>> a car chase puts the u.s. capitol on lockdown, the woman behind the wheel is dead. authorities are trying to determine what caused her to snap. >> house speaker boehner offers a negative hope there may be a solution to the shutdown and the debt problem as president obama it is he needs to get the government back on track. >> the gulf is gearing up for the first major storm of the season. tropical storm karen could strike over the weekend.

>> good morning. welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. today is day four of the government shutdown, but a wild chase and shooting through the streets of washington led to a different kind of shutdown, with police putting the capitol itself on lockdown. erika is here with more details about the chase from the white house to the people's house that brought washington to a stand still. good morning, erika. >> good morning. officers say the woman at the center of the chaos has a history of mental illness. this is 34-year-old miriam carey. she grew up in new york city, but grew up in connecticut. she suffered from serious post partum depression after girl birth last year, which was around the time she was also fired from her job. while police are convinced she did not ram the gates of the white house by accident, they still don't know her motive. >> investigators worked late into the night at the home of the woman who police say caused

chaos at the capitol thursday afternoon. the 34-year-old was behind the wheel of the car behind the center of a dramatic car choice from the white house to the sufficient capitol. when she tried to ram the guys at the white house, officers opened fire. she struck an officer, then nearly 20 squad cars choiced after her. a capitol state police officer crashed into the barrier on his way to the scene. it came to an end where police shot her in her car. so close to the capitol building, it was on lockdown for the 20 minute security scare. >> we heard pops, three, four, five, probably. >> tourists were seen running from the monuments. >> i dropped down to my knees and then everybody started. my husband was like where do we go, where do we go. >> investigators did not find a weapon but did find the woman's

1-year-old daughter in the back seat. still unsure of her motive, they evacuated 50 people from the connecticut apartment complex where she lives as they deployed a bomb desecting robot to check out her home. >> she was quiet, saw her downtown a couple times. she doesn't appear to seem what happened today, but you never now nowadays. >> her former boss knew her well. a dentist had a fire her back in 2012 because of her head strong disposition. >> we just had a lot of complaints about her from patients, that she's a dental hygienist and was just, rough, and we just decided that for the betterment of our patients, that, you know, we needed to make a change and let her go. >> her daughter is in protective custody. as for the two officers injured during this whole event, they are in good condition. ironically though, the shutdown actually plays a role here, because one of them is a capitol

police officer who was working today without pay. stephanie. >> erika, thank you. >> president obama is reiterating that he will not negotiate his signature health care plan to end the shutdown or raise the debt ceiling. our randall pinkston joins us live from washington. i understand that the president has now canceled his entire trip to asia. >> yes, he has. he had already canceled his planned trip to the philippines and malaysia, but he had hoped to be able to make another conference in indonesia. es canceled plans for that, as well. his press secretary issued a statement saying the president is not going because he wants to focus on the shutdown and of course the pending debt ceiling crisis. the press secretary went on to say that this cancellation is the result of the represent-led shutdown of the capitol and american led government. >> if the president is staying

in washington, has he laid out a new strategy to end the stalemate? >> at this point, the president is sticking to his previous strategy, which is to say that he he's not going to negotiate over the shutdown, he's not going to negotiate over the debt ceiling. however, we are hearing from some democrats that they may be willing to give the republicans something that they wanted, which is the tax on medical devices. that's part of the affordable care act, part of the mechanism used to pay for the affordable care act. the president has indicated that he was not going to budge on that, the democrats are saying you have to do something, some democrats at least saying you want to give the republicans some fig leaf to show they have gained something. leaders are issuing a no-go on that. we are seeing some signs of a possible change of heart among republicans. house speaker john boehner in a

luncheon yesterday with close advisors is saying that he will not allow the american government to default. now, that could mean that he is willing to suspend the rule and allow the clean bill to go to the floor of the congress and to get democrats to support -- to join with republicans in passing that legislation. fit goes to the floor today, it would probably pass. the problem is that a majority of republicans at this point aren't going for it, so boehner is con strained by his own party's rules, but there are some signs of change, if you will, and possible compromise. >> can you tell me more about this rule and why mr. boehner has not used this up until now or considered using it. >> well, in the past, he has used it on occasion. the hastert rule is named for dennis wasp hastert of illinois.

it says if the majority party can't get its members to agree to anything, they won't bring the measure to the floor. a majority of the majority has to say yes to proceed. the speaker has the authority to suspend that rule. if he does that, he takes the risk of losing his speakership, because as we know, there are some members of the house of representatives, the so-called conservative or tea party faction who are insisting that there must be some delay or absolute abolishment of the affordable care act. if speaker boehner wants to, he can suspend the rule, bring the measure to the floor and you'd have a vote. >> it would be a bowed move, but maybe one that is required at this point. thanks, randall. >> two agencies impacted by the shutdown are the national hurricane center and fema.

workers had been furloughed at both, but with tropical storm karen, that's her, bearing down on the gulf, the white house called them back to work. >> fema has begun to recall currently furloughed employees necessary to serve functions of the agency that protect life and property, as they prepare for potential landfall for tropical storm karen. >> the storm, which is currently packing 65-mile per hour winds is the first named stormed likely to hit the u.s. this year. a hurricane watch is in effect from louisiana to florida and karen could make landfall sometime this weekend. residents along the gulf are already getting ready. the state of emergency has been declared in mississippi, louisiana and 18 counties across florida. homeowners of boarded up windows, stock piled food and supplies and stacked sandbags. those in low lying areas are encouraged to move to higher

ground. for more on tropical storm karen, let's bring in our meteorologist. >> good morning. the system has weakened in the last 24 hours. we are obviously keeping a close eye on it. we continue to watch karen push towards the north. that's expected to be the track pushing towards saturday and sunday when we expect it to make landfall. the storm is located really in the central gulf of mexico. making its way north, it's moving at 12 miles per hour. it is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour, but if you look really to the east of the storm and north, that is where the intensity is located. strong winds are pushing out of the west, helping weaken the storm and really not allow it to create that spin wheel shape that hurricanes usually take on. this has weakened just a bit in the last 12-24 hours. if it continues on its northern track, we do expect it to make

landfall just to the east of new orleans. then it's going to continue across the gulf and really make landfall and weaken into an extra tropical storm as it makes its way to the east and south of alabama. that's where most models have this storm going. it's moving about 65 -- has winds of 65 miles per hour, moving north. it will make the move towards the east as we track into address night into sunday morning. as i said, here are the models. most have it veering towards the north, then turns towards the east. just to the south and to the east of mobile, alabama. it's going to bring heavy rain. that's the primary, we could see as much as six inches on the florida panhandle. four inches and two inches across portions of northern alabama into northern portion of georgia, as well. again, still need to monitor the system over the next 24-48 hours. it will make land fall saturday

night into sunday morning. i'll have the latest in the upcoming hours. >> a search and recovery mission is off the coast of italy after a boat caught fire and sank filled with african migrants. 127 are dead and 200 unaccounted for. the boat was carrying migrants. they may have been fleeing violence in their countries. >> i have to ask for corridors that would make these ships safer and end trips in which criminals make money off the backs of men, women and children. >> the ship caught fire after someone onboard set off flares to try to get the attention of the coast guard. >> so far, a challenging day for the search and rescue operators

who faced adverse weather conditions as they tried to get more bodies that are trapped in the boat. as far as they're concerned, the search for survivors is looking very slim now. they are focusing on trying to get the remains of the bodies, which are trapped on the boat as well as the sea bed. in fact, the situation looks quite bad now. as fart chance of finding survivors, that's an appeal from the health assistance program here, requesting more cough finance for the dead has now been answered. friday morning, a boat carrying two loads of cough finance arrived, those now to be taken to the hangar where those bodies are awaiting. they will be taken to sicily. so far, this rescue operators are waiting for better weather conditions to await full rescue operations. as far as the people here are concerned, there was a feeling, a sense that this is really not

yet another time where they've had to step in and help out people who arrive here on the island after a traumatic journey, desperately tired, hungry, fleeing conflict situations in africa, in the middle east. it's not a case where they don't want the help. they are only too happy to offer help. the islanders used to this now. they have a sense where they will go out and help people who are caught in dangerous situations on the sea, but what they want and are asking for is for europe, the e.u. to provide a better resource, better resources here, better ways of dealing with the situation. the people who come here to visit don't come to stay on oh the island. they come here to stay in the e.u. therefore, it's more of a european problem rather than just an italian problem. >> in the first six months of 2013, 8400 migrants and asylum seekers landed in italy and

malta. 67 hyundai parted from north africa, mostly libya. there were 40 deaths from people attempting to cross. almost 500 were reported dead or missing at sea in 2012. just over 13,000 did manage to reach identity. >> russia has charged green peace with piracy following last month's protest in the arctic ocean. they were arrested trying to climb on to an oil rig. it's the first rig in the arctic ocean. it's not yet operating. the 30 green peace members include activists from 17 countries. >> americans attempting to sign on to the new on line health insurance exchanges are still facing technical problems. there is a backlog of people awaiting to get into the system. health clinics that offer in-person assistance are getting thousands of requests from people trying to enroll.

one clinic in florida estimates only 5% of the people trying to access healt healthcare.gov were to sign up. >> the government shutdown isn't just affecting federal workers. >> i rely on the milk a lot. >> moms struggling to feed their children's. >> a surge in elephant poaching is pushing the majestic ma'am malls to the point of extinction. people stepping up to change that. >> twitter hoping to raise a billion dollars. is the company worth it? e.p.a.r

warns. >> people are at home, you're going to have to call them back in, power the agency back up. that's going to take days. over days, a lot of harm can be done. >> not everyone sees the value. republican representative marsha blackburn tweeted this week, there is some good news out of the shutdown, the e.p.a. can't issue new regulations. >> owe grady argues regulations are in place to safeguard the public and right now, nobody is on watch. >> we do that to regulations and to people out in the field inspecting wetlands and treatment plants, discharges. if we're not out there, who is? >> the best case scenario is that the oversight will be brief and uneventful. the worst case is something

nobody wants to think about. aljazeera, chicago. >> in today's business report, wall street is missing a key piece of information today. this is related to the shutdown? >> absolutely, just the latest effect. in fact, the first friday of the month, the department of labor puts out the monthly jobs report. they can't be released today. wall street pays very close attention to that report, itch has been a major market mover. analysts expected 140,000 to 190,000 jobs created last month. still, far below what it needed to turn around the labor market. again, because of the shutdown, we just don't know. while the numbers are on hold, futures are actually higher at this hour, indicating a positive start to the trading day. the dow stands below 1800 right now, slipping 137 points. the nasdaq is at 3774, both also

in the red yesterday. overseas stocks are mixed and europe and asian markets, nikkei down a percent. the government shutdown and the threat it may run out of money is hurting the value of the dollar. it's at an eight month low. >> the letters twtr could soon be worth a billion dollars. twitter intends to trade under that ticket symbol when it goes public. it will be the biggest tech launch since facebook. twitter has sales of nearly $370 million, but it hasn't made a profit since 2010. analysts say the advertising potential is huge, but one cautions too many ads could turn off users. >> so i think, you know, you will see experiments on how should advertisers interact on

twitter. i think you'll see more branding from sponsored opportunities. if they stay core to this is a place you can go and have a back and forth dialogue, if they stay core to that, they should pull it off. >> twitter has 215 million monthly active users. >> a big company has been hacked. adobe said thieves stole the source code of some of the company's products. it's investigating the breach and doesn't know of any risks to consumers. >> getting back to twitter, because that's a really intriguing story, reminds me of when facebook was coming out with this i.p.o. how much is twitter actually worth. that's the billion dollars question, right? >> literally. also a company is worth what

investors will pay for it. based on twitter's filing documents, it believes that it is worth between nine and $13 billion. in the first six months of this year, it's revenue action doubled to $254 million. there's an argument to be made for its value. >> they have not said which market they are going to trade on. they have options. >> yeah. >> what do we know about that? >> everybody is pointing to facebook's i.p.o., technical issues delayed trading, so to be clear, both the nasdaq and new york stock exchange could make very good markets for the company's share, to be clear. historically, the nasdaq has been associated with tech companies, but for the last seven years, the new york stock exchange has had more i.p.o. activity. it's anybody's guess. >> they don't want a repeat of the facebook glitches.

>> state senator wendy davis announced her candidacy to replace retiring governor rick perry. >> i am proud to announce my candidacy to be the 48t 48th governor of this great state. >> davis shot to national fame after staplinging an 11 hour filibuster to defend abortion rights. she faces an uphill battle. republicans in texas have held the seat for the past 19 years. >> i really think if she can get to 45 or 46% in the general election, that will be a huge victory for her. i think that's about as much as she can get. >> davis says she's not worried, and is used to being the underdog. she has raised $1 million in campaign funds. her opponent, texas attorney general greg abbot has raised $20 million. >> new orleans is known as the birth place of jazz. for many musicians there, life

is hard, few have health n. some residents are working to support the city's music scene. >> new orleans is one of the planet's unique cities, shaped by diverse cultural history, perhaps best known for this. ♪ ♪ >> here you'll find musicians on almost every corner, but many in the big easy, despite obvious devotion and talent live close to the poverty line. ♪ ♪ >> we have to do what we have to do to survive, you know what i'm saying? we barely make 40 to $50 a day on a daily basis. >> help is at hand and exemplified by the musician's village. this community was built with artists like him in mind. he owns a house here and has a safe and creative place to live.

>> you have different musicians from different genres of music that are living within one block. it's amazing. we're always getting together and combining songs and putting new ideas and concepts together in this area. >> squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, tight, tight, tight. >> on the other side of the city, the musicians clinic treats more than 2,000 artists and their families. doctors provide care for the estimated four out of five local musicians that don't have medical insurance. cofounder bethany bolton said it's the only way to help people she considers cultural ambassadors of the city. >> we have to give them the dignity and the esteem that what they're doing as musicians or mardi gras indians is vital. i think they deserve it. >> over the years, the birth place of jazz has too often become an early grave for the

musicians. one of the pioneers of jazz is bushed somewhere in this pauper's grave yard. he was 29 when he died. it's that kind of tragedy new orleans wants to avoid for generation to say come. ♪ ♪ >> because above all else, it's about preserving the sound track of a city. new orleans, louisiana. >> it is being called the most valuable diamond not world. the ping star was unveiled today. the 60-carat gem is worth more than $60 million. the ping star will be the biggest diamond of to go to auction. when it goes on the block in geneva next month. >> struggling families, how the shutdown is affecting some of the neediest americans. >> pope francis visits the italian shrine of his namesake, st. francis of assisi. >> the latest tech toys coming

out of japan. >> in baseball, good pitching trumps everything. the dodgers armed and ready.

>>. i'm stephanie sy and these are our top stories. the woman shot and killed in the nation's capitol after trying to drive through security barriers near the white house may have been suffering from post partum depression. she led police on a chase with her 1-year-old daughter in the car. >> the gulf coast is getting ready for tropical storm karen. state emergencies have been declared in mississippi, louisiana and parts of florida. it is expected to make landfall over the weekend. >> it's day four of the federal government shutdown. president obama canceled his trip to asia in order to deal with the budget. there are rum blinks republicans could be working on a deal to

end the deadlock. >> the shutdown is drying up money for millions of poor single mothers trying to buy food for their kids. we went to the health democratic in new jersey, where people are being turned away. >> julisa perez is a single working mother with two children. she counts on wic. >> i rely on the filling a lot. >> when she walked into the center, they couldn't give her any vouchers. >> it's kind of hard, being a single parent, working a job and not having enough to get by. you depend on those, just to, you know, feed them and stuff that way. it's a shame that i can't even do anything until all this is resolved. >> with two chirp to feed, perez hopes that's soon. >> here in new jersey, 172,000 moms and children rely on w.i.c.

>> virginia is faring better. michael welch said single moms there shouldn't have to worry. >> we do have funds obviously left over from federal 2013 that we are continuing to use. >> that's good news for soon to be mom jennifer, who gets $80 a month for groceries. >> it makes me relieved that somebody in the government somewhere is thinking of people that rely on these benefits. >> the u.s. department of agriculture says the wic program has a $125 million contingency fund, but if the shutdown goes late into the month, even that will be gone. aljazeera, new jersey. >> as we mentioned earlier, the government will not release its month jobs numbers. the numbers are an important indicator of how the economy is doing, but we won't see them because of the shutdown. kevin cummins is in stanford

connecticut, this morning. thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks for having me, stephanie. >> why is this month jobs report an important measure. >> it's the one report that we get in a very finally basis that gives us an update on the labor market across all sectors, so it's very broad in its scope. it gives us a realtime update on how the current state of the economy is performing. >> it's another piece of that uncertainty, isn't it? i know markets don't like that. they've been down with, not hugely down. is there real concern about this, or do traders think the government is crying wolf again? >> there hasn't been a dramatic stock sell off. yesterday, we saw a sharper selloff. right now, it doesn't appear markets are in a panic yet. as you go closer to that drop

dead deadline date for whether or not the debt ceiling is going to be raised, you could see more skittish markets. >> are we seeing an effect on global markets at this point? >> so far, that doesn't appear to be the case. if the u.s. markets are negatively reacting, but so far that's not been the case, it's likely to spill over to global markets, for sure. >> especially if it's a protracted shutdown. at this point, is there anything we see in the broader economy? are there signs that what's happening there is filtering down into the main streets of america? >> we don't have really many indicators to base that on just yet. the shutdown is only four days old, so most of the reports that we get are looking at data from a few weeks back. the jury's still out on that. i don't expect it to have that

dramatic of an impact on the economy, with the assumption that the shutdown is likely to% too much longer. >> is there anything else that the fed can do to counter all this political turmoil? >> well, they already have, actually. last month, they took out a little bit more insurance and kept their foot on the gas pedal, so to speak in keeping monetary policy very accommodative, surprising markets by not dialing back on the amount of treasury and mortgage-backed securities that they're purchasing in a given month. the market expected them to pull back on the throttle a little bit, but they surprise markets by keeping their foot in full acceleration mode. part of that reason was because of uncertainty with regard to the fiscal situation in the u.s. >> at a certain point,

especially with this debt ceiling, deadline approaching, october 17, if agreement is not reached on that, if the u.s. worst case scenario does default, can the fed do very much to keep interest rates from starting to rise. >> that could be catastrophic if you meet a deadline date. it depends on revenues that the government is still taking in, as well as payments, exact payments that are going to have to go out. there's a little bit of a silver lining in the shutdown that some of the spending towards wages and such like that for some furloughed workers, the federal government is not spending now. that deadline date is probably a couple days later. with that said, the closer you get to that date, the more uncertainty in the overall economy amongst consumers and business decision makers to postpone everything to see the fallout of what happens going

forward. as you approach that date, the more risk you increase to the economy. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> in california joe biden governor jerry brown signed legislation that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. if they pass the test, they'll be given licenses with a mark on the front to distinguish them from regular driver's licenses. the cards will begin to be issued in january, 2015. they expect 1.4 million people to apply. >> the pope is meeting with pilgrims in assisi. he is with eight cardinals, focusing on a radical reform program for the vatican. he wants the catholic church to do more to welcome the poor, sick and disabled. thousands of pilgrims followed the pope as he visited sites associated with st. francis of assisi in federal italy. >> a recent surge in elephant

poaching is putting the worlds mammal on the brink of extinction. a march for elephants has protests taking place today. aljazeera's craig leeson joins us live. how much of an effect is all this poaching having on the population of elephants? >> it's the fourth seizure in hong kong, a major transit point here for the rest of asia where the lucrative markets for these tusks are. this is decimating elephant populations around the world. it's estimated 34,000 elephants died last year at the hands of poachers, that's one elephant every 15 minutes that is killed. if that rate continues, it means

you won't see anymore elephants, they'll be completely wiped out by 2025. >> that its a catastrophic number, one every 15 minutes. what are these tusks used for? i understand they are popular and prized in asia. >> >> in china, they're sold as ornaments and gifts. they have health ramifications for health when they're given. they're seen and bought for investment. people understand that this is a very fine night resource and to take the tusks, you have to kill the elephant. many of the elephants are still alive when these tusks are ripped from their jaw bones. they think these are dropped by

the elephants and picked up. >> what about the local governments? are they doing enough to stop poaching? >> there's a debate on what should happen to the stockpile of these tusks when custom's seizes them. they put them in one particular area. many countries deal with these stockpiles in different ways. some burn them or crush them, sending a signal to poachers and the general public that this resource shouldn't be used for smuggling, shouldn't be bought or traded. here in hong kong, they keep the stockpile, use it for education and scientific purposes. they are do that according to the rules, not breaking any laws doing that. many think they should burn the tusks. there's going to be a burning in denver next week and many people here want the hong kong government to follow the u.s. lead and completely destroy this $30 million stockpile. >> thanks, craig.

>> as many as 10,000 pacific walruses are huddled together on a small remote island off the coast of alaska. scientists believe they are there because the polar ice caps melting. pictures show these giant ma'am malls laying out to know a stretch of beach less than one mile long. the number of walruses seeking rerefuge has greatly increased n the last five years. >> tropical storm karen edges closer to the gulf coast. let's bring in our meteorologist. good morning. >> good morning. we continue to monitor the system right now located in the central gulf of mexico. as that storm continues to push on its northern track, it is going to make a turn towards the east, as we make our way into saturday night into really sunday morning. the storm as i said, really located across the central gulf of mexico, and right now, a couple things are working against the system from really developing into a hurricane.

that is because we have strong winds pushing in out of the west. you can see the bulk of the activity, the thunderstorms really are around this circulation where we're trying to see the storm really develop into -- it's trying to get more intense, trying to become a stronger storm, but it's having difficulty, because the winds are pushing in out of the west. the bulk of the activity is on the northern flank and eastern side. if these thunderstorms can really build around this center area of low pressure, we may see it strengthen into a hurricane. right now, the winds pushing out of the west, really not looking to allow that to. the storms are pushing to the north. most models indicate the storm will return off towards the east. the winds are 65 miles an hour right now. it's moving north northwest. it's going turn towards the east as it makes landfall here, just to the east of new orleans, then

track across a bit of water in the gulf of mexico and ultimately make landfall just to the east of mobile, alabama. wind and rain the primary threat. immediately at the coastline, we're going to see six inches of rain, strong rip currents there. this system is going to really push a lot of energy into the central plains. as it does so, an area of low pressure tracking out of wyoming that is creating blizzard like conditions now is going to culminate with that moisture. we have a severe weather threat. the chance for damages winds and isolated tornadoes all the way from minneapolis, madison, wisconsin through kansas city, des moines all the way do you know into oklahoma city. >> thank you. >> we have sports now and the baseball postseason underway in earnest. >> it is in earnest. we always hope for down to the wire thrilling finishes.

not so much last night. with pitching always at a premium in the postseason, the dodgers feel they hold a winning hand. they have two legitimate aces. if last night was any indication, the rest of the national league won't like the cards they are dealt. the braves hosting game one of the division series, up in the third. gonzalez with his first postseason home run, 4-0 l.a. kershaw took care of the rest, allowing just one earned run and three hits. he matched his season high with 12 strikeouts. there's a reason this guy had an e.r.a. of 1. during the regular season. this one no contest, 6-1 dodgers. >> in the other n.l. division series game, game one between st. louis and pirates, that is gone. it hit the foul pole, a three-run shot, 422 feet, 3-0

cards. st. louis put up a seven spot in the third. david freeze at the dish. jon jay comes home on a throwing error by marlon byrd. three errors by the pirates. pittsburgh managed only four hits. adam wainwright picks up the win for st. louis. >> a full slate of division series games today. >> in the meek, a pair of game ones. >> when the cleveland browns traded trent richardson to the coats, it appeared the organization was throwing in the towel this season, moving their number one pick just a year after drafting him. many fans said here we go again, anticipating yet another brutal season. well, not so fast. last night, the browns were

looking for their third straight win since the trade, the bills in town. watch howery. he has time, but goes down. take another look, the hard hit. he suffers a sprained right knee. he will undergo an m.r.i. today. that is bills starter third quarter, hit on the sideline, as well and is clutching his knee. another look reveals tyshawn gibson appears to hit his knee with his shoulder. manuel left the game and did not return. ward takes it to the house, 44 yards for the score, make it three straight wins for the browns, 37-24. >> josh free man out in tampa bay after unsuccessfully trying

to trade him, he was released yesterday. he was the team's number one pick in 2009. they finished 10-6 with him had the helm. since then, he went 11-23 as a starter and recently benched. >> on campus, iowa hosting texas. a 20-yard touchdown run down the gut. pass interference called on iowa state sets up texas first and goal. mccoy takes it in with that 31-30, longhorns. that's a look at sports. stephanie, next up for texas, the big red river rivalry game. >> that's why i don't do sports.

>> the next story is a classic american example of triumph over adversity, blind people playing baseball and doing it amazingly well. the vision behind the dream and the family that refuses to give up. >> the government strikes back, bringing charges against some members of the hacking group anonymous for operation payback.

>> the internet hacking group anonymous is the target of a federal investigation. on thursday, a grand jury filed criminal charges against 13 of its members, all from the u.s. they are accused of carrying out cyber attacks on that websites belonging to the government, law firms and banks. anonymous leaders say their actions are for the benefit of everyone, by making all information free, regardless of coup right laws or national security. >> imagine playing the game of baseball, but you can't watch the game. this is the story of the long island bombers, a team of visually impaired players from new york. they play beep baseball, a modified version that guides the

players through the game. darrin haynes has this story. >> what if someone told to you achieve a goal, you have to visualize it? what if i told you there's an athlete who achieved everything, seeing nothing? >> slide! slide! slide! >> you have to listen very carefully to the ball beeping. the job of the pitcher is to throw the ball level and you have a level swing, and then you run to the base that buzzes. >> people come down and watch. it they're like how does a blind person play baseball, and they're in awe.

>> oh! see ya! >> getting dirty, going after a ball. if it hit me in the face, i'm like yeah, i got it. that means i'm going to put them out. i was ready to sacrifice my body from the get go. i just fell in love with the sport. >> before 13 of the long island bombers were legally blind or visually impaired, they had the chance to see and remember the simple things in baseball, such as what a baseball diamond or baseball glove looks like. except for jim hughes, who was too young to remember the things we see every day. >> i think losing my vision at three was -- i think made the road a little easier to be honest with you. >> jim's mother lost her vision and four of her five children also lost their sight to this

disease. joseph, the oldest, kept the family solid. >> being blamed in a predominantly sighted world can be challenging, but he always said be strong, never let people say you can't do. >> when jim was only 16, joseph lost his life. >> he used to call me little rock, my family, that's what they called me. he was kind of the big rock for me, and to have that removed was difficult, and did create a lot of difficulty at that age. >> while he continued to play baseball with his bother in his heart, he also found love. >> we met on a blind date. i joked i met a blind guy on a blind date. i knew instantly we were going to get married. >> they tied the knot. they got three children, but there was a problem.

>> i think the most difficult moment was when my daughter was diagnosed with glaucoma, because that no longer is in your control. when it affects your children, that's when you ask the questions like what the hell. >> thankfully through multiple surgeries, sarah can still watch daddy. >> i hope so. you know, she's awesome. she's my little girl. >> she's just proud of him. she writes stories about him at school, about, you know, a hero, and how she just loves him and she's impressed by him, and she loves her dad. >> despite limitations, jim's a blind baseball all-star. a high school history teacher for 20 years and an actor,

starring in b busting loose, featuring richard pryor. through it all, his achievements are glorified. >> he's the most amazing person i've ever met, the most amazing husband i've ever seen, and he is a phenomenal father and a great teacher. as an athlete, you know, he's just impressive. >> so what do you see? an athlete, a husband, or a father? maybe jim hughes wants us to see how he plays the game, the game we call life. >> actually use game is kind of an acronym for being grateful for what you do have, don't dwell on what you don't. the a is for adapting, the m is more motivated. the e is staying motivated. you have to expect excellence from yourself. if you give your all, you should sleep well at night.

>> aljazeera. >> beep baseball was created in the 1960's and played around the u.s. as well as taiwan. >> at the end of our first hour, here's what we're following, the partial government shutdown is in its fourth day. republicans could be working on a deal to end the deadlock. >> woman was killed after trying to drive her car through barriers in the white house. she was thought by police. with an-year-old child was rescued from her car. >> a search and rescue mission is off the coast of italy for people on a boat that sank. >> the nfl is a quarterback driven league. after two starters went down, the browns and bills had to adjust. >> tropical storm karen is brewing in the gulf of mexico. will she develop into a hurricane? i'll have the latest very soon. >> aljazeera continues.

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tomorrow night, fault lines investigates wage practices in the restaurant industry. >> the employers have the upper hand out here. they can steal from you and face very little if any consequences. >> basically this industry is saying, "we don't have to pay these workers at all. they should work for us but we don't have to pay them. >> two thirds of low-wage workers experience wage theft every week. >> you're telling me that these people are allowed to treat people like this and you can't do anything?

>> a car chase puts the u.s. capitol on lockdown. the woman behind the wheel is dead. authorities are trying to determine what caused her to snap. >> president obama canceled a trip to asia saying he needs to get the government back on track. >> the gulf is gearing up for the first major storm of the season, tropical storm karen is bearing down and could strike over the weekend. >> the shoutdown hitting especially hard for one cancer victim. would you her hopes are pinned on treatment from a clinic whose doors are closed tight.

>> today is day four of the government shutdown. the president is canceling a trip to asia. he will remain here at home to monitor the ongoing stalemate. the stalemate eclipsed by a wild chase and shiiteing through the streets of washington, forcing police to lockdown the capitol. we have more on the 12 block chase that brought washington to a stand still. >> investigators worked late into the night at the stamford connecticut home of the woman who place say caused chaos at the capitol thursday afternoon. 34-year-old miriam carey was behind the we'll of the car at the center of a dramatic car chase from the white house to the u.s. capitol. when carey tried to ram the gates, officers opened fire.

as she maneuvered her car to get away, she struck an officer. nearly 20 squad cars chased after her. a capitol police officer crashed into a barrier on the way to the scene. it came to an end on the other side of the hill where police shot her in her car, the capitol this was on lockdown for the 20 minutes security scare. >> we heard pops, three, four, five pops, probably. >> tourists were running from the monuments. >> i dropped down to my knees, and then everybody started -- i said to my husband, where do we go? >> investigators did not find a weapon inside the car, but did find the woman said 1-year-old daughter in the back seat. authorities evacuated 50 people from the connecticut apartment complex where she lives as they deployed a bomb detecting robot to check her home. neighbors are shocked. >> she was pretty quiet, saw her

downtown a couple times. she doesn't appear to seem what happened today, but you never know nowadays. >> her former boss a dentist said he fired her back in 2012 because of her head strong disposition. >> we just had a lot of complaints from her about patients, she was a dental hygienist and just rough. we just decided that for the betterment of our patients that we needed to make a change and hit her go. >> her daughter is in protective custody. her mother said she suffered from serious post partum depression after giving birth to her daughter last year. that was around the time she was also fired from her job. >> capitol police are convinced she did not ram the gates of the white house by accident. they do not know her motive. >> the two officers injured during the event are dual well.

>> president obama said he will not negotiate his signature health care plan to solve the shutdown. >> the without a house was forced to keep its attention on america's budget crisis. the president canceled plans to attend conferences overseas, citing the government shut down. president obama called his indonesian counter parts, who were said to understand the reasons. the president scrubbed a trip earlier in the week when the shutdown showed no signs of easing. secretary of state john kerry will represent the united states at the conferences. this will be secretary kerry's second trip to the region, as he

wraps up talks in japan over new defense initiative to say counter potential threats from north korea and china. >> while president obama will be absent in asia, so will an opportunity for a meeting approximate vladamir putin. >> in the u.s., lawmakers continue the budget fight inside the capitol, but outside, a deadly shootout and car chase between capitol police and a female driver put washington in shutdown. >> the problem we've got is that there's one faction of one party in one half of one branch of

government that so far has refused to allow that yes or no vote unless they get some massive partisan concessions in exchange for doing what they're supposed to be doing anyway. >> the obama administration is raising concerns about the impending debt ceiling deadline. in an op ed article in friday's u.s.a. today, treasury secretary warned that if the u.s. does not pay its bills and triggers a default, millions of americans will suffer. if the united states cannot pay its bills in full and on time, each and every american will be affected, including seen years who rely on social security, veterans who depend on disability payments, children in need of food assistance and doctors and hospitals who treat medicare patients, among others. but there is a glimmer of hope the debt ceiling will be raised by october 17. thursday, house speaker john boehner reportedly told republicans in a private meeting that he will not allow a

default. >> randall pinkston joins us live now from washington. >> john boehner said he will not let partisan politics cause a default on the debt ceiling. can he follow through on that promise with so much political custody between the parties and in his own party? >> the key question is about the political divide in his own party, because if boehner does nothing through and he can, it's just a simple matter of him making a decision, he puts his speakership at risk. what he has to do is to set aside the so-called hastert rule. boehner can do that, but he has a lot of republicans in the house of representatives saying if you do, you won't be speaker anymore. >> wow, ok. keep us posted, randall. >> america's military families

are feeling it is economic strain from the government shutdown especially when it comes to food. the commissaries where they buy discounted groceries closed. >> san diego, one of the biggest military cities in america. suddenly families here are learning to shop without the steep discounts they're used to. >> it's awful. we're paying extra for all of our groceries. with being such a big family. >> at camp pendleton, dozens of base programs have been closed. >> we've had a number of quality of life and welfare programs that are shut down. among them include our libraries, pools, new parent support program, financial readiness seminars. >> here at the naval base on coronado island, active duty training hasn't been cut and the nearby military hospitals are still open, but the commissary

where many go to buy affordable food is now temporarily out of business. >> thousands of families rushed to buy food before the shutdown began. long lines formed before the doors were locked not just here but at every commissary in the country. >> it's shocking, upsetting. >> natalie and kayla are worried about how they will make ends meet. >> we're definitely on a tight budget, and because military alone doesn't make that much. with the closure of the commissary and other buildings on base, it definitely become as lot harder for us. >> the families are now shopping at retail chains, which the ghost says are 30% more expensive than military com sears. kyla spent $50 more are for food than she did last week. she has a message for washington. >> i would say that it's kind of ridiculous that you're taking that away from the people that are fighting for your country.

like that's just ridiculous. they are already having to sacrifice enough as it is. they shouldn't have to sacrifice even more. >> a hardship brought on by a battle out of their control. aljazeera, san diego. >> president obama promised the military that they will be paid through the shutdown, but keep in mind, some civilian workers at the office that processes payroll have been furloughed. >> some major companies with big government contracts are saying the shutdown is affecting operations and may force them to cut jobs. bashar al assad could delay deliveries of some of its new 787 dream liner jets because finishes who sign off on the planes have been if you are furloughed. >> fema workers have been furloughed, but with tropical

storm karen bearing down on the white house region, the white house called them back to work. >> tropical storm karen, which is currently packing 65-mile per hour winds is the first named storm likely to hit the u.s. this year. residents all along the gulf are getting ready for karen. a state of emergency has been declared in mississippi, louisiana and 18 counties across florida. homeowners have boarded windows, stacked sandbags and stock piled food and supplies. tourists have been warned to go back home or don't come in the first place. folks living in low lying areas are encouraged to move to higher ground. where is karen expected to make landfall? for more, let's bring in our

meteorologist. >> currently the storm is across the central gulf of mexico. as we track into tonight, into tomorrow and by tomorrow night, we'll see the storm move further toward the north, northwest and make landfall just south, southeast of new orleans. right now, the storm across the central gulf of mexico. you can see the majority of the thunderstorms associated with the area of low pressure are really off towards the north and east. we have winds pushing in out of the west, really inhibiting the development. we can see the storm garner the strength to really build that wall, that wall of thunderstorms, this will be upgraded to a hurricane. none of us want that to happen, but we'll continue to watch those winds. it's going to make its way further north-northwest. most of the models indicate the storm is going to make landfall just east of new orleans, then

track across the gulf here and make landfall and become an extra tropical storm just to the south and the east of mobile, alabama. we're going to monitor that. rain going to be the primary threat here. a lot of major roadways to take into consideration here. we have new orleans all the way through montgomery, alabama. if you're traveling along i-20, ire 10, rain is the primary concern. >> one of the bona fide power players inside the tea party, sal rousseau joins us next to explain his party's strategy. >> sick with cancer in the middle of the shutdown, one woman's fears that the treatment she desperately needs may not come in time.

>> welcome back. the government shutdown is in its fourth day. there are rum blinks that a deal may be in the works. many point to the tea party in the house for holding up the process, instigating the

shutdown in the first place. sal russo joins us. there are tea party backed members of congress who are pleased with the government being shutdown. is that the position of the tea party express? >> no, we've said very early on, in fact i had an op ed piece that says we oppose the government shutdown, bewe thought there should be a robust debate on obamacare over the last two months. our position is there are serious flaws and it should be defunded and repealed. the five democrats in the senate that would vote to defund obamacare didn't happen. the senate that different views on obamacare, let's find common ground.

so far, president obama and senator reid in the senate have refused to do that. >> let me ask you about defunding as a stretch gee. the mission statement wants to return to constitutional principles. if a bill is passed into law like the health care act, defunding as a tactic, is that a way around the constitution? >> i don't know if it's a way around the constitution. you know, the house of representatives has a responsibility to fund the federal government. funding bills original note in the house. unfortunately we've had one budget in the last five years, congress has not done the process correctly. we shouldn't have a continuing resolution. >> that is the process, though, a continuing resolution that -- that is how things have been done recently is a continuing resolution.

can you answer specifically about defunding as a tactic. >> well, i think our goal was to convince a majority of the senate, which would include all the republicans and five democrats who had agreed to defund obamacare. we're saying lets figure out all the problems with it, at least and at least give people time to work on it and fix some of the problems. >> there is a process for that. >>--mandate like we've done a corporate one. >> there is a process for that. >> yes, and part of the process -- yes, there is, but there's also a process that you have to fund the government and that's the role the house has. they're fulfilling that responsibility -- >> actually, they're not.

they're not performing their responsibilities right now. >> the house is willing to fund all the government except obamacare. they are fund obamacare if concessions are made. postpone the individual mandate. people can get obamacare in the exchanges, but make it optional. there has to be give, there is no give by harry reid or president obama. you can't run a government -- >> you're saying give on a law -- >> when the government is split. >> -- you are saying give on a law. >> yes. yes. you're right. i mean, whether it's the fiscal cliff or sequester, i mean we've had a number of these opportunities where people can come together and make things happen, and make changes that everybody can agree on. that's the art of government is to compromise. right now, the republicans in the senate are eager to compromise and get the shutdown

over with. yesterday, the president wouldn't give an inch. he's got to give something. he's got to work with the republicans in the house and senate and find some acceptable solution and he's not doing that. >> let me ask you this. it seems that many tea party backed members of congress are not showing a lot of respect for the process or not showing a lot of respect for speaker john boehner. is this an effective way to governor? you spoke of the art of governing. there's not a lot of art going on. >> well, i don't think -- i think it's a good thing that people are standing up saying obamacare's flawed. this is an opportunity to fix some of the things. i think that's very responsible. i think what people are sick and fired of is the congress continuing to get along, go along, not do anything, let spending get out of control. our national debt is unsustainable, and yet what does everybody want to do? kick the can down the road as

the phrase has become. i don't think that's responsible. i think it's responsible to dig in and let's fix some of the problems we have in our country and stop bickering all the time. it takes two to tangle. the republicans are willing to meet and discuss and debate and argue and compromise and as president obama and harry reid are refusing to do that. >> ok-- >> i think the shutdown is squarely an their shoulders. >> thank you for your time, i appreciate it. >> a boat packed with african may go grants sank thursday off the coast of southern italy, killing more than 100 people. the boat caught fire and capsized. hundreds of people were onboard. officials say this accident may have involved human trafficking. >> so far, a challenge i go day for the search and rescue operators facing adverse weather conditions as they try to get more bodies that are trapped in the boat.

the search for survivors is looking very slim now. they are focusing on trying to get the remains of the bodies, which were trapped on the boat, as well as the sea bed. in fact, the situation looks quite bad now for the chance of finding survivors. the health assistance program is requesting more coffins for the dead. on friday morning, a boat carrying loads of coffins arrived. those are now to be taken to the hangar where the bodies are awaiting and taken to sicily. so far, the rescue operators are waiting for better weather conditions. as far as the people here are concerned, there is a feeling, a sense that this is really yet another time where they've had to step in and help out people who arrive here on the island after a traumatic journey,

desperately tired, hungry, fleeing conflict situations in africa in the middle east, it's not a case where they don't want to offer help. they are happy to offer help. the islands are used to this now, they have a sense where they will go out and help people who are caught in dangerous situations on the sea, but what they want and are asking for is for the e.u. to provide a better resource, for them here. they say they cannot deal with it themselves. people who come here don't come to visit, they come to stay in the e.u., therefore it's more of a european problem rather than just an italian problem. >> the disaster is being called one of the worst in europe's decade long immigration crisis. >> let's turn to business news now and your chance to own part of a very big company. >> twitter that plans to go

public and you can buy stock in the company. it will be the biggest tech launch since facebook last year. twitter has seas of nearly $317 million, but hasn't made a profit since 2010. however, one silicone valley entrepreneur said twitter could be bigger than facebook. >> building awareness, building that back and forth communication is not one way direct communication. you're actually able to hear from the consumer, react to it in realtime, really, really build that deep engagement. >> twitter has 215 million monthly active users. >> on wall street, investors will trade without a key piece of information today. the first part of the month is when the department of labor puts out its monthly jobs report. the department is closed for business and can't release those numbers today. that report is normally a major market mover. if you don't have a job, you're

not going to be spending money. j.p. morgan chase's diamond is no longer chairman of the main bank chase. he remains chief executive of the parent company. diamond gave up the title to conform to a new internal policy on multiple roles. >> that's an entering change for jami diamond. >> many book stores face challenges in a digital era, with people opting for e. books. a store has found a way to stick with tradition and still thrive. >> the store doesn't take up a lot of real estate. amid the shelves, you'll find a world of words to pursue. its regular customers consider it not just a place of commerce, but a comfortable local institution. >> we used to go to the big book

stores, but they're a drive, and they don't seem to be as in touch with my community. >> people come here answered it is about books, but it's a lot about the conversation that happens around the books. >> this college student who works here said the bookstore has another distinction. >> just a place for people to feel comfortable being serious. >> the store's owners admit they can't beat the big book sellers on price or self space, so they found other ways of attracting customers. >> we've had at least three proposals of marriage, you can't do that on amazon. they are competitive, but we do have our niche. >> neighborhood book stores are experiencing a resurgence. sales were up 8% and more independent stores keep opening up as the u.s. economy slowly climbs back.

electronic book readers like kindle and nuke once predicted to turn paper books into museum pieces are a receding threat. >> the growth rate of electronic devices has been falling. six in every 10 american readers say they are not interested in e books. >> social media we can do today in the exact same way that our national competitors, big national corporate chains can do. >> signs of more chapters yet to come for the local bookstore. >> many traditional small book stores are trying to incorporate digital invasions. some have looked into crowd funding on line to deal with recent increases and also other challenges. >> finding fault with the

shutdown. >> how do you deny them access? >> it's difficult. >> it should be difficult. >> why this texas congressman is hot under the collar. how the shutdown has shut this woman out of a possibly life saving cancer treatment.

my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just

really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. these are our top stairs. the woman shot and killed in the nation's capitol after trying to ram the white house with her car may have been suffering from post partum depression. she led police on a high speed chase with her 1-year-old daughter in the car. >> tropical storm karen, furloughed workers have been called back to work to prepare for the storm. karen is expected to make landfall this weekend.

>> president obama has canceled his trip to asia next week in order to deal with the budget. thursday, the house passed a bill to restore funding to the national guard, but senate democrats maintain they will not agree to opening the government piece by piece. >> tense confrontations between a congressman and furloughed worker at a memorial in d.c. the memorial is officially closed for the second day vets showed up trying to get in. a furloughed worker lashed out at a canning man. >> how do you look at them and say how can you deny them access no. >> it's difficult. >> well, it should be difficult. >> it is difficult, i'm sorry, sir. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> this woman is doing her job, just like him, a 30 year veteran, i'm out of work. >> the reason you are is mr. reed. >> no, it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> the world war ii vets were

eventually allowed to enter. >> more than 18,000 employees at the national institute of health have been sent home because of the shutdown. it is having an affect on methodical research across the country. we have more in my the university of washington. >> the doctor is a cancer fighter, running the tumor vaccine group at the university of washington. with a 50 person laboratory and clinical staffer, she has a $4 million a year budget. tax dollars pay for most of it. >> 50% of hour laboratory research is coming from the national institute of health. from the clinical standpoint, our our clinical trials are funded by the national institute of health. >> the work should continue unaffected for now, but at the clinic with new developments tested on human volunteers, one trial has already been put on hold. they can't schedule a required on site visit by a federal regulator. >> a lot of our patients are

very advanced stage breast cancer points, of through the conventional therapies and their next treatment would be clinical trial and that's what we can't offer them. >> no public university in the country gets more bio medical research money from the nih than this one. it's hard to say when it will stop coming. >> the unknowns are very difficult, so, if, you know, it was going to be done this week, then, you know, that was a nice little drama in our lives, but longer than that, it does start to have an impact. >> there is tremendous frustration over the political fight that could bring the lab and clinic to a halt. >> it is ironic that the reason this is happening is because people are battling about people's access to health care. >> while they are already beginning to people the effects of the shoutdown, the doctor won't have a good idea about any major long term impacts on

staff, patients and research for at least another two weeks, if this lasts that long. aljazeera, seattle, washington. >> the national in substitutes of health clinical center will have a turn away about 200 patients each week if the shutdown continues. that means that for some, the shutdown really is a matter have life and death truly. up to 70 employees have been furloughed and that is having a direct impact on the people they serve. michelle is a cancer patient who thought she was on the verge of a potentially life saving treatment, now she's forced to wait. michelle, thank you so much for getting up so early for us. we appreciate it. we want to know your story. tell me more about your diagnosis and how you're doing right now. >> thank you, richelle. i'm doing very well right now, given the circumstances. i was originally diagnosed in

2011 when i was pregnant and i went to the doctor thinking i had kidney stones and it was found that i had a rather large tumor on my kidney that was growing, and i had that tumor removed shortly thereafter when i was 17 weeks pregnant. it was thought to be benign at the time, so i was happy to hear about that, however shortly after giving birth to my daughter in february of 2012, they found that the cancer had unfortunately spread to multiple spots on my spine and my skull, and i was at that time diagnosed. >> what is the treatment you have been going through? >> after i was diagnosed i started radiation shortly thereafter, and after radiation, i had two different regiments of comb my therapy. i had my last dose of chemo on

july of this year. >> we'll talk about why that was your last dose in just a moment, that's very, very key why you're not doing that again. you started to look for alternatives for a cure. how did you find out about this particular trial with the nih? >> i ended up finding this particular trial on clinicaltrials dot.gov after talking to my doctor about options available to me. frankly, your body is not supposed to be on chemotherapy long term. your body has a difficult time recovering after multiple rounds, so my options were running out. doctors said i needed to start looking for future options. >> can you just tell us what that moment was like when a doctor tells you to look for other options?

>> it's very scary. sarcoma is a very rare cancer, just representing less than 1% of all cancers. there really isn't a cure out there. there's just a couple of approved treatments that are available, and really, there's no promise that you're going to be cured, and after having a baby, and having a specialist telling me that with stage four sarcoma and as i was tying nosed, that individuals diagnosed with stage four on average live up to a year, it was extremely scary finding that out. >> i guess it must have been the other end of the spectrum when you found there's something that may help me, this particular clinical trial with nih may help me. explain to me finding out about the trial and getting so close and then it not happening. >> to find out that this trial could possibly be the miracle

drug i'm looking for, and there is no promise, but it was better than the other options available to me. it was very exciting, exciting that i might be able to think about the future again, whereas before, it was unknown, so to find this clinical trial and be excited and then at the same time told that it was going to be put on hold possibly because of the government shutdown was just a big blow, honestly. >> has anyone since you found out that everything is basically in a holding pattern, has anyone from n.i.h., from the government been in touch with you to keep you informed, to tell you anything? >> no. as far as i know, the office is closed down, the bit of information i received was this last monday from the clinical research coordinator telling me that they had received my records and they had just begun the diagnostic and reevaluation process, however that would be put on hold if the government were to be shutdown.

>> how do you feel that this could be fixed, like this could be fixed and you could be on the verge of being part of this clinical trial. are you upset, angry? i don't want to put words in your mouth, but how do you feel? >> i am, i am so incredibly frustrated that this did not need to happen. no one wanted this to happen. if this is something we can all agree on that the government should not have been shut down. it makes me frustrated that their lack of inactivity is putting lives at risk. >> so you had to stop chemo to make yourself even eligible for this trial, right? that's correct. chemotherapy does put your body at risk for lower blood counts. there's a certain blood count that i need to be on this trial. so by continuing on chemo, it puts me at risk for being approved for this trial. however, since starting chemo,

doctors found a new spot. you never know how cancer's going to react to a patient. it's patient by patient how quickly it's going to spread. in my case, it did spread, which makes me needing to be on this clinical trial even more so. >> the truth of the matter is the last government shutdown we had lasted three weeks. is there a point at which you have to give up on this trial and do something else? i don't know, go back to como? is there a point in which you say i cannot wait on this anymore? >> i am afraid that i'll get to that point eventually. i hope it does not come to that. i have spoken to my doctor about alternatives and still have the option to go back on my last chemo regiment or start on an oral chemo that doesn't have quite the same effects. they're short term effects for benefits, or radiation.

>> michelle langburn. please keep us posted. we hope you can get exactly what you need as soon as possible and your beautiful family. thanks for sharing with us. you have a gorgeous daughter. >> thank you so much, richelle, i appreciated it. thank you for letting me speak on this issue. >> absolutely. the pope is meeting children with disabilities at assisi. the pope was with cardinals he selected for a radical change prom for the vatican. he wants to welcome the poor, sick and disabled to the church. he visited assisi. look at that crowd there. >> good morning, we're monitoring the gulf of mexico all because of tropical storm

karen. that system is considered a tropical storm looking quite disorganized. it will probably remain a tropical storm as it tracks further into the north. we expect it to make landfall just to the east of new orleans. most models take the storm there. we are going to see across the gulf of mexico here, and then on to shore again where it will become an extra tropical storm just to the east of mobile abalabama. 89 primary impact is certainly going to be the rain. heavy rainfall out there along i-10, just to the east of new orleans, we could see up to four inches of rain extending into montgomery alabama. at the coastline, we are looking at heavy rain really across the florida panhandle, as well. we're going to continue to

monitor the system. i think it will make landfall late saturday night into early sunday morning. across the united states, take a look here. we have blizzard warnings in effect across wyoming and a warm front he could tending into the plains. a lot of moisture is pushing in out of the gulf, a lot of instability in the atmosphere. last night, we had nine reports of tornadoes. we have a cold mass pushing into an area that's really warm. along that torontoal boundary, that's where we're going to see strong thunderstorms. we have the potential to see tornadoes in addition to damages winds in excess of 60-65 miles per hour, and large hail all the way from minneapolis and madison wisconsin down into oklahoma city. we're going to monitor that closely throughout the day. >> do keep us posted. thank you so much. >> a recent coverage in elephant poaching is putting the elephant on the brink of extinction.

they are calling for an international march for elephants with a protest taking place today. they hope to put an end to approaches stealing tusks for their valuable ivory. craig joins us from hong kong where customs agents took in a record haul of these illegally traded husk. tell us about that and the effect on the elephant population. >> it's the fourth custom seizure this year, and among nine that have taken place in the last couple of years. in this particular one there was a street value of $105 million. in july, they seized a record 1,280 tusks. that's an entire herd. that's 600 elephants wiped out, stuck into containers and shipped across the world. here in hong kong, a major

transit point for this very lucrative item, trading in ivory takes place in china and thailand where the tusks are seen as being exceedingly valuable. these syndicate are very well organized and there's money to be made and that's why these elephant populations are being decimated across the world. >> can you tell us more about the value of these tusks specifically in china and hong kong? you touched on it, but can you tell us more? >> yeah, sure. the elephant ivory is used to make trinkets. these ornaments are valuable, given to nobility in signs of health and respect. more recently, because ivory is a fine night resource and elephants are being decimated around the world, it's seen as something worthy of investment. that's a worrying sign, because

last year, 34,000 elephants were killed. that's one elephant killed every 15 minutes, and if that rate continues, it means there will be no more elephants left on the planet by 2025, all to make simple ornaments to stick on people's shelves. it's a terrible tragedy and we all associate elephants as being very iconic symbols, very similar to humans with their characteristics. this trade is wiping them out. >> you're saying that elephants could be extinge. that's tragic. >> as many as 10,000 pacific walruses are huddled on a small island off the coast of alaska. it is believed they are there because the polar ice caps are melting. pictures of the ma'am malls laying out on a stretch of beach less than one mile long, the number taking refuge has getly increased in the past five years. >> hoping for better days in

japan, japanese look to the past to move forward in technology. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next.

>> we have sports, the baseball postseason is all forward up now. >> it is. one phrase you'll hear a lot, good pitching beats good hitting. i know, it's not rocket science. i understand that, everybody. the last time the dodgers won the world series was 1988, the year the current ace was born. after his performance last night, it's obvious he wants to help his team reach its former glory. the dodgers add a pair of runs, adrian gonzalez, gone. look at kershaw. he took care of the rest. dominant in seven innings of work, allowed one earned run in only three hits. he matched his season high striking out the side in the seventh. there's a reason this guy had anker r.a. of 1.83 in the regular season.

this one, no contest, 6-1 dodgers. >> you get runs like that, you get runs early. there's a certain amount of confidence you have. you know your guys are going to keep scoring for you. you try not to walk anybody. unfortunately, i walked three guys tonight, but it's just a great team win all the way around. >> i love the hair. now in the other nhl division series, game one between the pirates and cardinals in st. louis. a third inning explosion north hole team, a rocket off a.j. burnett, 422 feet, 3-0 cards. st. louis put up a seven spot in the third. david frees at the plate right now. john j. comes home on the throwing error by marlon byrd. three errors by the pirates. pittsburgh managed just four hits. adam wainwright pucks up the win for st. louis, the cardinals

across 9-1. >> burnett today was able to fall behind the count you the and we were able to take advantage. that's what happened today. he's a guy sometimes you got to be aggressive, sometimes when that slider is not getting there for a strike, you got to go patient and try to put yourself in hitter's count. as soon as i hit, i knew that ball was going to be gone and give us three runs right there. it's a great feeling when you're able to contribute. i've been able to come through. i really enjoy it. at the same time, i'm happy with the opportunity. >> a full slate of division series games today in the national league. the pirates and cardinals square off in game two. the braves and dodgers in atlanta for the second game of that series. a pair of game once. the tigers and a's open up in oakland. >> two weeks ago, the browns traded trend richardson a year

after drafting him third overall, sending shock waves around the nfl. the general consensus was the browns have given up on the season and want to build for the future. the planning ahead part is still true, but this season has taken an interesting turn. last night, the browns looked for their third straight win since the trade. brian hoyer looking to roll out, browns down 7-0. he scrambles and is hit sliding for the first down. hoyer goes down as alonzo hits him and how are stayed down, suffering a sprint knee on the play. he did not return. how are will undergo an m.r.i. today. that's e.j. manual, struggling to get out of bounds. tyshawn gibson appears to hit his right knee with his shoulder. he did not return, a sprained ankle, as well.

picked off by t.j. ward and ward is gone. 44 yards later, make it three straight wins for the browns 37-24. >> josh free man is out in tampa bay. after trying to trade him. he was released yesterday. he was the team's number one pick in 2009 and the bucks finished with him at helm. he went 11-23 as a starter and recently benched in favor of the rookie. >> on campus, in iowa last night, iowa state hosting texas fourth quarter. twenty yards up the gut, and breaking tackles as he goes. he's in the end zone, 27-24 iowa state. mccoy looking for receiver, scrambling trying to find daniels. there's a hankie, interference in the end zone. that sets up a touchdown.

31-30 longhorns is your final. >> matt brown was like yay, i might still have a job. >> a major tech show in japan is showing off google glass, which muck other things can translate text almost immediately. the exhibit has all sorts of gadgets that promise a glimpse into the future. the excitement isn't as great as in recent years, despite the cutting edge display. >> in japan's high tech world, the exhibition has always been greeted with excitement when the biggest names provide the first glimpses of innovations from their laboratories. this year, there are glasses that allow to you watch movies as if projected on to a wall and watch that is tell you how much

sleep you're not getting. overall, there's less excitement, like hope someone will bring back the activity. >> it's fortunate make it simple for the consumers to understand how one project can transform their lifestyle. >> after years of stagnation, some of the big companies seem to focus more on improving existing technology rather than creating new ideas. >> most of the innovations on display here aren't on the market yet. the concern remains for japanese companies that while they struggle to find the budgets to fine tune their inventions, they'll be beaten by foreign com pets force. >> those are sad words to hear as he tinkers away in his workshop in suburban tokyo. he believes manufacturers should look back to find the best way

forward. he tries his best to keep the glory days of made in japan alive. he collects, repairs and sells eye cantic electronics from the 1970's and 1980s, mainly cassette tape players. some of them sell for thousands of dollars. >> back then, designers didn't have computers. they had to develop products by hand and there were many things they couldn't do as freely as today. having those restrictions inspires them. nowadays with computers, i believe designers are losing their creativity. >> he hopes some of the inspiration of decades past will begin to rub off on today's manufacturers. aljazeera, tokyo. >> many firms at the tech exhibit have their eyes on the 2020 tokyo olympics and the possibilities their technologies could offer by then. thank you for watching aljazeera america. you can always check out our

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