predicting next year? >> 10% to 15% up. my look at fair market value -- >> in 2014? >> 10% to 15%. my feeling is is 18,000 is the fair market value. we are a lot closer than we were years ago when i made a prediction on that. certainly, in the short run, we could go up or down. >> making the right call is not the norm. the best part about watching forecasts from stock pickers is knowing how wrong they will eventually be. >> when you look back at what was predicted for wall street, you have to laugh. you look at the stock pickers' forecast for the s&p 500 and then were the s&p is today. look at how far off they are. the immediate forecast was a miss of 17.5%. analysts said they did change their forecast as the year went on. this is as the year began. >> you did not believe kreskin anyway. you have to put faith in

could be very helpful in identifying militants who may have traveled to pakistan or syria and are returning to engage in terrorism in russia. second, as we saw in boston, every thread of information might lead to uncovering threats. so any bolder and broader sharing with the u.s. would really be critical to giving us an opportunity to help with russians. >> i think a lot of minds went back to the boston bombings. the alleged attackers there had connections to northern caucuses in northern russia. should u.s. officials have even deeper terrorism concerns based on what we're seeing overseas? >> people around the u.s. will undoubtedly sees cities like new york and los angeles take heightened precautions because of these threats. but i really don't think in this case we see a homeland nexus. the groups that attacked here are very focused on russia, on putin, and on the olympics. although we saw in boston there can be some links, that is really the exception rather than the rule with terrorist organizations. >> michael, good to have you on tonight. thank you. >>> a developing story tonight in no

. >> reporter: russia stepping in, negotiating a deal with syria to give up its chemical weapons. 2 million syrian refugees. we met so many of the children waiting to go home. >> you're thinking about your father? it's okay, sweetie. >> reporter: a sudden breakthrough elsewhere. iran electing a new president who would travel to america and speak before the u.n. and speak on the phone with president obama. >> history was made today, diane. >> reporter: beginning to curb tehran's nuclear program in exchange for something else, easing those crippling economic sanctions we heard about in tehran. >> day to day increasing prices. >> you see it day to day. >> yes. >> i believe we must test it. >> reporter: and one another victory this year for a different kind of super power. in san francisco, that cape crusader who gave that thumb's up. little miles, diagnosed with leukemia, granted a wish by make a wish. he wanted to be batkid for a day. his dad remembers the knock at the door. >> batman knocked on our hotel door holding a costume and told miles you got to go to work. >> reporter: the choppers o

syria, you shouldn't expect such strong from the jordanians. their ambassador served at the u.n. twice for a total of ten years. experts expect him to work quietly behind the scenes in an effort to influence all of his colleagues on the security council. >> still ahead, one of the biggest medical breakthroughs this year. the bionic eye helping the blind to see. >> new technologies helping blind people see again. the science behind the artificial retina. >> dean lloyd, an attorney in palo alto, california, lost his sight 30 years ago, and then in 2007, he got it back, at least in part. >> a point of light that i hadn't seen in a long time. so it had some exciting affects, but how useful it was going to be for me was a different issue and different concern. >> lloyd volunteered for a clinical trial and was one of the first recipients of an artificial rettia. approved by the food and drug administration, the device just went on sale in 20 cities. the implant is on a pair of glasses, it stimulates the back of the eye, presenting a low resolution sketch of the world. it's not true sig

a new report that the obama administration suffered another form policy failure in syria. according to top u.s. officials, they decided to meet with a rebel group known as the islamic front after the more moderate rebels, the free syrian army, with were chased and this controls 100 30,000 fighters throughout syria. they canceled the meeting and if the meeting had occurred, the administration would have reportedly encouraged them to broker an end to this three-year long civil war. and the obama administration announcing more than 1.1 million americans have indeed signed up for private insurance plans from october through the federal exchanges. the white house is celebrating those results and it is still 60% of the 3.3 million people signing up by now. and it's also not clear if those 2 million paid yet or whether or not they were uninsured or had to sign him because of existing plans. in the next enrollment surge probably will not come until the weeks before march 31. that is the deadline for open enrollment. and more of a make or break month to determine insurance plans an

intervention in syria the latest n.s.a. revelations artie's sam sachs has more proud buchanan he served in three presidential administrations he ran for president three times but he's no stranger to controversy i sat down with him to talk about the world as it is today we started with how the office of the presidency has changed in recent years one of. the fact that the congress has abdicated its war powers and that's why one of the best things that happened this summer was when the american people rose up and in effect said we don't want this war on syria that we decide day of drawing redlines in the sun had from the oval office is preposterous in a democratic republic as a small government conservative what do you make of these revelations that have come out about the n.s.a. . well. we have a big government. does it make you uncomfortable. you think this is something that is necessary i may not like the world i'm embedded in the thing i can do about it i mean you got there so they got my e-mails they got my phone calls th

>> the syria story, you liked that story. >> i do. i think the most under reported story was syria and the devastation and tragedy going on there, the millions of people who have been displaced. it looks bashir will probably survive all of this but i think the mideast is in a position -- we're very close to seeing things explode to the extent that i still think there is a possibility that the terrorists will take over the suez canal and that will send the world's economic order into disorder. >> so i think you gave some good answers. bob, we'll let you stay. [ laughter ] >> thank you very much. >> he's so happy because i have some more obamacare thoughts. just to tant ill ize him. >>> so dana, let's talk about this. there is a gallop poll out talking before obama, clinton, most admired in 2013, did these numbers surprise you in terms of popularity and admiration given the tumultuous year obama had. >> president obama and secretary clinton are known the most, the one in the news the most. i would imagine that democrats find it hard to

. >> you're right to say over the last year. 2013 was in a way putin's year, he backed assad in syria and basically succeeded in the yu crane, set up to western europe and backed the government there. trying to move in around the middle east everywhere. so this is a huge challenge for him and huge embarrassment. russia, they're not reading people their rights and gentle about investigating possible bombings. if putin can't stop these bombings, given the strength of the police state there, it's a very bad sign as we approach the games. >> right. and ann, that's obviously a place where we have the most concern, and that is the games. and there have been some concerns that there is so much security around sochi that perhaps that's part of why there has been less security in other parts of the country. >> yeah. the sochi games are putin's pet project. he chose to have them in a restive area of the country. sort of as a -- in part as an act of defiance and to show he had his thumb down on the insurgency across the caucuses. that thumb is probably down pretty well on sochi, but the threat i

that's part of why this is a dangerous picture in syria. it's not a pleasant situation, a wicked problem, very complex. the longer we do nothing, the more we see this spiral out of control. >> i always try to think of breaking news in the eyes and through and ears of people that are -- >> their journey is not complete. >> the eldest son of dr. martin luther king jr. speaking on the same steps with his father delivered his "i have a dream speech" 50 years ago this week. >> we're amassed on the mall. about to march, it's been a really inspiring day. >> it's an amazing -- coming into the city, all of the people streaming in and love. it's a great day to be reinspired and reinvigorated and recommitted to the cause. it's amazing. >> i've been thinking about the situation with the fed as they are trying to ease support from the stimulus, and this is what it reminds me of. ♪ >> the odds of a severe long lasting shutdown are even less than the odds of ari not saying something awkward in the next hour. >> awkward. >> what will happen -- ♪ >> cra

al jazeera america is the facilit zeera america is the >> we're following multiple developments on syria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. as,. >> the people of that 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy, at oakland children's hospital, expires at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. her family is still trying to find a place for they are to go. >> jahi mcmath is unfortunately deceased, no hope of prayer, or any type of medical procedure will bring her back. >> the girl's parents are trying to get a hospital to take her in as a patient in this city. >>> friends of michael schumacher, former formula 1 racer, is in critical condition. he was wearing a helmet, but wasn't enough to prevent serious brain damage. >>> an egyptian court has convicted nearly 150 supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi, charges range from rioting to sabotage, each sentenced to two years in prison. al jazeera's alsar sucree reports. >> outside egypt's main university, forces fight each other through a

these disturbing images of children in the aftermath of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack in syria. this year, the united nations confirmed the use of chemical weapons in the syrian civil war. the conflict began in march of 2011 and has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people. typhoon haiyan's sweep through the philippines sits at number seven. the monster storm is one of the most powerful to hit land anywhere in the world. more than 6,000 dead. nearly 1800 remain missing, and more than 27,000 injured. millions more left without a home. >>> and we head back to the u.s. for your number six. obama care. the rollout of president obama's major initiative was plagued with criticism, following major problems with the program's website. >> and that is not over yet. that story. >> that's right. >> and how it's perkerated over the last couple months. >> that's a story we will probably be hearing more of, especially in 2014. a midterm election year. you know that's probably going to factor into what happens when people head to the polls. >> absolutely. coming up, we'll see the top five

the violence in syria spilled over along similar lines inside lebanon. that led a lot of critics to call on the lebanese government to do more to protect sovereignty of lebanon, that includes preventing fighters from hezbollah which supports the regime from traveling across the border into syria and fight on behalf of the regime. meantime many are criticizing them for not doing enough for fighters supporting logistically, set of fighters from lebanon from crossing the border. the lebanese is coming under pressure for sovereignty, perhaps first time lebanese government with military tried to assert a little control at least when it comes to its skies. >>> i want to turn to the region you are in, egypt. we are learning egyptian authorities detained a team of al jazeera journalists yesterday, apparently aimed at deterring them from talking to muslim brotherhood. what does it say about the stability of the country and as it tries to make transition to democracy. is it becoming more destabilized. >> there are certainly two major points that came out of that.

in in terms of how to deal with syria? >> i think path through agreement in syria runs through tehran. if what is sustaining civil war is cold war, to some degree saudi arabia on one side and iran and russia on the other side. if the united states and iran have a different kind of relationship as a result of having a nuclear deal, then you can imagine iran putting pressure on bashar al assad to gradually step aside and united states and saudi arabia being able to put pressure on rebels. it might be a soft partition of the country. as long as the u.s. and iran are involved in this militant cold war with saudi arabia against iran it's going to be hard to find peace. >> how possible is that? you have israelis nervous about any sort of deal with iran. even in the united states there's political factions of opposing the idea of doing this six months with iran. >> that's right. i think obama administration sees this as signature second term policy achievement and i think israeli and american domestic critics are not powerful eno

meanwhile, syrian government helicopters continue to drop barrel bombs on aleppo, syria. hundreds have been killed in the city this month alone. >>> take a look at this, a volcano in el salvador shooting ash into the sky. this started to erupt on sunday. thousands of people who live near it, they've had to evacuate their homes as you can imagine. airlines have had to change their routes to avoid what is a huge ash cloud. this is the first time the volcano has erupted in 37 years. authorities say it might not yet be finished. >>> and mexican authorities trying to figure out why a coastal highway south of tijuana collapsed. a cement truck driver got just out in the nick of time. he's okay, but this truck ended up in the pacific ocean. that's right. nobody was hurt. the highway is about 60 miles from the u.s. border. it's a popular drive for tourists as you can imagine. officials say it could take a year to fix the damage. >>> we also want to talk about the ship stuck in the antarctic it can ice. has not moved in almost a week. ice breaking ships haven't been able to reach t

and syria and misses it scares deadline for reaching its house with toxic weapons we'll speak exclusively to the head will be organization but we prohibit ahead of the weapons to find out why. this is also international coming to life from moscow hello and welcome to the program and for the second time interest today's the russian city of all the grad has been targeted by terrorists today fourteen people have been killed after a suicide bomber blew up on a bus less than twenty four hours earlier a similar sort on the city has railway station claimed at least seventeen lives margaret howell is following developments in volgograd for us. i am here in the marketplace where that troll a bus exploded this morning at eight thirty in the morning causing a massive death bodies everywhere a lot of information that is still coming out about the stroller the attack that happened this morning it has been confirmed that there was a suicide bomber on that trolling bus that claimed these lives we have an eyewitness account of this event. i was in my way from work to the u. turn and then i heard a blast