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department over the sale of bad mortgage bonds. as talks consider to end the san francisco transit strike, there is a report of tragedy. our top story tonight is out of syria, which has seen hostage negotiations, a shoot-out and a suicide bombing on the last few hours. nine lebanese hostages abducted in syria last year have been freed. the release comes after a complex negotiation between turkey, lebanon, syria and the syrian rebels. andrew simmons reports from beirba bayroot. >> their homecoming was a kay on theic emotional ent. the men and's made their way out

in the crowd. they expected there will be a delegation. can he. >> this was quite a problem, a set of negotiations with turkey involved as well and nothing could happen until there was an absolute clearance on the security of the turkish airline pilots and they are safe so now, after all of this time, the men are with their loved ones in beirut celebrating their homecoming. >> inside syria, bombing killed 16 soldiers at a military checkpoint outside damascus. a human rights group says at least 15 syrian rebels died in the gun fight that followed. omar osali reports from tne

board ner turkey >> early saturday morning, at least five rebel groups launched a joint assault against a government army complex south of damascus. one of the main groups is al-qaeda's narusa. it started with a suicide car bomb at the entrance of that complex. it killed at least 16 army soldiers. later on, there were heavy clark that resulted in the death of at least 15 rebels. this is not the first time that rebel groups in syria are trying to storm that army complex because the significance of it, it will give them an advantage point overlooking other government bases within the capital, dam afternooning u.s. so it's very -- damascus so it's key for the rebels fighting the

syrian government in syria. >> meanwhile, the syrian refugee crisis worsens. the european union is donating $100 million to lebanon. there are at least 800,000 displaced syrians there. other neighboring countries have been trying to help. in iraq, 200,000 refugees. jordan has 500,000. and another half a million are in turkey. germany is helping out by offering a temporary home to 5,000 syrians. nick spica reports on germany's willingness to help. >> after months and months of fear and war and waiting, it's back to school for these syrian children in a country where they can at last feel safe. ali talibani from alepo learns to say he is 44 years old. whatever they did before, it's back to the basics for the adults as well. their family heads to lunch.

hamed in the wheelchair is actually 15, tiny because of a degenerative disease, a disability that helped get his family accepted into germany. >> i did not want to leave. no one wants to leave their country. we left too late so we suffered a lot. we could hear the bombs going off, mortars and artillery shells. the children had nightmares and were screaming all the time. >> a kurdish rights activist approached us keen to show wounds he says were inflicted even before the war. >> yeah, yeah. syria. >> yeah. >> germany giving 5,000 syrian refugees it selected with the united nations and slowly flying over here on charter flights preferential treatments, german lessons, pocket money, the right to the work and lodging after they move out of this camp after a couple of weeks or so. the situation for other syrians who make it under their own steam is more difficult.

no right to work and no freedom to travel in the country until their asylum request is considered. >> syrians invited in by the government can stay for two years and then apply to stay longer. an appealing option for many. the talybanis says they want to remain here because their children will get proper medical care. >> 4578ed has an age that makes him age too quickly. a wartime injury left the boy pushing him limping and deaf. there is no leaving behind scars of war. friedland, germany. breaking news coming out of san francisco tonight. tlrpt reports of two people killed on the tracks involving a bart train. lisa barnard joins us. what's going on? >> reporter: well, i spoke to a bart deputy chief with the police department at bart. he was speaking to me from where he said he was at, at crime

scene. he tells me that about an hour and 15 minutes ago, two people were killed by a bart train on the bart track. he will not yet confirm whether those are civilians or whether those are bart employees. i said: who was driving the train? and he said to me, quote: someone who is qualified to drive a train. it's not a union driver. they are on strike. so what we think may have been happening here is that bart has kept some trains running. they say that they keep them running for service and for maintenances during this strike, perhaps to keep the tracks in working order. they certainly are entitled to run their own trains. so it's unclear who was behind the wheel of the train. we know it was not a striking worker. we do know, though, that two people were killed and that there are investigators on the scene right now trying to learn more about how this happened. it was between two bart subs,

not too far away from here. >> as you mentioned, lisa, this comes amidst tension negotiations over the strike there in san francisco >> reporter: that's right. the negotiations are extremely tension here, and the community is extremely upset with the shutdown in service. it's unclear on a saturday afternoon what was happening with bart managers or those who are still in charge of bart. as i said, perhaps they are keeping the trains running to keep the tracks going. but certainly, they were preparing to hold a news conference to respond to a union proposal this morning or a union discussion that was in regards to the strike. the union this morning said they would let their members vote on bart's proposal. now, they said they expect the members to give a resounding kn "no" and that they would not end the strike. but here we have bart managers preparing to give a news

conference to respond to this latest move in a chess game by the bart unions. and instead now, they are shifting gears to a crime scene where two people have been killed on bart tracks. >> it is certainly al radical departure from what we were going to talk about. lisa barnard in san francisco, thank you so much for that report. we will check in with you a little later. j.p. morgan chase could pay a record fine over practices ahead of the financial crisis. a deal calls for the bank to $9,000,000,000 to the federal government and $4,000,000,000 to struggling homeowners. banks still face a criminal investigation by the justice department. portugal is struggling with a harsh recession and many there have frankly had enough. thousands protested today against the government's austerity measures. marches took place in the capitol of listsbon and the northern city of p porto. people trying to make ends meet:

>> the portuguese government says light is beginning to shine through the gloom. the first hints of economic growth are showing after years of recession. but here in porto it's hard to find signs of it. and so the latest austerity measures brought thousands of people out onto the streets. in a march organized by the trade unions. >> reporter: mistaken are these people are angry with portuguese government's latest budget which raises taxes on people earning as little as 600 euros a month. they are pinning irtheir hopes on the companyr country's constitutional court which has rejected some of the government's austerity measures. >> the union members tend to be older workers. the young are more often in casual labor and have much higher levels of unemployment. in a porto back street, i med pedro, a nurse in a state hospital. like many of his colleagues, he is on strike this week.

tra >> we have a bigger workload. this means we have worked more hours and have less money >> reporter: nearby, i met mario in his bar where he mixes cocktails and worries about how far customers walk through the door. >> we invest our money in our business or to improve our business, and nowadays, it's almost impossible. we have to fire some people, getting some cuts, from two years now almost, and next year, i think it will be the same. and it's been a struggle for us >> reporter: in the capitol, lisbon, there were also protests. workers drove hundreds of buses over the river tagus after the government said crowds would not be allowed to marriott bridge because of safety concerns. back in porto, they filed through the city center. the sign says: enough!

meaning we can take no more. right now, the portuguese don't quote know where to look for the signs of recovery but the government process they are on the horizon. it allians protest against cut backs there. tens of thousands of people were marching in rome when chaos broke out. people wearing hoods broke into the demonstration, used sticks to attack police in riot gear and set fires and used smoke bombs. police arrested 15. the mars come after italy announced a new budget. many italians do not believe it will create jobs or pull the country from its recession. up here in the northeast, it's been frankly a beautiful day. lots of sunshine. some storms are brewing in other parts of the country. we want to go to rebecca stevenson to talk more about the weather here and overseas and

frankly, all across the country. rebecca, what's going on out there? >> right now, jonathan, we are tracking another typhoon. we have been monitoring this typhoon from the western side of the states. we go across the pacific. the pacific has been very quietly in the west and they are enjoying beautiful fall weather. it's a different story. when we start to look at conditions in the south pacific. this particular typhoon is headed up from frsan francisco toward japan. rye now, it's a super typhoon in that it is equivalent to a hurricane 5, powerful wind gusts. not a lot of movement with it today. it's been moving west/northwest about eight miles an hour which is significantly slower than what we had yesterday. but yesterday, the storm was quite a bit weaker. now, it we are starting to see the joint warning tension center track this towards japan a little farther to the north. we are expecting to see it move

up just to the south of kyoto by the time we get into thursday evening. this is a photo of parts of japan that they are recovering from landslides that pushed excessive amounts of mud into homes and into businesses. 23 are reported dead already from this storm in japan and here, we've got a storm that you were just looking at tracking up near the area as we get through the day tomorrow. again, the specific track we are going to be potentially changing, confidence in the forecast is rather low right now. but coming up, i've got a some very good confidence, jonathan, in how cold it's going to be getting around parts of the midwest. >> it's about time. we are in october. thank, rebecca. in australia, temperatures are rising and winds are intensefying. hundreds of homes have been burned. wildfires continue to spread. andrew thomas is there with more >> reporter: in the blue mountains west of sydney volunteers are fighting fire with fire.

by burning gig areas of under growth near homes, they're homing once the bush fires reach here, there will be nothing left to burn. >> we will go in and put a burnt lawn around the back of properties in areas and then we will look at burning out the smaller valley heat which is an offshoot of a area on fire >> reporter: fire fighters are working close to homes. 50 meters up the hill are people's houses. i can see their windows and doors. the volunteer fire fighters are trying to stop these flames from reaching them. >> and these are all volunteers practicing fire fighting is normally a weekend hobby. this, though, the real thing, is what that's all about. gina is the mother of two children. darrell manages a concrete factory. everyone thrown together. >> i may a cafe, make coffee. here is a builder, greg does

garden maintenance. >> all volunteers >> volunteers, yes. do it for nothing >> reporter: at the top of the slope are the homes they are trying to protect and the people. this is an area often prone to fire. >> reporter: we are 10 meters from the bush. you can see you can get burned out easily. we are taking all of the precautions we can with a sprinkling system. we have shutters on the wind odes. we have a rainwater take which feeds a system that will cover the whole house in wall. >> others have certain similar message and lost everything? >> very frightening indeed because you just watch the flames coming and you don't know personally how you are going to stop them >> reporter: on a nearby road, many homes are now just rubble and ash. back at the fire front, the work is 24 hours a day. the firefighters taking advantage of cooler temperatures and lighter winds while they last and grabbing moments to rest, only when thing. andrew thomas, al jazeera, mount

rivervie riverview. near sydney. >> some never considered jake johnson to be a frontrunner for the job. coming up on al jazeera america, we take a look at his credentials. the historic battle of the alamo provided poetic inspiration in the plaza. they are calling for more open gun laws in texas.

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safely. we don't want any harm to come to you. >> walker and joseph jenkins walked out of prison using forged court documents. both were serving life sentences for murder. we are learning more about the escape and what happened after. a man officials describe as a father figure to jumpingins said he drove six hours to pick up jenkins for prison and brought him clothes >> his birthday was going to be october 1st. we had a birthday party for him. but he was a no show. >> walker and jenkins were serving time at the franklin correctional institute in the florida panhandle. after they got out, they traveled 300 miles to orlando where they walked into the jail and registered as felons as required by law. police say they think the men are still in the orlando area and say they have new leads. authorities are also trying to find outed how the men were able to walk free in the first place. one obvious question: how they got the forged paper.

>> there is some suggestion they might have had some assistance. we are looking into that. we are not sure that occurred yet. >> for now, their prior to is putting charles walker and joseph jenkins back behind bars. amanda price, al jazeera. some senators are questioning president obama's pick for secretary of homeland security. jay johnson was a critical member of mr. obama's counter terrorism team. he also served nearly scenario years in senior roles at the defense department. the president's offer was unexpected, johnson said it is one he cannot refuse. >> i was not looking for this opportunity. i had left government at the end of last year and was settled back into private life and private law practice. when i received the call, i could not refuse it. >> to discuss johnson's nomination, we turn to tara moehler. she previously worked as an intelligence agent at the cia. thank you for being in >> thank you. >> what kind of faight do you

think he will face? >> i don't think he will face that big of a fight. he is no that high profile and not that pollarizing and i mean that by looking apt other people but there has been some criticism. he is a big campaign donor. lots of presidential have. including tom ridge. >> that raises a question of whether he is qualified >> republicans have been criticizing campaign doanor aspect of the story and there are some questioning credentials. homeland security is a role you can tab whether it be law enforcement, whether it be someone with a legal background which jay johnson has. the previous few secretaries, chertoff, napolitano, and ridge were lawyers. >> napolitano was a governor and had a lot of experience with border issues that he does not have. >> exactly. i think actually the most credible sort of questioning of his credentials would go to the

fact that he does not have immigration experience. most of his work has been in the pentagon itself as general counsel under president obama, under bill clinton also in the air force's general counsel and a long practice dealing with security issues like drones and questioning about striking, you know, u.s. silverians link today overseas so he has a history in that area, not in immigration, not with management of a 220,000 bureaucracy, the size of homeland security. >> when you hear him say he thinks the war on terror should not be evenedless is one of the statements he made, what do you think he means by that? >> he made that statement, i believe it was this week that he made that statement before in speeches he made when he left government to the oxford union and at yale law school. i think we will see him pick a big role in terms of whether or not some of these programs might be wrapping down over the next, you know, course of a few years. however. >> what kind of programs programs do you think he may

wrap down? >> there is a question of sort of when the legal authority for this war has ended. he has made statements to the fact that this is not aver ever ending war with who it end he have with to look at the scope of the war. he has looked at this with regard to drones and libya intervention. he was the one that pushed obama to say it could only go within 60 days. he has been on both sides of the issue. he has come under attack from war hawks and people who want us to be, you know, pulling in on you our drone campaign. it will be interesting to see. cyber is another area that falls under the homeland squared umbrella so he doesn't really have much of a record in that arrest but he does in terms of legal issues. there are lots of legal issues in the sigh ber doe man. >> long time lawyer and has experience when it comes to that. thank you, terra. we appreciate it. texans are lobbying in san antonio. more than a thousand people turned out armed with rifles and shot guns.

>> that's where we find hieidi joe castro. what is this realally all about? >> jonathan, earlier today, as you said, there was a siege of armed protesters here more than a thousand people armed with rifles, shot guns, anything that qualifies as a long gun in texas, anything with a long barely and they were loaded weapons as well. these protesters showed up to in their words, normalize these weapons which under texas state law is legal. they called this protest in the first place because they say there is a san antonio ordinance that's in conflict with the state law. they discovered that when three of their members, pro gun members were cited for disorderly conduct outside of a coffee house a short time ago because they were sitting there with their rivals and police did a citizens arrest of hear them. they called this, this rally in protest of that.

also, to show the world in their words that these gun owners can be non-violent and peaceful while still taking up their second amendment rights. jonathan? >> what do they say about the tourists out there who are honestly concerned about seeing people walking around with guns 1234 do they not think this may be just the image alone of people carrying large guns like this maybe hurts their cause? >> you know, jonathan, i asked them that because certainly this morning, there were many more protesters than pedestrians and tourists here and a futurists who i spoke to, some were curious, engaging in conversations with these protesters, while others just turned around and left and didn't want to bring their small children where they thought an accident or something else could happen. when you ask the protesters, how is this furthering your cars? they say visibility e special

lick as an iconic, that language of romance dating back to the battle of the alamo. they think that contributes to their image and they see this as a revolution, much like the texas revolution. for them, they are defending their gun rights which they see is under attack. >> getting attention there thank you. darren haynes is here with sport. coach baum passes away. >> the n.f.l. lost a coaching legend. he was 90 years old. he served for 11 seasonses, six with the houston oilers during love you blue hay day and fight with the new orleans saints. he rebuilt them into a play-off team. he was known for his funny sense of humor and trademark cowboy

hat. alex's rodriguez's appeal hearing say a-rod's camp is shelling out money for biogenesis documents. he said he authorized it in return for bio genersis documents. >> haynes, that's a look at sports headlines at this hour. >> thanks, darren. a common nuisance across north america and europe. now, there is a clever new way to fight back against canadian geese, of all things. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. that's all i have an real

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. welcome back to al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz. we want to go book to the breaking news from san francisco. two people have been killed. this comes against strike

negotiations. lisa, what have you learned? >> reporter: the bart deputy police chief who i spoke with did confirm that two people were killed along a stretch of tracks hit by a bart train and we now know that those were indeed two bart employees. they were along the tracks, a train came along and hit them, and they are both dead, and there are emergency crews as well as police officers on the scene now investigating. the deputy chief referred to it as a crime scene. he says more will be learned action of course, as they continued their investigation, but it seems that trains were still running despite the strike here in the bay area they awere not picking up passengers but running for maintenance, for security reasons to keetch the tracks in good working order perhaps. we also have heard in recent weeks that there could be some bart managers driving some of

those trains in an effort to possibly resume some services during a strike in the bay area. several sources had said bart managers were being trained to drive the trains. unclear, of course, if that was the case today. i asked the deputy chief who was driving the train, and he said someone, quote, who was qualified to drive a train but not a union worker, he said. they are on strike. now, an investigation, bart switches gears. they were getting prepared to hold a news conference in responses to the latest move by the un ions, the unions claiming earlier today that they would indeed allow their members to vote on bart's latest best and final offer. prior to today, the unions said they would not allow their unions to vote on it. now, they will although they expect a resounding no but they said they would put it to a vote. bart is scrambling to deal with

this latest situation. we expect to he more shortly. >> it is a horrible turn for bart thank you so much. a 15-year-old school bill in france was on a school trip when she was detained by police in front of her classmates. then she was departed along with her entire family to kosovo. after protests in the streets across france, the president now says the girl can return to france but only if she leaves her family mind. more from paris on this controversial immigration case. >> leo narda dibrani has won her battle to return to france but she is not happy with the offer from the president she described as heartless. only leonarda, not her family, would be allowed back from kosovo. ? >> the president did not understand my situation at all, not at all. and i think he hasn't even considered our case. he probably did it because of

politics but i am not a dog to be dragged by the arm. i am not animal. during the week, her case brought thousands of protesting students out onto the streets appalled at the way her case was handled. now, the president admits it was heavy handed to detain leonarda in front of her hands but the expulsion, itself, was legal. if she requests and wants to continue her education in france, she and only she would be welcomed. france, as i said, is the republic. it means firmness in the application of the law. it also means humanity in the application of the procedures. >> the president's difficulties with this case are not over yet. the leader of his own socialist party says that the entire family with the exception of the

father should be allowed back. while the interior minister is reported as saying that he will quit if leonarda is allowed to return to france. >> president orland is caught between those who are outraged at the treatment of some asylum seekers and others demanding tougher immigration laws. >> in canada, many rally against fracking. the royal canadian mounted police have responded. protesters rallied against the project. five police vehicles were set on fire. it's unknown who is to blame. 40 demonstrators were arrested. >> the search continues for a 14-year-old autistic boy who walked out of his school in new york city two weeks ago. the case has drawn attention to the needs of autistic children in the classroom. kaelynn ford has more >> reporter: like any other new york teenager, he loves running

in the park, playing with his ipad and going to school. >> all right. we are going up. >> alex is autistic and cannot speak. >> those, you can have. are you sure you want those? i will open it for you. his father, ken, is a single parent and takes care of him full-time. school is a break for both of them. >> alex going to school every day, again, he gets the opportunity to,his own people and have, i think, a degree of freedom, you know, from me, and it's the same for me, vice versa in that i get a little bit of a break that really, i think, allows us to be closer actually. alex takes classes here at a public school just for students with special needs. each classroom has just six students bur some advocates for the oughtistics say students benefit more being included in classrooms. >> people with disabilities and people without disabilities are better served when we can go to school together. that doesn't simply mean dropping a student with a

disability in a public school classroom and say, good luck. god speed. sink or swim. no. what true inclusion means is providing the supports, the services, the teacher training and the individualized education planning to insure that that student has the opportunity to succeed. >> the rate of autism in america has been increasing, one in 88 children have been diagnosed with some form of the disease. like many severely autistic children, he needs constant supervision to stay focused and keep him from running away. many schools aren't prepared to integrate these students >> we need the budget to be able to provide specialized services. more than, that we need training. what i have found is that most of my students and still in restrictive environments, because they have the potential to be in these mainstream settings if they have the

support. ken hopes alex can go to a mainstream school some day but now it's about moving him forward and sometimes catching up. kaelynn ford, al jazeera, new york. earlier lease a goin joined us to discuss educating autistic including her son >> we have worked closely with our school system. >> he is in a public school with kids who are not autistic and how does that work with you? how does it work with him? is it a challenge? >> so i think it's a fluid process so there are times when it's easier than other times but i think it's something that the family needs to work with the school district to constantly be monitoring the goals we are working on and if the setting is appropriate for him to meet those goals that's what we have been working on. >> what do you tell your school that they need to be on the watch for, for instance with your son >> every person with autism is

different. >> for him, his challenges are more in terms of attentional issues and maybe not staying on task as much. so, it really depends upon the individual learner and what they need in order to succeed. >> when you he about this new york team who walked out of the school several weeks ago and has been missing ever since, what is the first thing that comes to your mind about this case >> we know approximately 50% of kids with autism do wander. so for a parent of any child but certainly for a pafrment with a child with autism, it's one of their worst nightmares. you couple that with the fact this child doesn't speak. he can't ask for help. he can't necessarily communicate that he is lost. so it's just, you know, so heart breaking. >> so what kind of thing should be in place at schools that have children like this >> it's important that schools provide training and ongoing training. the news of the students change there needs to be support throughout the school building

and autism speaks has developed a school community tool kit cool for anyone to download and that provides information for differently school members about how to interact with individuals' autism. >> what are the benefits of having autistic children put into mainstream schools >> for some students, they do well in mainstream schools but they need supports. you want them to be fully included as much as they can be within their community, and the best place to start is in your schools. >> thanks to lisa goring with autism speaks. wild birds can be a nuisance. their waste can actually spread disease. getting rid of them is not easy. if you are in canada, you might call goose busters to get the job done. daniel lack tells us more. >>. >> they flock to our parks for food. what they leave behind is unsightly and documentsic. they spread garbage and disease.

sea gulls and canada was have longed plagued ottawa's petri island. what to do with them? >> in the capitol still, they called in drone strikes. the founder of a company called goose busters buzzes the beach-bound birds with remote control helicopter did. he stays well clear so they don't get hurt, but they want no part of his swooping aircraft. >> i gently harass them or scare them and they will fly off to another area. they will get to an area where they are not being harassed and all of their colleagues will follow them. >> so far, it's working. fewer birds are coming. beach goers play in presteen sands while steve's chopper p patrols nearby. >> i think it's a fabulous idea to be able to bring the kids to the beach like this and have it clean, no birds bothering you when you are trying to eat and

we are not harming the birds at all. >> next year, air patrols could happen over other water front parks if ottawa city council approves. there is global interest in goose busters? >> we are getting calls from people across the states, even from europe, have been contacting us. it's something that a lot of major cities have problems with this and, hopefully, we have found a resolution for it. >> there is no threat from above here or at most other city parks. as you can see, the girds are making themselves at home. if this project gets approved wurnl day both species, humans and birds may find themselves in cleaner, greener surroundings. daniel lack, al jazeera, ottawa. >> drones after birds. all righty. making history more than after 100 years. an eiconic treasures from the o

doomed titanic heads to the auction block. >> the shooting happened about 30 minutes ago. >> companies... >> the remains of the fire are still everywhere here. >> the powers that be at home and around the world... >> not only do they not get compensation but you don't even have to explain why? >> well thats exactly what i said. >> we question authority. >> so you said we could get access... >> that's enough! >> ... and those affected. >> investigative journalism at it's toughest.

a violin believed to have been played on the titanic as the doomed vessel sanction has been sold at auction for $1.7 million. the instrument was owned by the bandleader, wallace heartley, one of the victims over a century ago. it was reported found floating in the wreckage and returned to his fiancee. andrew potter has more. >> no longer playable, it's what this violin represents which makes it of huge value. these initials stand for wallace hartley. he was bandleader on the ocean liner tigtanic which sank on it

maiden voice in 1912. heartley and his band mates played to comfort passengers as the ship went down. it thought this was the instrument he used >> it represents bravery in human nature the way this young man and his colleagues and all of the people on the ship stayed and if you will filled their duty. >> it represents a substantial investment for one collector after going under the hammer at auction. [applause.] 900,000 british pounds, $1.4 million. more than four times the expected value. >> it's not about the cash. it's about what it is. it's the most iconic there is. it's history. it's a brave man, the money is secondary, it is a very valuable violin. there is no doubt about that. >> the violin was discovered in

an english attic in 2006. there has been fierce debate about its authenticity. this auctionier says it's the wrong thing, saying heartley strapped it to his body in a leather case before becoming one of the titanic's 1500 victims. there is no word on who the buyer is yet. it's hoped the instrument will remain on public display. andrew potter, al jazeera. all righty. time to talk football. >> a lot is going on college fwault. big wins, big plays, big upsets but the last time tennessee beat a top 15 opponent, it was against south carolina almost six years ago on that tennessee team was aaron foster and during that year, former volunteer qb peyton manning won his first

super bowl. second quarter usc down 3 with the rock. conner shaw hits berg for 76 yards. >> that's a touchdown there. extra point is good. game cocks 7-3. tennessee, justin we arely to a lotland howard, a 6-yard touchdown. 10-7 vols. hand-off to mike davis. he's going to run hard, breaking a bunch of tackles here he will go go 1 yards into the end zone. the cocks cut the lead down to three. but there is more where that came from. check out connor shaw. he is going to take the easy quarterback keeper one yard for six points. with three seconds on the clock, tennessee's michael daugherty, 19 field goal for the win and let's go home. first tennessee win over south carolina since 2009. 23-21. ball game. vanderbilt trying to keep their

upset going against 15th ranked georgia. running back sea more goes in for the score, 7-3 commodores, after murray touches down, vanderbilt pulls off a fake field goal with casey spears for the touchdown 14-10, vandy. georgia will take back the momentum when samuels picks this one off and takes it to the house georgea back up 17-4 last minute now, first half, georgia starting to pull away. aaron murray rules out, can't find anyone but decides to take it himself and scores a touchdown. 21-14 bug dogs at the half. vanderbilt will climb in this one in the second half after a box punt at the 13 yard line, seymour taking all the way and squareing the 31-27 upset win over vandy. >> northwestern and minnesota

wildcats buckley scores on a 3-yard touchdown phillip nelson hit the ingall. 7 now. third quarter, from northwestern, passing. that's not supposed to happen. james manual gets the interception. it's going 24 yards, 14-7 minnesota. northwestern shows some life as simon or simeon gets his pass in check, finds tony jones in for the score, 20-17. on the kickoff, for the onside kick doesn't go 10 yards. minnesota goes on to win this one, 20 to 17. florida state and clemson faceoff tonight in a battle star quarterback, jamis winston from fsu and taj from clemson. more on tonight's qb match-up.

>> florida state and clemson quarterback are two very prominent heisman con definitelieders. only one can be left standing after this. winston is a great red shirt freshman who has played unbelievable all year, kept his team in game and taj boyd is a wylie veteran with georgia at the beginning of the season. he won that one. i give him the edge just because he has been down this road before. winton is fun to watch. >> the story behind why grambling state boycotted the game against jackson state came to light. in a letter written by the players to the university administration: this concerns regarding facilities having mold and mildew, pure equipment and long, tiring travel arrangements. they took issue with the firing of doug williams. the university had to play a 20,000 dollar fine for, for

feting their game. you see these things and assume they seem to be routine. cardinals back in the world series. they won it back in 2011. they came within one victory of making it back last fall. now, they are going back to baseball's biggest stage again for the 19th time. >> i am just feel as a team, we fought so hard during the regular season. we went through ups and downs. we stood together and we did it as a team actually. i mean it was fun, you know, just being able to watch veteran guys, being able to see the younger guys coming along and just coming here and do their job. it fealties great. now, while the cardinals are heading back to the world series, over in the alcs, the boston red sox will be looking to drop the hammer on the detroit tilingers tonight. red sox are up three gaze to two but they will have to face max scherzer who is that corrected in game 2. can he do it again? >> the games are different.

the mentality is the same. i haven't played in a game yet where it hasn't been a must-win situation. for me, it's the same mentality every time we take the field. pitch a game. baseball is the same, 60 feet, six inches and you have to throw strikes. just because it's something that doesn't matter what the situation or what the game means, i am going to approach the game the same way. >> it was imports to us as we were finishing out the final week to secure home field advantage, you know, i can't say that we sat around and said, well, this is what it will mean in game 6 or game 7. what does tonight have in store for us? how do we go about to find a way to win a game? if that has other meanings such as securing home field a vantage, so be it that same attitude will be present tomorrow. >> that's a look at sports. >> okay. you mentioned the northwestern minnesota game. you do not mention it is peanut free. who would have known? >> who would have known?

>> they are a fan favorite at venues across the country, for an increasing number of kids, those peanuts can be dangerous, even fatal. one big football stadium. northwestern stopped selling them at least for just one game. here is the story >> reporter: ely lundy had never been able to watch his favorite college football team playing at northwestern university. his family didn't want to take the chants because his peanut allergy nearly killed him as an infant. >> row 12. >> i feel safe about going to a football game, and i really am happy that they were able to do it. >> laming... >> the goal line. >> i don't know. today eli is going to his first wildcat game ever because the university has banished peanuts at least for this game. they are making a big deal out of it. they are calling it peanut-free day at ryan field.

no peanuts sold and none allowed in. >> it is just fantastic. it's just fantastic. it's not safe. you go to a place like wrigley field and they have peanuts and peanuts and peanuts and they are all over the place. it's like taking, you know, playing russian roulette with your kids. >> in preparation, the university hosed down the state to remove peanut residue from past games. if it all seems extreme, doctors say, it's not. >> if you are sitting in a seat where someone was eating peanuts and you touch it -- and kids, they put their fingers in some orifice, you know, 40 times an hour. >> dr. gupta worked on a stud that is correct found about one in 13 u.s. kids has some kind of food allerg e, the most common, a peanut allergy and she says over half of those have had a is he severe reaction >> they can go into anaplaxis. they can have trouble breathing,

drop in blood pressure and it can quickly lead to death. >> outside the stadium, tailgaters munched on pre-game peanuts but said they didn't mind the ban >> everybody knows at least they advertised it ahead of time so you don't is accidentally take them in there you. >> how has it come to this? why has the number of peanut allergies in kids tripled since 1997? dr. gupta says there are plenty of theories but nobody knows for sure. she says we may have become too clear. all of the anti-bacterial products we use may be keeping kids from getting common infections that ultimately present food allergies. at northwestern, the loss of a popular treat for a lot of fans is actually a big score for this family. andy rosen, al jazeera in chicago. >> rebecca is back with weather. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america.

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but, also, kent, england. we have national apple day and at saintsberg, we have a beautiful harvest with the bright red spots. those are apples. if we head to the u.s., here is where we have some beautiful fall colors. this is flag island, minnesota, which is the very northern point at which minnesota starts to change over to canada. we go to alberta clifford coming in and this very area will probably see snow on these leaves bringing them down probably a little bit sooner expected. you can see from rain showers going through parts of the east coast right now. relatively colitbut through parts of pennsylvania down to new jersey, it's a steadier light rain moving out quickly. to the northwest, we are seeing dry. same story for california when you go farther south. dry, warm weather. here is the snow forecast next 24 hours. one to four inches in parts of north dakota and snow showers in minnesota tomorrow. we will have more details coming

up. this is al jazeera america. two convicted killers accidentally released by using forged documents have been caught. the pair were reportedly found in panama city, florida. there was a massive manhunt across florida looking for those two men. joseph jenkins and charles worker. breaking news also out of san francisco, two workers with bay area rapided transit when killed when they were hit by a train. the scene is being investigated by bart police. it is believed the train was not being run by rug operators because of the strike. j.p. morgan and the department