aljazeera.com/considerthis or on our facebook or google plus pages or go to twitter. we'll see you next time. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. >> open the government, please. the impact - people hit hard by the shutdown add up the damage and worry about what's next. pictures of terror - new video of the horrible massacre at the kenyan mall. and the threat of commuter chaos. san francisco braces for a transit strike that could affect hundreds of thousands.

>> tonight we examine the cost of the financial crisis in washington. on the day after it ended federal workers are back on the job. monuments, offices and parks are open. the cost is believed to be in the tens of billions. what did the shutdown mean for americans, workers for businesses? two weeks ago in the middle of the shutdown we met douglas shaw, who owns the yosemite rustic bay mountain resort. we talked about the impact of the shutdown and the closing of the yosemite national park had on his business. >> we are debating whether to pay mortgage or we should pay payroll. >> that was then. now doug is back with us. how are you? >> ecstatic. feeling pretty good. i mean, we woke up this morning, the sun was shining and a beautiful autoum day, yes.

>> what did the shutdown mean for you, how did it affect you now it's over? >> honestly, it was traumatising. it was like swimming across the spring river with a screaming monkey on your back. it was just a hard psychological slow, because you didn't know what was going to happen next. right now i'd say, you know, we are doing okay. we are looking at it positive. >> you depend on yosemite national park. it was closed down, and that meant your resort suffered and your business suffered. how many did it cost you? >> we lost, i think, about $80,000. that's just for this. i think the county lost tax revenues of about $600,000, and i think the region, the yosemite

region - it's estimated at $20 million - that's a lot. >> it is a lot. the furloughed workers will get backpay, but, of course, you won't. what is your reaction to that? >> i don't think anybody really cares. i mean, yes, of course my guests do, and i do, and my friends and family, but i don't think anybody in washington cares about that. i look at it as lost money and it's aggravating, it's upsetting, it sets us behind. but who will help me out with that. congress is certainly not going to step forward and say, "here is how i can help you for the losses" >> who did you ask to help you with that?

>> with our losses? with our situation? tom mc-clintock is the representative. i asked a manager aide in congress to give us a buzz. my business partner caroline called and asked the same thing. we had dozens, if not tens of dozens of people that called in for us. i know a lot of regional businesses felt and did the same thing. this bought the community together to say this is not okay. but no, i think we did a lot to get his attention, to say this is not acceptable. but i just don't think he's listening. i mean, there was a meeting - it was a monthly representative

meeting, but it got taken off the schedule. we were dying to go and say, "you know", like it's a local meeting, "this is our problem, this is what we think about this. we understand what you're trying to do, but we don't think it's okay to close down government in the process." whether or not we agreed with those politics, i think we all agree that it's not okay to close down government because it effects us obviously. we represent about 50% - 50% of his constituency. i don't know. i don't think anyone is listening. >> we reached to congressman tom mcclintock who told us he tried to pass a piecemeal bill to reopen national parks. that was never put to a vote in u.s. senate.

we are looking 2-3 months before the next deadline. i am sure you are wondering what will happen then; right? >> yes. yes i'm sort of disappointed he still voted against - or voted against reopening government yesterday. considering how much harm it puts on us. there's a lot of locals. we've been talking. we are worried about the next round. i mean, what is going to happen? how far are they going to take it, and i don't think any of us are ready for next round. so we are worried. we are worried. >> doug, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. douglas shaw in california. good luck to you. >> thank you so much. well, loggers around the country are getting back to work. some sooner than expected. a judge in organ ruled that logging companies can resume

operations on federal lands immediately. that means they don't have to wait for written permission from washington. during the shutdown members of the timber industry sued the government after they were ordered to stop work. as for the overall cost of the government shutdown experts put the price tag in the billions, richelle carey has the breakdown. >> the government shutdown lasted 16 days. according to standard&poors the cost to the u.s. economy in that short time $24 billion. that breaks down to $1.5 billion a day. the shutdown also reduced the projected growth of the u.s. economy for the last quarter of the year from 3% to 2.4%. it's a significant amount. here is a breakdown of the staples of the economy. 3.1 billion lost in government services. that's things like childcare for military families to inspections by the saa. revenue loss because national

parks were closed $76 million and travel took a hit. the u.s. travel association said the economy missed out on $150 million each day. that's a stunning $2.4 billion loss during the shutdown on travel alone. the drag on the economy is likely to continue. hundreds of thousands of federal workers returning to their jobs. they'll get backpay but contractors - they'll lose out. in the new deal - it's a short-term deal. retailers are concerned consumer confidence could be low and it could have an impact on the holiday season. >> president obama has plenty of issues to address now the shutdown is over. the president had tough words for members of congress. he spoke about what is next on his political agenda. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> in the aftermath of the

overwhelming victory that the president scored in congress on wednesday nights, the president wanted to build momentum towards his agenda. he declared there was no winners in the debate, and the impasse or crisis proceeding everything that happened before the vote, and if you look through the eyes of those who suffered the $20 billion in economic loss, the 800,000 government workers that were fur lold, they were not winners. the president and john boehner admits that. we saw a stern president, saw him scolding the republicans for damaging the economy, and the nation's reputation overseas, and once again made a call for an end not partisanship and gridlock bringing the nation to the press pi. >> now that the government recoped and the threat to the economy is removed all of us need to stop focussing on the

lobbyists, bloggers, talking heads and professional activists that profit from conflict and focus on what the majority of americans sent us here to do - grow the economy, create good jobs, strengthen the middle class, educate our kids, lay the foundation for brode base prosperity and get our fiscal house in order for the long hall. >> the president has three months until january 15th when the next lot of negotiations have to come through to get down to the nuts and bolts of issues - first, the budget itself. house republicans, senate democrats sitting together to hammer out a budget and come up with a unified budget from congress for the first time in five years. the immigration bill, a big push expected. it has pass the the senate. a controversial bill. those affiliated with the tea party, amnesty, and those that support the bill, a path for

citizenship for 11 million people here illegally. the president wants a farm bill down. it's an issue passing with little controversy in the climate of fiscal conservities m. like the farm bill. farmers and potentially consumers could suffer as a result. the president laying it on the line, talking candidly and scolding republicans in the aftermath of the impasse that brought about the votes in congress last night. >> mike viqueira at the white house. there are questions about a long-term budget solution. last night's deal let's the government borrow through february 7th and funds workers and the government. melissa chan has more. >> capitol hill is quite in dramatic contrast to washington dc which came back to live as thousands got back to the job,

filling up the restaurants, kafs and stations with a lot of energy. capitol hill the energy is pretty much zapped from this place after the last few time utility use weeks and votes to raise the debt ceiling and get the federal government up and running. the question that everyone is asking is can the next set of agenda items go anywhere. there's a focus on tone and the manner that the parties are speaking to each other. nancy pelosi in the house was critical of republicans. >> was their temper tantrum worth $24 billion? i don't think so. perhaps they didn't know how costly it would be. who now the figure. >> so you can hear there not really a coming together and compromise moment. as a debt panel comes together to look at budget reform issues, there's some doubt of whether they'll be able to get much done. they come from different

perspectives. the republicans, leading the effort, congressman paul ryan and others voted against the reopening. democrats coming from a different place. we'll watch to see if they'll get work done by the mid december deadline. in terms of the battle that some of the tea party republicans went to the mat for, trying to push back against the federal health care law, which they call obamacare, senator ted cruz told abc news that he's not done fighting against the law, even if it goes as far as shutting down the government. >> i would do anything and continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obamacare. what i intend to do is continue standing with the american people to work to stop obamacare, because it isn't working, it's costing jobs and taking away health care. >> still a lot of polarisation on capitol hill, and a lot of

licking of the wounds by members who feel they weren't listened to enough in the negotiation process over the last couple of weeks. >> libby casey reporting. the san francisco bay area is hours away from a major transit strike. a walk out by bay area rapid transit union workers could strand 200,000 daily commuters. talks of pay and benefits fell apart. melissa chan is in san francisco with more. any chance of avoiding the walk out? >> the unions essentially said that they are going to start striking at midnight, and the onus is on management. what is surprising is that it looked like they were getting closer to a deal, even as recently as wednesday evening, last night, the federal meetiator saying that progress had been made. if you look at earlier this week, the two sides were about $16 million apart. they managed to resolve the

issue. so you well wonder that if they managed to figure out the salary issue, what the problem is. bart management came out to say that their offer is final and it's the best offer. >> our system is 20 years old and we need an investment in it. today i put across a table, a 30% raise, a 12% package for our workers. it includes a 4% pension payment. it includes a 9.5% equivalent medical correction, and it includes a good deal of rules and regulations that will help retain the balance of management rights at bartz so we are able to better manage the system. >> so that does seem very generous from bart management. and what they would like to keep saying and hammering is the average union worker makes about

upwards of $70,000 a year. but on the other hand the unions say that doesn't go far in the city of san francisco, an expensive place to live. they have other issues beyond the salary issues, so they say they are going to strike unless bart management approaches them first in the next few hours. >> how will this affect commuters in the morning? >> well, this is the fifth largest transport system in the entire country - 200,000 use the bart rail system, and if you count each person going to and from work, that's 400,000 trips. now, they did strike this past summer in july for 4.5 days. the impact, according to one economic institute, was 73 million in terms of affecting the city, and a loss. so this time around, the akry moany, the words are tougher, and if they strike, a lot of people think it will last longer than four days. you know, just project that in

terms of the economic pain. >> melissa in san francisco for us. thank you. you are more likely to get cancer from air pollution than second-hand smoke according to a report from the wortion world health organization this is the first time health pol use -- pollution has been labelled as a direct cause of cancer. >> following that - any given day in budget this is what the skies beijing this is what the skies look like. remember the olympics in beijing, there was a reason with smog. i went to one website. this is the air quality index over most of asia. where you see the red dot is the problem. where the maroon dot is - it's hazardous.

we have figures to the west of beijing, massive air pol use. it goes across most of china, because of industrial pollution. keeping in the area, we are looking at typhoon francisco. the joint typhoon warning system upgraded this. it's equivalent to a kat 4 hurricane, keeping the track the same, heading to japan, possibly on wednesday. >> we'll come back to you later. still ahead - officials in kenya release chilling video of last month's deadly mall attack.

>> new images from inside the mall attacked in kenya last month. the surveillance video obtained by routers offers a look at how the siege began. when it was over 67 were dead.

>> chilling images from inside the westgate mall. one moment shoppers - some with children - are browsing. the next sheer chaos, security guards tripping over people. everyone crawling on the ground for cover. other pictures show two shooters casually walking into the mall. the halls are empty, shopping carts abandoned. more shooters look for targets, guns drawn. one man already down, and shot again at close range. >> it's a nightmare that people should be doing something they enjoy doing, going to a prem yair mall, and having their lives at risk. >> robert mccreed teaches security management at the john jay college of security management and says the u.s. is full of soft targets. >> in some ways malls are greater risk for public than

city centres are because in malls there are very tight accesses, and so people are in a confined area. someone is able to shoot people without them being able to run - it's interesting that the mall that was chosen, westgate, was the premium mall. it says something about the type of people that the terrorists wanted to influence - wanted to send a message too. >> ron says he thinks the u.s. is not completely safe from the attack. tighter security means there'll be fewer casualties. >> the mall of america is an example of a mall that thinks a lot about risks of this sort. it's - they have plans for active shooting, and all malls that are of high vulnerability. >> kenyan authorities are

watching this video to piece together clues about the gunmen. the somali-owned group claimed responsibility, but investigators don't now how many attackers were involved. >> president obama chose the next person he'd like to hoed the department of homeland security. the white house says he'll nominate jay johnson, who served as a counterterrorism advisor during barack obama's first term. he's a top tenth lawyer. he supervised the escalation of drone strikes and worked on the appeal of don't ask, don't tell. four former guards who worked for the government agency blackwater face new criminal charges, accused of killing dozens of innocent civilians in 2007, shooting in iraq.

>> september 2007, baghdad's source square. u.s. securitiy contractors opened fire on the crowd without provocation. the u.s. justice department is going to put on trial four of those guards for multiple counts of voluntary manslaughter, and firearms violations. the guards used to work for the company known as blackwater worldwide, a company which had many close ties to the bush administration, and for a time conducted nearly all the security operations for the u.s. military and the state department in iraq. however, the justice department, once it found out about the mass abbinger decided to charge six of the guards with the manslaughter and firearms charges. however, the case was thrown out in 2009 because of justice department allegedly concealed evidence from the defense. however, a judge recently decided that that was a mistake,

and so the justice department had a second chance to bring the case. now, four of the men are going to be standing trial on the charges, including multiple counts of voluntary manslaughter. if there's long-term goals, it's that it might improve relationships between the united states and iraq. the first case was dismissed, it angered iraqi citizens and the government that vice president joe biden had to offer an apology to the government and people. no word yet on when the four former guards for blackwater will be reiarraigned for go on trial. >> laws will be made, zoning laws. liquor control board is abowing 333 marijuana retail stores to open across the state. sales are expected to begin by the middle of next year.

>> ross is here with sport. the season hasn't started. a superstar is looking ahead to next year; is that right. >> carmelo anthony is causing drama. he wants to be a free agent after the season. one problem - we haven't played this season. carmelo can sign with the knick's or the la lakers or whomever he choses. mike woodson, his coach is not happy saying, "he has to worry about this season only." more drama in texas. nolan ryan resigned as the rangers ceo, on halloween. the rangers were scary bad before the ryan express. since becoming president the rangers went to the play-offs three straight times, world series twice and posted a winning record in five straight seasons. 6 six-year-old nolan ryan says

he's open to coming back with another team. >> the grambling state football program is a hot mess. they had three coaching changes. on tuesday the players walked out of a meeting. in the past two days the players didn't bother to show up to practice. the frustration stems from the fact that they have lost 7 straight games and doug williams was fired two weeks into the season. they play on saturday if they decide to show up. >> talk to you later. >> when the government shutdown started, we took you to a diner popular with nasa workers. tonight we go back to find out what some are saying now that they are back to work. that's next. preparing for the big one - while millions of people practice earthquake drills, an investigation finds hundreds of big buildings might crumble if the earth starts to shake in california.

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america. i'm john siegenthaler. here is a look at the headlines. san francisco residents could face a nightmare commute the city's transit union say they'll go on strike midnight pacific time against the bart rail system. the unions have been negotiating for months - the talks fell apart earlier today. the justice department filed manslaughter charges against four blackwater security guards - they are accused with the 2007 shooting in baghdad that left 17 unarmed civilians dead. the attorney said the men acted in self-defense against an insurgent pack. furloughed federal employees are at work, national parks are open. the tea party members were determined to overhaul the president's health care program. >> the new agreement keeps the government running for the next three months.

the treasury department can borrow for less than four months. >> patty culhane has a look at what is ahead. >> there were more than a few photoops to mark the reopening of the federal government. as the streets of washington dc filled up with workers, tourist spots reopened and federal money flowed again. >> found it. >> perhaps no one captured the emotions of the moment more than abigail vogt. >> happy. >> she's terminally ill. her father counts on his veterans' benefits to pay for care. >> some talk about poll numbers. >> president obama echoed the country's record level of anger. >> there are no winners here. the last few weeks inflicted completely unnecessary damage on the economy. >> and it's not over. republicans and democrats have given themselves a couple of months to come up with a

long-term budget deal. the negotiators don't sound optimistic. >> talking doesn't guarantee success. if you don't get together you can't move forward. >> it's not clear how the republicans who control the house will move forward. the latest crisis was created by conservative members, called the tea party, it seems they are unlikely to change tactics. >> people that say - the tea party members - they'll be home and pillaried. they don't understand the system. they'll wave flags, the people, because this is what their particular constituency wanted. >> getting a budget deal would require lawmakers to have the courage to go against what the constituents want. that is why federal workers like doug parker are worryied. a lot of people are concerned. i hope the lessons are not watched. that they don't want to go through that. commonsense does not seem to be - there's not a deep

reservoir of it. >> for now the country found some reason to celebrate - at least for now. >> mack mclarty was chief of staff and later an advisor to president clinton during the last government shutdown. i asked about the need to come up with a long-term debt solution. >> the world needs the united states to be a healthy country from an economic and political standpoint. that is really the rudder, if you will, the stablilizer of the world economy and the geopolitical situation. i hope we can move forward. that is what the president is trying to do. whether he'll accomplish that we'll have to see. >> what is the problem since the clinton days. is there a lack of trust - republicans and democrats. is it worse than that? >> i think it's a lot of - it's a different time and place. bear in mind now president clinton in the 6.5 years that i was privileged to serve in the

white house, and after, there was more difficult times, and so forth, although president clinton finished his last year in office strongly, and enjoys a high popularity aapproval rating. it's a different time and place. gerrymandering - a lot has been written and talked about that. the way we finance, i don't like it,st unhealthy. we have echo chambers in terms of how people get their news, so it reinforces beliefs and it doesn't encourage constructive conversation either at a local level or in washington. it's a different time and place. at the heart of it, jean, what you suggest is right. i mean all politics is based in diplomacy at the ends of day on some level of personal relationship and therefore some measure of trust >> they have a few weeks to figure it out before we run into

this again, it looks like. >> that's a concern. this is a can-kicking contest. we look like we have champion can-kicking contests. we need to address our problems. >> thank you to mack mclarty. federal workers were not the only americans affected. small businesses and communities where federal workers live suffered as well. >> heidi zhou-castro visited a houston diner that welcomed back nasa workers. >> people in clear lake city is happy that the shutdown is over. the community sprung up to support nasa. the furlough was tough on the community. finally at frenchies, a local restaurant talked away from johnson space center - business is up. you can see from the walls how important nasa is to supporting the restaurant. and how important the nasa

employees are, and that brings us to bridget. thank you for joining us. you work in the payroll department at nasa. you are back to work today after 16 days. how does that feel? >> it feels great to be back at work. that's all we wanted, to go back to work to serve the american people. >> i imagine the last two weeks though must have been hard on you and your family. how did you get through it? >> i went to the bank wednesday. i didn't know how much longer we would be out and moved a lot of money around to cover my bills that was coming up due. >> you happen to work for the payroll department. i imagine you've been taking questions from your fellow employees about when and if they'll get backpay. what is the response? >> they will be paid on time. our next schedule of pay date was october 25th. they'll be paid for the 14 days for this pay period, plus the back pay. they'll be made whole on

october 25th. >> great news for your family and a lot of folks. nasa - it's continuing in its mission. the director of the johnson space center issued a letter to employees urging them to hit the ground running. they have a quick deadline approaching on november 6th. a russian rocket will carry supply astronauts to the international space station, and thatta must be prepared to support that mission. >> the budget deal didn't just reopen the government, it authorised nearly $3 billion for a controversial dam project on the ohio river. critics are calling it pure pork. jonathan martin has that story. >> the u.s. army corp of engineers is in the middle of a big project along a busy waterway. it's replacing locks and dams on the ohio river built 90 years ago. >> looks like they are literally falling apart. >> and if it does full apart

shippers will have to find another way to move the 90 tonnes of goods that pass through the stretch of the ohio. the project is under scrutiny because the senate bill that ended the shutdown allows congress to spend a total of $3 billion on the olmsted. >> the project was approved by congress in 1988, spected to cost under $800 million. it's years behind, and tens of millions over budgetment the army corp of engineers says there's several reasons why. >> the lead engineer says funding is the greatest challenge. half the money comes from the government, the rest from the inland water trust fund, which collects fuelling tax from towing companies. >> if it's bad, there's not going to be money in the trust fund, impacting construction. >> some blame mitch mcconnell for slipping the provision into the bill to reopen the

government. his home state kentucky would benefit, along with tennessee and illinoi [s]. it was called a kentucky kick back. >> john mccain says mitch mcconnell is not to blame, but is critical, telling "the daily beast": s >> lamar alexander of tennessee says he and democratic senator dianne fienstein asked for the extra money. lamar alexander is concerned if there's not enough money to keep the project going, the government will lose millions having to cancel projects. congress would have to vote again to allocate the money. >> more signs the government is getting back to work.

the labour department says it's releasing its latest jobs report on tuesday. the payroll numbers were supposed to be released october 4th, but were postponed by the shutdown. a dozen key economic reports were delayed due to the budget balance. >> the online activist group anonymous is demanding answers to the case of alleged rape and how it's onlieded in missouri -- handled in missouri. this is not the first time this organization got involved in a criminal investigation. >> greetings world. we are operation maryville. two young girls have been repeat... >> the involvement of anonymous changed the face of a rape case in america's midwest. >> i hope people see through all the small-town stuff that they really see the story for what it is, instead of everyone's opinion. >> daisy coleman says she's been repeatedly threatened since going to authorities in missouri

alleging she'd been raped by football star with connections. she went to a party with a friend. both were raped. two 17-year-old high school students were charged with sex offences. prosecutors say the charges were dropped when neither victim would cooperate with the investigation. since the case was highlighted by local media and taken up by anonymous, the town hall has been swamped by calls from people angry about what happened. >> it's unusual to receive so many violent posts. >> speaking to al jazeera, the increased support and welcome. >> we didn't have this support when everything happened. now that we do have a lot of support, and we do have people listening, it's like a miracle. it feels good that it's finally

getting spoken about. we waited for this day for a long time. >> the case case drew comparisons where two high school stars were convicted in another town. social media pushed authorities into action after delaying charges. in maryville the local sheriff says there's no cover up or conspiracy. >> if you look at the past history of the young men, they have previously been prosecuted by our current prosecuting attorney for other crimes. >> a special prosecutor will examine all aspects of the case. the two 17-year-old males say they are incident. social media brought the investigation to a wider audience. the biggest change may be the victims saying they are willing to give evidence. >> in haiti an antigovernment protest march ended in tear gas

and flaming barricades. thousands gathered in port-au-prince to challenge the cost of living. protesters approached the presidential grounds. the demonstration took place on a national holiday honouring haiti's founding father. coming up on sport - one of the nfl's best was on the national stage. we have more after this.

>> millions of people around the world took cover as part of a major earthquake drill. nearly 10 million people in california were part of the exercise, designed to reduce earthquake deaths and improve

rescue efforts. stephanie stanton has more. >> this is only a drill. a mock scenario played out in elementary schools of what might happen if a major earthquake strikes los angeles. emergency responders helped those injured in the quake. the drill is part of the global earthquake movement called the great shake out. injuries are fake, but the threat of an earthquake hitting los angeles is real. >> there could be many earthquakes of different sizes that can happen. over 300 faults with a magnitude six or greater. when the big one hits the earthquake simulators gives you a feel of what a major quake may feel like. >> a recent investigative report by the los angeles times newspaper found more than is,000 concrete buildings may be at risk of collapsing during an earthquake, like the 1994 northridge quake.

a building that is concrete, and older than 1974, you would think maybe i better look at it. >> older buildings are made of columns that haven't been retro fitted. if a building is known to be unstable. it would cost the opener hundreds of thousands in repairs, a cost many can't afford, especially in the current economy. the "la times" investigation cited a study at the university of california, berkley. they found over 100 buildings at risk. a city officials is demanding action. >> i'm calling for the department of building and safety to give us a report at what is out there, the challenges and what steps we need to take. >> there'll be another earthquake. i jump, as i jump the earth could move. be prepared. >> the preparation does not yet seem to extend to thousands of

structures that may be at risk across southern california. >> will a discovery in western asia is shaking up theories of how humans evolved. this skull was found in georgia in 2005. it's been 1.8 million years old. experts say it's the most complete for a human skull discovered. other remains were found from the same area and time period. the finds show that our family tree may not have as many branches as we thought. the georgan remains are believed to be some of the first prehumans to migrate out of africa. >> ross is back with sports. busy night. >> game five. alca between the tigers and re-sox. that's going on. the quarterback who started the

nsl. continues in minnesota. it's time for josh freedman to strut his stuff. a former first-round kicked to the kerb by tampa bay starts monday. freedman is looking for a fresh start and it helps with a coach who believes in him. >> he spent a lot of time with the coaches to prepare the plate and start for our team. we'll see how the week goes. our anticipation is that he'll be ready to go monday night and will perform well. we are going to need our entire team to perform well for us to get a win. how well he's adapted to our system and his work ethic. he has done enough for us to say, "no, we want to give him this opportunity, which is something we had in mind when we acquired him. >> to the east, first place on the line when the cowboys head

to philly to take on the eagles. michael vick will not start. vick ruled himself out as he nurses a bad ham string. nick faulds makes a start. he was brilliant and made nfc offensive player of the week. when you say montana, maquarie banking, seeingen that willer, all living legends. booker is royalty. it has nothing to do with football. more on the new york giant. >> he has been a lion backer. >> was it natural for me? no. >> a defensive tackle. >> there's strength. >> and defensive end. >> that's home. >> versatility is what he's good at. the big thing that drives him is a desire to live up to the family name, haloed in uganda, and by you gannedans everywhere. >> not a lot of people recognise

my face. if someone from uganda knows my name is not, "do i play football", it's am i related to, "benedicto." >> benedicto - in 1961 he was the first elected prime minister in uganda's history. in 1971, he has uganda's first chief justice. if there was a mt rushmore, benedicto's face would be on it. >> he inspires me a lot in terms of i'm reminded of how great he is. i should have a big expectation of myself because great things are possible. >> the greatest thing that he is remembered for is standing for the rule of fair and just law in uganda. even if that meant countering edicts put forth by the man who supported him. >> more than hearing about it. when you walk down the street.

someone who recognises you takes the time to come up and say, "i want to say how much i appreciate what your grandfather did for our people and country" >> his grandfather paid a terrible price for opposes i'die amen. forces took him into custody, publicly tortured him before murdering by setting him on fire. he was just 50 years old. 41 years later, he has taken lessons from his grandfather's death as well as from his lich. >> it can do one of two things - one it can square you from politics or foreign affairs, or inspire you to find a cause that you believe in so passionately that you are willing to give your life. it's not a situation where he didn't know what could be coming down. he chose to do what he did, knowing the consequence, and he still did it. for that he is beloved by an

entire nation and region and a continent. i feel like maybe politics is not your thing. maybe phillan throughy is not your thing. whatever you find, you have to be 100% brought into it to the point where you would be willing to give your life. >> the cardinals looking for payback against the seattle sea hawks. the cardinals got spanked 58-0. let's head to the desert for the seahawks - where they were flying high. russell wilson rolling out. he gunned it to a wide-open race. anyone want to cover the guy. the hooker giving seattle a 7-0 lead. in the second quarter wilson shoots it down the pipes. zack miller - the home-town boy, making an incredible grab. tik a look. wilson threw three touch downs. marshal also into the happy

place as a deep, and hammered the cardinals again. 34-22 is your final game. >> game final still going on as we speak. game 6 back in boston on saturday. >> great game. thank you. in russia now scientists pulled a half- tonne meetor rite from the bottom of a lake bed. it's a part of one that exploded over the ural mountains. >> it's not something you see every day. residents of chelyabinsk were stunned when a fireball lit up the sky in february. the massive meeto item exploded causing $33 million in damages and injury a dozen people.

scientists believe they have recovered the main body of the rock. >> the piece of meet yore rite is beautiful, gorgeous, this big. >> it took months of searching the lake to find the chunk and a few weeks to plan the operation - how to lift the heavy piece of rock out of the water. once out it broke the scale during the weigh-in. researchers here say anything over 500 kilos is unieke in itself. it's rare to find pieces of metre item, let alone a piece this big. the rock will undergo further testing and be put on display in a local museum. >> stay with us - kevin corriveau has a check of the weather after this.

hello again. earlier i took you to the west pacific and told you about the tropical system, the typhoon. there's 26 in the west pacific. in the atlandic there's a different situation. it was supposed to be an above

average year in terms of tropical storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes. these are the onces we have seen. we had two systems making landfall. they were tropical depression and a tropical storm. what we expected to see was 18 storms, including tropical storms, hurricanes - 9, and major hurricanes - category 4 or five - four of them. this is what we have this year. name storms 11 and two hurricanes - they were a major problem in mexico. none towards the united states. we have two weeks left in the atlantic hurricane season. i don't think we'll see any more storms that will be affecting anybody. this would put it as one of the quietest hurricane seasons since the 1960s. a very, very interesting year. now, across the united states we are looking at rain showers. fairly hefty rain showers now,

pushing through the north-east. new york, you'll get rain coming through not really too strong. the boundary is beginning to break up before it gets to new york city. it's up towards northern new york, vermont and new hampshire. not a lot of accumulation because the system is moving quickly, and we are not going to get a lot of water in one location. this is what we expect to see in washington - a beautiful day, week through next week. we expect the highest temperature on saturday. cloudy conditions and on tuesday - how about 69 degrees there. the frontal boundary that came through the north-east is coming across the south-east as well. that is beginning to break up. it went through georgia. we are going to get cooler and drier air there. savan ja, georgia and florida to see the rain soon. that's a look at your weather. the headlines are up next.

>> welcome to al jazeera, i'm john siegenthaler. not good for bay area commuters. san francisco bart is ready to strike. thursday afternoon negotiations fell apart. newly released surveillance footage from inside nairobi's westgate mall, 67 people killed by gun gunmen. president obama will nominate