>> fire in the area. >> a student opens fire, killing a teacher and shooting two children before taking his own life. now police are trying to determine if bullying was a motive. >> nobody's madder than me about the fact that the website isn't working as well as it should. >> president obama vow to say iron out the problems plaguing the federal health care website, saying there are no excuses. >> dozens of bush fires raging across southeastern australia. there are fears this morning the flames, which have already destroyed hundreds of homes could join together to create one megablaze.

♪ >> they may look like ordinary street dancers, but this hiphop crew risked their lives to learn those moves. >> good morning, welcome to aljazeera america. good to have you with us. i'm thomas brayton. >> i'm receive sigh. officials in nevada are trying to figure out why a boy opened fire on classmates and then killed himself. >> two students were shot. >> now there are questions about whether the young shooter, who's identity hasn't been released by police had been bullied. aljazeera's melissa chan is in sparks, nevada with more on the tragedy. >> just before the starting bell monday, gunfire at as a matter

of fact middle school in nevada. >> active shooter at sparks middle school. they have at least two down, one in the drop off area for the buses. the suspect is wearing khaki pants. >> 12 and 13-year-old students watched the rounds fired from a semiautomatic handgun. >> we heard a gunshot and then people started running and screaming, so i started running. we heard another gunshot and the teachers started yelling that we had to run inside the building. >> the little kid took the gun out of his backpack threatening to kill the teacher. at that point, my heart was racing. >> he shot a teacher, the teacher fell straight to the ground. >> that teacher, 45-year-old michael lands bury was a popular math teacher and former veteran who survived two duties in afghanistan. police say he died in an attempt to intervene, asking the shooter to put down his gun. >> in my estimation, he's a hero. >> the shooter wounded 212-year-olds. they are in stable condition.

the shooting lasted three minutes, ending when the shooter turned the gun on himself. >> i thought that was going to be my last day. >> one law enforcement source said the shooter took the gun from his parents. the motivation is uncertain. >> it's a traumatic event. how are students and parents coping with this tragedy? >> well, you can well imagine how distraught everyone absolutely is in this community. just to give you an example, yesterday afternoon, i saw a mother and daughter approached the school with flowers. i asked them who they were for. the daughter had brought the flowers for her favorite teacher, michael lands bury, who was shot and killed. they are providing grief counselors and school is closed for the rest of the week. >> simply horrifying. melissa, thank you. >> following this tragedy, attorney general eric holder said more police training is needed to deal with these active

shooter situation. speaking at a police convention monday, holder added this the average number of mass shootings has tripled in recent years. research shows over the past five years there have been on average two mass shootings per month in this country. the mass shootings, which is defined as incidents in which four people are murdered with a gun account for less than 1% of overall gun homicides in the u.s. so far this year, there have been at least 16 mass shootings, including the one at the washington navy yard last month. 13 people died in that attack. >> more tragic news this morning. a toddler in north carolina shot and killed herself playing with a gun. now her father is being charged in her death. police say melvin clark, jr. kept a loaded semiautomatic pistol under his couch where his daughter found it saturday. she accidentally pulled the trigger. her 19-year-old father is now facing involuntary manslaughter and weapons charges.

>> san francisco bay area commuters will be able to take the train again this morning. the bart strike is over. union workers and bay area rapid transit reached a tentative agreement, putting an end to the four-day-old strike. lisa bernard is live in san francisco this morning where limited bart service is just getting underway. lisa, what else can you tell us. >> stephanie, we know for the past six hours, bart has been scrambling to get some trains running for this morning commute to bring commuters across the bay in from san francisco. they've been doing things such as making sure the stations have money in the machines and making sure the escalators are working, as well as getting employees into place. they expect full service in time for this afternoon commute today, but certainly, even though these 200,000 daily riders may have to still ride into work this morning on a ferry or bus, they should be able to return home on a train

today. >> the union president made some comments late last night about the tentative deal. let's listen to what he said. >> this was not a financial strike. we apologize to our riders for the hardship you have experienced this past few days. we are able to stand up for workers rights, safety and the riders' safety. >> so i understand there is not a monetary issue that was the sticking point here. what were the major issues in the negotiations and what did that have to do with rider safety? >> well, first of all, they won't reveal details of the settlement until they bring it to the rank and file members first, but they are indeed saying this is about work and safety issues, things such as preserving the eight hour workday, concerns they had over overtime and scheduling and the ability of managers to make policy changes. that's what they say they wanted to preserve in this contract.

stephanie. >> ok. meanwhile, california's lt. governor govern newsome had a message. >> this has got to be the last time this happens. i think everyone's fed up and no one wants to see this ever happen again. the people don't deserve it and the folks behind me on both sides don't deserve this. if there's lessons to be learned, that is we have to work together, not waiting until the end of a contract. >> is the state taking any special measures that would prevent a bart strike in the future? >> well, i caught up with governor jerry brown yesterday and asked him that. he wanted this strike settled first, and of course, we should point out that the bart board and union still have to vote this tentative agreement and make sure that they do pass it, but the governor has supported a movement to have the legislature ban all traffic strikes here in

california, much like boston, new york, chicago, those cities do not allow transit workers to strike, much like fire and police are not allowed to strike. we'll continue to follow that. before this year's walk out, workers had gone out on strike in three accept let occasions. in 1976, bart workers refused to cross a picket line set up by transit police officers. they were out for 90 days in lockout. a 1997 strike went on for eight days. >> detroit buses will be up and running again. 150 drivers called in sick monday, bringing bus service to a halt. they held a rally outside city hall instead. the drivers are voicing concerns about their personal safety after four drives were attacked on the job within the last week.

>> website glitches and other tech it will problems have marred the rollout of the affordable care act on line exchanges. president obama admitted there were problems that would be fixed, but not with the program itself. we have the details. >> with criticism from all sides, the president played pitch man in chief for the new health care law. >> here's the bottom line, the product, the health insurance is good. the prices are good. it is a good deal. people don't just want it, they're showing up to buy it. >> but if mr. obama knows how many people have actually succeeded in signing up, he isn't saying. after first finding website problems on larger than expected volume, the president admits there are bigger problems. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow, people getting stuck during the application process, and i think

it's fair to say that nobody's more frustrated by that than i am. >> he suggested applying the old fashioned way. >> the phone number for these call centers is 1-81-318-2596. >> please say the name of the state your talking about. >> maryland. we called the numbers after the president spoke but there were problems there, too. >> the president was just on television and said call this number if you're having problems with the website, so i'm calling. >> oh, yes, sir. well, due to the high call volume, we're having problems with our program right now. >> in other words, i need to fill out that application on line before i speak with you on the phone? >> yes, sir. >> after their shutdown and debt ceiling strategy failed, republicans are now turning their fire on the website's rocky rollout. >> they've had three or four years to get this ready.

god only nose how much money they've spent and it's a failure. >> send air force one out to silicon valley, load it up with smart people, bring them back to washington and fix this problem. it's ridiculous. >> a tech surge of the best and brightest have been called in. the deadline to sign up is march of next year, or face a fine. if the problems persist, the deadline could be rolled back. >> the law is clear that if you do not have access to affordable health insurance, then you will not be asked to pay a penalty because you haven't purchased insurance. we're focused on making sure millions of americans in every state across the country do have access to affordable health insurance. >> aljazeera, washington. >> the federal government is turning to a top u.s. telecon company to help fix its ailing website. verizon has been asked to

trouble shoot the glitches. the government has already spent $394 million setting up the website. >> a new poll shows that despite its glitches, many americans are keen to visit the health care website and most who got on say it hasn't been so bad. according to a new report, 22% of uninsured americans say they have visited the health exchange websites. another 42% say they intend to do so. despite the bad press it's getting when they ask people who did get on with the site, 56% of responders say they found health care.gov easy to us. we're going to take a look at the problems some are having with the affordable care act beyond the glitches, plus we'll be joined by one of the authors of the actual obamacare law to discuss the benefits and pit falls. >> australia is dealing with as

many as 60 fires raging across the bush in the state of new south wales. firefighters are working day and night to try to gain the upper hand. warm weather and winds as high as 60 miles an hour are threatening to merge three blazes into a massive megafire. andrew thomas spent time on the front line with firefighters. >> the update given tuesday was as doom-ladened as you can get. he said wednesday will be when conditions will be at their worst. he now says those initial predictions weren't severe enough. wednesday is going to have high temperatures and stronger winds, exactly the same conditions as struck last thursday, when those initial fires set off destroying more than 200 homes. with the massive added dimension, of course that they are already huge fires across the mountains that can spread in these winds. firefighters have brought together two of the huge fires to form one big one across the

northern region. there is a second across the southern region. they are fearful of those two meeting to create a megafire, threatening even sydney. the whole of sydney and other areas in new south wales are on an extreme fire danger watch for wednesday. he also said if you don't have an important reason to be in the blue mountains, you should get out. the firefighters are trying to bush out areas to deprive fires of fuel. they haven't been as successful as hoped. there is every potential that on wednesday, there could be more homes and more lives lost, despite the very best efforts of firefighters, he said. the scenario for tomorrow, wednesday, is about as bad as it gets. >> andrew thomas reporting in sidney and here's what we know so far about the fires. 59 bush fires are burning across new south wales and 17 are still completed uncontained.

officials have declared a state of emergency. temperatures are expected to hit the mid 80's and 90's with wind gusts as high as 60 miles per hour. five children have been charged with setting fires, including an 11-year-old boy who pleaded not guilty on two counts of arson. >> as we know, weather conditions play a very important role with she's types of fires. >> let's bring in nick mitch for more. good morning, nicole. >> you kind of alluded to this. we don't have a lot of relief in site here. weather plays a critical role in fire prevention and fire management, and one of the things that we're not seeing right now is definitely looking at dry skies across the region. that's going to be a problem. we could certainly use some rain here. we are talking about high winds that helps not only spread the fires, but that could dry things out more and just as a reminder, the seasons are opposite. we're now in the middle of spring as we get to australia, so temperatures are going to be on the rise as we get more towards summer.

opposite in the united states, where temperatures have slowly been nudging southward, so to speak, getting cooler over the last few days. the midwest it wasn't a slow change, it was pretty much the bottom dropping out the last few days. we've had the front come through more into the east coast. we can see areas of rain this morning. we can see this in places, like new york getting light rain and more into the central part of the state now. the closer look at all of that. it's moving pretty quickly. we are not talking large amounts of rain. there is not heavy rain in the first place and then it moves fast, we are not having washouts for the day, but something we will definitely have to live with. minneapolis, not getting past the 40's for today. average temperatures are in the mid-50's. we're sticking well below average and thesed milder temperatures we're seeing allege the east coast are going to be going from 60's to 50's over the next couple of days.

the one place it's going to stay consistently warm is the west coast where a lot of the country will be dropping. we'll talk more about those temperatures specifically coming up in the next half hour. >> that warm dry spell was nice while it lasted, thank you. >> a choking smog has shut down a city of 11 million people, the air quality in northeastern china is considered hazardous. >> the beginnation of issues clouding the skies and pressure of china to clear things up. >> one country is battling it's drug problem by making pot legal. where marijuana is being sold by the government for a dollar. >> a pregnant woman gets a little woozy during a white house speech. what the president did when the woman behind him nearly fainted. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. the long awaited september jobs report is out this morning, and we'll have a preview.

>> a country shrouded in smog, that's the new normal for a lot of folks in china.

>> the thick and dangerous air pollution is a hazardous side effect of a country racing toward you development. we have much more. >> autumn days in china never used to be the start, but years of rapid industrialization coupled with millions of people turning their heating systems on, this is the new normal. it's aggravated by the burning of stalks used for heating on agricultural land. visibility was less than three meters in some areas, causing three vehicle accidents and traffic problems. unhealthy fog led to schools being closed, public bus routes not used and the airport needing to stop operations. visibility, though, isn't the only problem. breathing is, too, the pollution levels in many areas are beyond hazardous on international measuring scales. >> the acute pollution isn't just a health and environmental

issue is also a political one. information on pollution levels and its effect on health is now easily available. the central government needs to show that its serious about handling the problem. it's pushing for a shift to cleaner energy and introduced a reward prom allocating $800 million as further incentive to priority regions to successfully reduce air pollution by the end of the year. >> we have a lot of work in heavy city sectors. by reducing the over capacity, they save a lot of energy used, and then china has to have a lot of potential in the energy efficiency, and that's another solution for china to save this energy consumption. >> much has to change in china and quickly.

the world health organization recently reported that air pollution leads to cancer. the disease is already the leading cause of premature death here. it's a race against time now to try to turn things around. aljazeera, beijing. >> beijing is taking emergency measures to tackle smog, including shutting factories and limiting traffic when air pollution levels are high. >> a bus was attacked, killing six and injuring dozens of others. the blast happened in the city south of moscow. officials say the bomb is is a 38-year-old woman from a muslim region of the country. it comes four months before russia hosts the 2014 winter olympics. >> former egyptian president mubarak is back in court. he is now serving life in

prison. he was charged last year with ordering the murder of hundred was protestors during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster. he appealed that verdict and was granted a retrial. >> to business news now. wall street gets its hands on the long-delayed september jobs report. it will finally be out this morning and we have all of the lateliest headlines. >> it's been a long time coming, two and a half weeks to be exact, but better late than never. usually the monthly jobs report comes out on the first friday of the month, but the government shutdown delayed the release of the september report. expectations low. economists predict the economy created 180,000 jobs in august. that would be an increase from 169,000 jobs created the previous month. if that prediction is true, unemployment is expected to stay at 7.3%. one analyst said if the rate falls, we shouldn't be fooled by it. >> more people are falling out of the labor force. that's what we saw in august,

300,000 people fell out of the labor force, where as we created 160,000 jobs. while you're seeing the unemployment rate drop, it's not really a sign that things are getting better and the economy is improving. >> was, we'll bring you those numbers here at aljazeera america when they come you the in about an hour. >> stock futures are flat at this hour, traders just waiting to see those jobs numbers. tocks are coming off a quiet trading day yesterday. the dow stands at 15392, losing seven points. the a and p in record territory at 1745 and the nasdaq opens at 3920. the europe, stocks there waived waiting on the u.s. jobs numbers. tokyo's nikkei ended up. hong kong and shanghai both hat losses. >> it seems everybody is doing it. now you can add kohl's

department store, joining macies and j.c. penney announcing they will get a jump start on the key holiday shopping season. just in time for the holiday season, apple is unveiling its new ipad. apple's been tight lipped about the new remodel ipads. it sent out invitations that said we still have a lot to color. this will be generation five for apple's ipad. >> trying to keep up withal pell, nokia is showing off two large screen smart phones known as fablets. >> i want to get back to the jobs report. this is two and a half weeks late. how reliable is it? >> a lot of people will take it with a grain of salt. the data collected was collected in mid september before the government shutdown. we know that more than a million

government workers and contractors were temporarily laid off and some of those contractors still haven't gone back to work, because the demand has diminished. >> when will we get a picture, a better picture of how the economy is faring. >> a lot of people are looking towards the october jobs report. the september report can be revised. it's the best estimate right now. in october, we'll get a revision for september and get those new numbers. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> this morning, uruguay's drug czar said the government plans to sell marijuana for a dollar a gram. a law legalizing marijuana has passed in the lower house of congress and expected to pass in the senate. it is an attempt to refocus reinforcement on harder drugs. if the bill comes law, uruguay would be the first to license and regulate the production,

distribution and sale of marijuana. >> new jersey governor chris christie will no longer try to stop same-sex marriages in the state. gay marriages began on monday after judges cleared the way. the republican governor quickly said he would drop the state's challenge to the court orders. some pundits think he is preserving his image ahead of a possible presidential run in 2016. >> california has been given an additional month to find a solution to the state's prison crowdings problems. the original deadline was october 27th. the deadline was extended to february 24. the judges ordered the state to reduce its prison population by thousands of in mates over the summer. the judge said california state prisons still had 9700 more inmates than allowable under their court order. >> it's called friends of syria, a group of countries pushing for

peace in the war torn nation. >> they're meeting in london to plan a peace conference. what syrian president assad and the opposition groups fighting against him are saying about the international effort to end their kill war. >> the excitement became more like a question mark. >> some say the problems with the affordable care act go beyond computer glitches. one of the authors of the law will be here live to talk about the benefits and pit falls of obamacare. >> feeling woody, a pregnant woman nearly passes out during president obama's health care speech about those problems. what she is tweeting this morning about the incident. >> the new york football giants said something for the first time this season. ditto for eli manning. we'll connect the dots in just a bit.

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>> welcome back. right now, we are looking at a very cool live picture courtesy of nasa of the international space station. a private cargo ship is now undocking. >> what a sight. this is going to be quite the operation. cygnus first attaching to the space station. once it's free will conduct a series of planned burns and other maneuvers. those moves are designed to make cygnus burn up entering the earths atmosphere. >> many of having trouble with the federal website for the affordable care act. >> the deadlines may be extend the if the problems aren't fixed quickly, but the cost to

frustrated consumers may never be recouped. >> live web chat saysance is also available. >> not right now it's not. >> it's become frustration across the country. millions have tried to log on to shop for health insurance now available, but for most, it seems the website just isn't working. >> the excitement became more like a question mask, but we're not giving up. >> that was the message president barack obama tried to send monday, promising the website will get fixed and defending the products its selling. >> through the marketplaces, you can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill. >> by next year, most of the 48 million uninsured people in the u.s. have to sign up for health insurance, or face a small fine, which may be a bigger problem than just getting the website running. the plans the president is promoting are relatively

inexpensive every month, but they also won't pay for much. in many cases, people will have to spend at much as $5,000 a year for medical care before insurance picks up any cost, so paying a small fine might be the better option. for people like 24-year-old opera singer ira bart. >> there's just not enough money to go around to pay for insurance too, right now. >> if healthy young people like him don't sign up, the system doesn't work. it also won't work if the government doesn't get 7 million people to enroll by march. so far, only half a million have even started the process. >> remember, the coverage doesn't even start until january 1. how many people do you know actually go and spend money to buy something three months before they can even use it? >> if she's wrong, there will be consequences for the country and its economy. >> insurance companies that are on the exchanges now might pull out of the exchanges in 2015 or

2016, because they're not able to make money given the mix of people who are signing up. a second possibility would be that the government basically increases its subsidy. >> the president has a few months to convince americans they need what he's selling. so far, even he admits, it's not going so well. aljazeera, washington. >> joining us to discuss obamacare is one of the authors of the affordable care act, a partner at avenue solutions, a health care policy relations firm, joining us from washington, d.c. good to have you with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're one of the authors of the health care law. are you satisfied with how things are going so far? >> obviously i'd like to see people getting insured faster because of the peace of mind that comes with having health insurance, but let's not target that this is the first three weeks of a six month open enrollment period.

there's plenty of time for people to get coverage. also, there are a number of provisions of the law that went into effect much earlier and 85% of americans are benefiting from health reforms, including those that had children with preexisting conditions who couldn't previously get them insured at all and those who had lifetime and annual limits on their policies, wimp no longer exist so there's a precursor to consider. >> many americans frustrated over the system, the obama administration had over two years to prepare. why are the glitches happening? >> first of all, this is a completely new novel endeavor, never done before. there are not many things you can say that about. the volume was more than anyone has expected, so i think there are, while i understand the frustration, and people should keep in mind that they still have plenty of time, this was a large endeavor. secondly, we should keep in mind that all of the stake holders here are completely focused on

the goal of getting people enrolled in coverage, so whether it be the administration, the states, the i.t. companies that helped build the platform, the insurers who have worked diligently to make sure their son assumers have a good experience, the agents and brokers are all working in tandem to the same goal, making me think people will be ready to enroll. >> beyond the glitches here, we just heard from one person who said even without those glitches, he wouldn't sign up for the insurance, because it's not cost effective. how do you respond to that? >> the premiums that we've seen offered are 16% below what was projected, so it's actually, this is actually working for consumers, i understand that for some young individuals, this is a difficult choice, but the fact of the matter is, you never know when you're going to need health care. you never know when your costs are going to exceed what might cost you a month premium in comparison, so getting insurance is a smart thing to do, even if

the month premium initial seems troubling. you never know when you're going to actually need to go to the doctor or worse yet have an emergency situation, so it is a cost effective decision, no matter what kind of health care costs you are facing at this moment to have insurance into the future. >> looking at the entire system, an oversight hearing is planned. kathleen sebelius is testified to testify next week. is it likely to lead to dismissal if the system isn't fixed? >> i don't know if her testimony will lead to dismissals. i think congress has every right to hear from the secretary about what her take on what's been happening, but i also think that what we need to keep in mind here is that there is a much longer term view for these marketplaces. i mentioned that this is just the first three weeks of a six month open enrollment period, but the fact of the matter is these marketplaces will be helpful in changing the health

care delivery system to reduce costs and improve quality in the long term, so what we're looking at here is really just a very time-limited situation, where we're having the first open enrollment period, but over the next six months, 12 months, 18 months, several years, these marketplaces are going to be a critical tool to actually lowering costs and improving quality in our health care system. this is just a precursor to what's a much longer endeavor. >> it has been a frustrating system, but it certainly is an early system. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> while problems persist with the website, the program won a victory in ohio after that state expanded its medicaid program. a special legislative panel pushed the legislation through, meaning ohio will get an

additional two and a half million dollars to cover more residents. it is the 25th state to expand or modify medicaid which is a major plank of obamacare. >> it was president obama to the rescue when a pregnant woman started to faint in the white house rose garden. take a look. the president was speaking to reporters about the computer glitches that have marred the rollout of the affordable care act. thirty minutes into his remarks, he noticed that the woman behind him wearing the red dress, you see her was getting light headed. she was about to fall over. the president turned around to help her out. >> the pervasive fear, the one illness. there you go. you're ok. i'm right here. i got you. you're ok. this happens when i talk too long. >> a white house aide helped her out of the rose garden. the president got a round of

applause and quickly wound up his remarks. >> you see on the screen, she went on twitter later to thank the president, saying. >> secretary of state john kerry is in london for the friends of jair meeting, with counterparts from 10 other country us, the aim to make sure a peace conference stays on track. the u.s. us pushing for more talks to come to the table, but none of the major players including the syrian president and opposition groups seem willing to sit down for talks at this time. speaking in a t.v. interview,al assad said: >> for more now on today's talk, let's bring in aljazeera's filll ittner in london.

the fact that the main players don't seem willing to be at the table together seems like an i am pedestrianment to the geneva two conference talks. >> absolutely, stephanie. this is a very difficult situation here on the ground in london. all major governments involved in the friends of syria group are here, but those players on the ground and in the region, a lot of them are not here. let me try to clarify this. keep in mind, this is difficult, because there is so many disparate groups making up the coalition. the national leader group is here. the syrian national council is not, and they are rebuking these talks, basically as punishment its perceived to the west for their lack of support in the recent crisis over the chemical weapons. they wanted the west to interfere or intervene, rather directly and the west just wasn't willing to do that.

there are a lot of members who are not here, even within the opposition. that's not even counting, of course, government officials, or regional players like the iranians. >> what is this group of diplomats focused on achieving? >> well ultimately, what they're looking for is a negotiated peace settlement. that's in the establish a so-cad geneva two talks, bringing the players together, a very tall order, to meet in geneva hopefully next month at the end of november to try and begin some sort of negotiated peace process. these groups don't like each other. they don't like the regime, the regime did not like them. getting to that ultimate goal of a peace settlement is going to be very, very difficult, stephanie. >> phil ittner in london, thanks, phil. >> there are evacuations in mexico as hurricane raymond looms offshore. the category three hurricane

isn't expected to come ashore, but authorities aren't taking chances. hundred was people living in mountain communities and low lying areas have been moved out. the residents have been warned to stay off the streets, roads and highways. the hurricane threat is still very real, a month after tropical storm manuel triggered flash floods and landslides. >> hurricane raymond isn't moving fast right now. >> let's get an update with meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> if it's not moving, it's bringing a lot of rain, meaning that rain is pretty much just stuck in place, causing a deluge. that's the image right now. this is going to continue to cause problems over the next couple of days. this is an area each seen different tropical systems. you can see a couple of these skirting up the coast. the typical trend is to move off the coastline and then not cause any problems anymore, but there's that closer view and

definitely causing problems there. rain and flooding would be the biggest concern as it sits in place, so some of those interior areas could get a foot of rain before this moves out to see a little bit more probably into tomorrow. we also have a typhoon that is headed toward japan. now this is moving into colder waters, and these systems kind of need that warm water to help keep their intensity up. it's already started to diminish. as it heads towards japan, still bringing the rain. even if it's not still a tropical storm or named system, more of that system will head toward the island. back to the beyond, cold air, some 30's, some 20's, even, temperatures below freezing in the midwest. because of that, we still have frost and freeze advisories from wisconsin down into missouri, for example, then across the country, this cold air is now moving into the east coast. what we're going to see is places where we have a lot of

60's today, new york, and washington, d.c. now this is tomorrow's high forecast. look, these temperatures are replaced with more of these temperatures in the 50's. you're definitely going to people the change. we already have that front starting to move through, meaning rain this morning, especially for the central portion of some of our eastern states. back to you. >> all right, thank you. >> two boy scout leaders are fired after desecrating an ancient rock formation in a utah state park. glenn taylor and dave hall of seen pushing over the rock. they were leading a scouts and said they thought the teetering rock was dangerous. the formation is about 170 million years old. the men face possible criminal charges for their actions. >> well, it's time for sports. >> a big night for the new york giants on monday night football. >> you are exactly righted, eli

and company all smiles, because the giants finally got into the win column for the first time this season. also, eli manning did not throw an interceptions. coincidence? i think not. josh freeman made his debut but was so bad, we are not going to show you his highlights or low lights. you can kiss him goodbye. he takes it 86 yards to the house. the vikings took a 7-3 lead. eli manning hooking up to make an unbelievable grab, giving the giants a lead. looking for another special play on special teams, not happening. he coughs it up and the giants are all over that. new york cassius in, powering into the happy place and happy times are here again for the giants, because they finally, finally get their first victory of the season 23-7.

reggie wayne started 129 straight games, bullet coats receiver tore his a.c.l. sunday night. wane unfortunately is done for the year. i know injuries are a part of the game, but this past weekend in the nfl, brutal. the st. louis rams lost their franchise quarterback for the season, as sam bradford tore his a.c.l. on that play in their loss to the panthers. the former number one overall pick and rookie of the year having his best year, but now his season is over. bud adams who founded the houston oilers passed away yesterday at 90 years old from natural causes. in 1997, adams moved the ailers from houston to tennessee and changed their name to the titans. adams was definitely a pioneer. his titans reached the superbowl in 2000, only to lose to the

rams. >> it's hard to say goodbye, but tigers manager jim leland decided it was time to step down. in eight seasons, he led the tigers to two division titles and two world series appearances. he led the pirates and marlins into the postseason, winning it all back in 1997 with florida. he will stay with the tigers in some capacity. as you can imagine, it is hard to say goodbye. >> i can't ever imagine what i've had in the last eight years, to be retired from managing and get a chance to come back and manage. it is an unbelievable thrill. >> leland's tigers lost to the boston red sox and now boston looking to take out the cardinals, who have one last workout in st. louis, because game one of the world series is tomorrow in bean up to. as they say, it should be a

wicked series. >> looking forward to a good workday in fenway, get the guys used to the stadium, and get one day closer to getting this thing going. >> feels good to get out there and compete. it's fun to take some serious at-bats. took eight to 10 at-bats. i don't know exactly what it was, it felt good, that's what i'm focusing on right now. >> finally, the price is right for the cincti they recordly hired bryan price to replace dusty beaker. the reds have scheduled a press conference today to introduce their new skipper. starting tomorrow, it's going to be all about the world series. >> oh, yeah, that. >> at fenway park. >> that little game. >> we're sending our john henry smith out there. >> got us covered. thank you. >> facebook is changing its policy on gruesome images. >> the social networking site has dropped its ban on ultra

graphic content. the reason behind the shift and the one rule users have to follow when posting disturbing images. >> ♪ >> also, how hiphop is helping young iraqi men cross cultural boundaries. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online.

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baldness maybe closer than you think. human hair was grown for the first time. >> it involved harvesting cells then cloned and implanted into human skin grafted to the back of a mouse. the next step, trials in humans. >> there is hope after all. >> hiphop in the middle east, two things that don't ordinarily go together, but a group of young men from iraq is using break dancing to break down cultural barriers. they recently performed in a town that is home to the countries largest middle east population, dearborn, michigan. we have more. >> the sounds emanate in dearborn, michigan, just outside of detroit. these young men, who traveled here from iraq are taking center stage. ♪

>> they call themselves the step true, a group of six men in their early 20s, who have embraced urban american hiphop culture through dance. >> it's an opportunity that, you know, means a lot. we're thankful for the opportunity. >> he was introduced to hiphop through an african-american american soldier serving north of baghdad in 2006. it was a brief, one-time encounter. >> he was like come here. i go to him, he goes like watch. and i was like. how did this got up? you know? it was something that really inspired me. >> six years later, he and his dance mates made their way to the u.s., an audition for american voices, a non-profit organization based in st. louis,

missouri that provides musical and dance training to young people from around the world. after 12 months of training sponsored by the u.s. state department, the group emerged with new steps and a name, the step crew, as they are called is now displaying their talents across the u.s. form i go the step crew has not been easy. some of them literally risked their lives to break dance in their iraqi homeland, where just dancing in a public park could make them a target for extremists. in parts of iraq, hiphop music is forbidden because lyrics that speak to the use of sex and drugs in some songs are forbidden under islamic law. they believe it is art. john ferguson is director of american voices. >> these guys have been using hiphop as a way to get a positive message to young people

and try to find ways to go beyond ethnicity and differences and find a way to unify around a common art form. >> i guess it's kind of like inspiring to express myself more, because it's different hear than iraq. imagine if they can do it, i can do it, too. >> that's what hiphop is, it brings people together. >> the step true will perform in boston and new york. they hope the day will come soon when they are able to share what they've learned here with those back in iraq. >> at the end of our first hour, here's what we're following. police are still searching for a motive in a nevada middle school shooting. the student injured two boys his age and killed a teacher before turning the gun on himself. >> firefighters in australia have deliberately combined two large bush fires to help control

them. san francisco's transit strike is over. the bay area rapid transit agency and union workers have reached a tentative deal. >> the cold air in the midwest is on the move. i'll tell you where you need to have those lawyers handy. >> unemployment numbers for september were delayed by the government shutdown. at 8:30 eastern, we'll finally get a look at those physician and break down what they mean for the economy. >> amnesty international takes aim at america's drone program. what the most comprehensive study reveals about possible violations of international law. >> aljazeera america continues next with del walters. >> we're coming back to you in two and a half minutes. >> thanks for watching.

>> fire at sparks middle school. >> chaos at a nevada middle school, a student opening fire, killing a teacher and shooting two other students before taking his own life. >> nobody's madder than me about the fact that the website isn't working as well as it should. >> president obama vowing to iron out the kinks that have plagued the federal health care website, saying there are no excuses. >> secretary of state john kerry in london, sitting down you with allies of the syrian opposition, including countries that are angry at the u.s. over the n.s.a. spying scandal. >> dozen was brush fires raging

across australia, hundreds of homes destroyed. there are fears the flames could join to create a megablaze. >> good morning. welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. authorities in nevada trying to figure out what caused a boy to take a gun to his middle school and open fire on classmates before killing himself. when it was over, a suspected math teacher and war veteran was dead, two other students shot. now there are questions about whether the young shooter, who's i.d. has yet to be released, had been bullied. aljazeera's melissa chan is in sparks, nevada, just outside reno. >> just before the starting bell monday, gunfire at sparks middle school in nevada. >> active shooter at sparks middle school.

they have at least two down, one in the drop off area for the buses, handgun. >> we heard a gunshot and then people started running and scream, so i started running. we heard another gunshot and the teacher started yelling that we had to run inside the building. >> the little kid took the gun and was threatening to kill the teacher, and at that point, my heart was racing. >> he shot a teacher. he fell straight to the ground. >> 45-year-old michael lands bury was a popular math teacher and former veteran who survived two duties in afghanistan. police say he died in an attempt to intervene, asking the shooter to put down his gun. >> he's a a hero. >> investigators say the suspected shooter wounded 212 years old. they are in stable condition. the shooting lasted three minutes, ending when the shooter turned the gun on himself. >> i thought that was going to be my last day. >> according to one law enforcement official source,

they say the shooter took the gun from his parents. the motivation so far is unknown. >> melissa, sadly this has happened again. how are students and parents coping with this tragedy this time? >> well, you can imagine how distraught everyone is, students, parents and the entire community. we are early days into investigation. the police could not provide a lot of information. it's that sun certainty about not knowing why this happened that you can well imagine has contributed a lot of distress. we know that they are providing grief counselors for anyone who needs them. >> melissa chan, thank you this morning. >> attorney general eric holder said more training by police is needed to deal with these active shooter situations. speaking at a police convention monday, he added that the average number of mass shootings has tripled over the recent years. research shows that over the past five years, therefore an

average of two mass shootings a month in this country. mass shootings are defined in which at least four people were murdered with a gun. they account for less than 1% of overall gun homicides in the u.s. so far this year, there have been at least 16 mass shootings, including the one at the washington navy yard last month, 13 dying in that attack. >> san francisco, commuters are going to be able to take the train, the bart strike is over. union workers and bay area rapid transit reached an agreement, putting an end to the four-day-old strike. limited service is supposed to get underway. are the trains up and running yet, lisa? >> del, no trains yet. we expected trains an hour ago. bartells use it will be another hour before limited service begins. we just went to a bart station. it was locked and closed, but an overhead announcement could be

heard saying find other means of transportation, bart is closed until further notice. we are trying to staff positions. we know that the unions have gone on twitter and said they are trying to get employees in place to get the system up and running again, which means if commuters can wait until 6:00 a.m. local time, they might be able to find a train with limited service. it also means that for this morning commute, we are likely to see a lot of cars on the bay bridge behind me as well as packed ferries and shuttle buses as commuters try to get from oakland into san francisco. about 200,000 people ride bart every day. they are only saying that by the afternoon commute do they expect to provide full service. >> comments were made last night about the tentative deal. >> this was not a financial strike. we apologize to our riders for the hardship you have experienced these past few days.

we're able to stand up for workers' rights, safety, and the riders' safety. >> so what were the major sticking points in the negotiations, and just what did they have to do with rider safety? >> well, they continue to remain vague and say they don't want to give details until they've brought the contract to the rank and file, but basically, consistently, they've been saying work rules are what was holding up an agreement, things such as preserving the eight hour workday, concerns over overtime and scheduling, and the resistance to give bart managers power to change policies without going to the unions first. >> gavin newsome said this. >> this has got to be the last time this happens. everyone is fed up and no one wants to see this happen again. the people don't deserve it and the folks behind me on both

sides don't deserve this. if there's any lessons to be learned that is we have to work together, not waiting until the end of a contract. >> so that being said, is the state taking any special measures that would prevent a future bart strike? >> that conversation has begun. i caught up with governor jerry brown. he was very angry about this strike and he has supported legislation that would ban future transit strikes here in california, much like cities in chicago, new york, washington, d.c. does not allow transit strike, much like fire and police are not allowed to go on strike. del. >> lisa bernard. yes, the lines will start forming behind one lisa, thank you very much. >> why are they so fed up? before this year's two walkouts, bay area transit workers went on strike three times. in 1976, they went on strike.

in 1979, they went out for 90 days. bart management calmed it a strike, the unions saying it was a lockout. in 1997, they went on strike again for another eight days. >> secretary of state john kerry is in london for the so-called friends of syria meeting. he is joined by arab and western counter parts from 10 other countries. the aim is to make sure a peace conference in geneva stays on track. the u.s. is pushing for another round of talks to bring the actors from the war into the table. all the players including bashar al assad and others are not there. bashar al assad said. >> aljazeera's phil ittner is in london. the fact that the main players don't be willing to sit down with each other would seem to be a major impediment, wouldn't you say? >> absolutely, del.

this is going to be very tough to accomplish here. the objective of trying to set up peace talks is going to be incredibly difficult, because a lot of people aren't here. even people that are on kind of the west's radar, connected with the west, even they have not arrived. not a lot of players on the ground in syria, or in the region have arrived here. the governments of those arab nations and those western nations are here speaking with secretary of state john kerry and the other members of the friends of syria in an attempt to kind of kick start a peace process which everyone agrees is the only way the civil war is going to end. >> if the major players are a no-show, what do those diplomats hope to really accomplish? >> well, in the short term, what they're hoping to do is actually pin down a date for a geneva two

conference in switzerland. there's talk that it might be aimed at the end of november, november 23 is being floated by an awful lot of the arab representatives who are here in london. again, the ultimate goal is a negotiated peace settlement, but without those regional players coming to the table and talking, it's just a non-starter. of course, the regime remains very stable, and unified. it is the dispirate groups that can't unify and provide a united front in any peaceful negotiation. >> how has the emergence of al-qaeda in the opposition complicated the factors there? >> deeply. there are obviously groups affiliated with al-qaeda that are functioning in syria, and they're gaining ground, notably the islamic state of iraq and

the levont front are two major groups fighting against the government, and they are said to be directly connected to al-qaeda. their presence makes it tough for the international community to fund you an opposition movement. >> phil ittner joining us live from london. thank you very much this morning. >> this week, several countries including mexico and france are up in arms about new reports that their people and leaders were speed on by the n.s.a. they are the latest countries in a a growing list. jay jay green is in washington, d.c. and our allies the furious, the french, the british, but isn't it a well known fact that every government spies on each other, so what is the big deal? >> one former c.i.a. director that i spoke to said the problem is some of those people complains are just upset because the u.s. does it better than they. the fact of the matter is as you

well know and pointed out, this has been done throughout history. people have always done this, it's not something that you can stop. you can't unring this bell, whether friends, enemies or indifferent, countries are going to do this because of one thing, fragmentism. they know they've got to keep up with what others are doing and stay ahead of what others are doing in order to preserve their own national security and interest. the question is the reasons for why the u.s. is doing, what it's done and what it's done with the information it's gathered from it. >> some governments say there's a difference between spying on your enemies and spying on your friends. with that as a backdrop, are we looking at any permanent damage? >> no. every country in the world does this to the degree that they can do it. the u.s. just happens to be one of the more sophisticated countries in the world that does this their way, and everybody does it to the degree that they

can do it, according to the intelligence and national security folks that i speak to on a regular basis. the situation here is this, if these countries didn't speak out, if they didn't say something to take the u.s. to task for it, then their own constituents would come to them saying why are you being quiet about this and put them on notice that perhaps you're doing this, too, which is something they don't want to talk about. so everybody's doing it, but they can't sit idly by and not say anything. they have to say something to save face in the situation. >> are these types of surveillance legal and does france and the other countries have any authority to demand that we stop? >> i think that there are elements of it that can be questioned, but on the face of it, i don't see any obvious illegalities in this situation, because you've got to be able to prove that the in tent was, i'm

thinking, most likely, and then you've got to be able to prove that was done after it was gathered. secretary of state john kerry made a very good point yesterday in france when he said that protecting the security of u.s. citizens is paramount and every country on the planet is going to try to do that especially when you consider the society, the times in which we live right now. the face of change, the technology that's out there not only can nation states use this technology to spy, but other people can, too. they're going to go far and wide to kind of make sure thief got all their bases covered. i don't think there's going to be any kind of back lash on this. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> if you have tried to log on to healthcare.gov, you know glitches have marred the

affordable care act launch. president obama say the problems would be fixed. he didn't say there were problems with the health care program itself. we have the details. >> with criticism from all sides, the president played pitch man in chief for the new health care you. >> here's the bottom line. the product, the health insurance is good. the prices are good. it is a good deal. people don't just want it, they're showing up to buy it. >> but if mr. obama knows how many people ever succeeded in signing up, he isn't saying. after first blaming website problems on larger than expected volume, the president now admits there are bigger problems. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process, and i think it's fair to say that nobody's more frustrated by that than i am. >> mr. obama suggested applying the old fashioned way.

>> the phone number for these call centers is 1-800 owe 318-2596. >> please say the name of the state your calling about. >> maryland. >> we called the number moments after the president spoke, but there were problems there, too. the president was just on television. he said call this 800 number if you're having problems with the website, so i'm calling. >> oh, yes, sir, well, due to the high call volumes, we are having problems with our program right now. >> in other words, i need to fill out that application on line before i speak with you on the phone. >> yes, sir. >> after their shutdown and debt strategy failed, republicans are turning their fire on the website's rocky rollout. >> they've had three or four years here to get this ready. god only knows how much money they've spent, and it's a failure. >> send air force one out to

silicon valley, load it up with smart people, bring them back to washington and fix this problem. ized ridiculous. >> a tech surge of the best and bright evident has been brought in. the deadline to sign up is march of next year or face a fine. if the problems%, the president's spokesman predicted the deadline could be rolled back. >> if you do not have access to affordable health insurance, then you will not be asked to pay a penalty because you haven't purchased affordable health insurance. we're focused on making sure that millions of americans in every state across the country do have access to affordable health insurance. >> mik mike viqueira, washingto. >> those who got on say it hasn't been so bad. according to a new p.o.w. report, 22% of uninsured americans have visited the health exchange website. 42% machine on doing so.

despite the bad press, when asked about their experience, 56% found healthcare.gov easy to use. 40% said just the opposite. >> evacuations in mexico as hurricane raymond looms offshore. the category three hurricane isn't expected to come ashore, but authorities aren't taking any chances. hundreds of people in mountains and low-lying areas have been evacuated. residents have been warned to stay off the streets. this comes a month after tropical storm manuel triggered flash floods and land slides in that same region. for the latest, we turn to nicole mitchell. >> these storms can be potent when they sit offshore. a category three is considered a major luck. sometimes when they linger off the coastline, you can have more impact than a direct landfall. landfall, it would lose energy, move over terrain and eventually

diminish. here, it's just sitting, dumping rain and not going to be moving very quickly. it will probably take a day or two before we have a steering pattern to move this away from land. in the meantime, easily some places could get up to a foot of rain. when you add in terrain, that's that mud slide, landslide situation, causing heavy amounts of rain totals and all the concerns that we continue to see across the region. this has been a rough season. we've had a couple skirt up the coastline, another hit significantly from the atlantic side from the gulf of mexico side. usually, they head out to sea, but close to landfall and right next to the coastline, definitely some problems. this, too could be a problem, heading toward japan. it's moving over colder water, so we are not going to see intensification, but rain could be a concern.

they have more rain through the northeast today. i'll talk about that and what this is going to do to temperatures, coming up. >> a suicide bomb in russia caught on tape. we'll tell you how that attack is raising concerns about the upcoming olympics in sochi. >> new reports are condemning the u.s. use of drones oversea he is. the changes two groups are demanding concerning that program. >> a possible bombshell in the case of this stunning little girl in greece. could she be an american child abducted several years ago? >> the long delayed september jobs report. i'll have the latest unemployment in connection straight ahead.

>> a suicide bomb attack in southern russia caught on tape is prompting security concerns at that country gears up for the winter olympics. the bus attack left six dead, 28 wounded. the bomber was a 38-year-old woman. the bombing raises fears.

it was not far from where the winter games will be held. >> an international team is work to go strip syria of its chemical weapons, their mission part of a united nations resolution that was passed last month. the u.s. has provided $6 million in aid to support that effort. >> there is a new report out criticizing the automatic for using drones to kill its enemies. amnesty international said those deadly air strikes vital international law and could be classified as war crimes. many of the victims have been civilians. we talk to the family of a grandmother killed in one of those strikes. >> this is the family, saying the 68-year-old mother and grandmother was killed in a u.s. drone strike in october of last year. all they have left to remember her by is this photo from her i.d. card. her son says these x-rays show

the injuries sustained by his children when the missile was fired near their home. >> everyone was working in the field where we have crops. that's when the drone hit. when the missile struck, it was so powerful, some of the children tumbled down the steps. >> the interviews were carried out by amnesty international in a widespread report released on tuesday, the human rights organization expressed serious concerns over the deaths of such people. >> the u.s. must explain why these people are killed, people who are clearly civilians. it must provide compensation and justice to these people, investigate those responsible for the killings. >> according to statistics, the u.s. has launched 330-370 drone strikes in pakistan, between 2004 and last month. the united nations says during that nine year period, more than

2,000 people have been killed in drone attacks, and at least 400 of those are believed to be civilians. it's difficult to get accurate physician, because the c.i.a.'s drone program remains secretive, but that's unlikely to prevent the pakistani president from bringing up the issue with president barack obama when the two meet on wednesday. >> pakistan cannot afford picking up a rivalry with united states, but at the same time, if pakistan's requests are reasonable, u.s. cannot just simply ignore them. >> few expect drone strikes to end anytime soon. earlier this year, president barack obama called the strikes lawful and part of a legitimate campaign against terrorism. >> relations between pakistan and the u.s. have been tense, particularly since 2011 when osama bin laden was found living not far from the pakistani capitol, but in a sign of warming ties, the obama

administration has requested more than $1.5 billion in military and civilian assistance for pakistan. while drone strikes will no doubt continue to be a problem between the two countries, it would appear that relationship is on the mend, as the u.s. prepares its exit from afghanistan by the end of next year. aljazeera, islamabad. >> the u.s. maintaining in all cases the drones have been successful in killing their targets. >> they are senseless, harmful and potentially deadly, but cases of lasers pointed at airliners are on the rise. a man accused of shining lights at planes faces federal charges. he is pleading inning, but admitted doing it for thrills. these incidents have increased over the last eight years 10 fold. it happened 75 times this year at new york city's major airports alone. the culprits are tough to catch,

because they can be five miles away. >> leads are pouring in about the little mystery girl found in roma in greece. authorities are following up at least 10 leads, including four from the u.s. the roma couple has been charged with abducting the little girl they call maria. they appeared in court and will remain in custody until they go on trial. their lawyer says the pair adopted the girl from her biological mother. >> new jerseys governor chris christie is dropping his fight against same-sex marriage in the garden state. some think his political future may have played a role in his decision. >> crews racing to get control of wildfires threatening to converge into one massive megafire in australia. >> we're just moments away from the release of the delayed september jobs report. our business correspondent will join us to break down the numbers.

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>> the most important money stories of the day might affect your savings, your job or your retirement. whether its bail-outs or bond rates this stuff get complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. there are reports that j.p. morgan has attentively greed pay the large evident settlement ever between a bank and the u.s. government. the deal has to do with bad mortgages that led to the financial melt june at $13 billion, the deal reportedly being discussed between j.p. morgan and the department of justice to settle civil claims over mortgage practices would be a record, amounting to more than half of the bank's total profits last year. >> they have actually reserved more than that, so that's some indication that they are at least anticipating the possibility of paying more. >> the deal being discussed reportedly will not settle a criminal probe into the bank's

mortgage practices. >> while they are willing to pay billions of dollars of shareholders money to make the allegations go away, there may be a criminal investigation and what that might reveal and the prospects that some of their executives might be held criminally liable. >> the bank reportedly faces a raft of other probes, including alleged rigging of the key interest rate used to price global financial products. for all of its legal headaches, not one senior manager has been publicly targeted by authorities. aljazeera, new york. >> the probe into j.p. morgan is part of a wider federal investigation of big bank misconduct a contributed to the housing market crash. >> we turn to business news now, the september jobs report due out anytime now, any moment now. we are joined with the latest numbers. september and october is

actually just a little late. >> just a little late because of that government shutdown. we weren't getting those updated numbers. it's important to note that what the numbers will show is really a snapshot before the government shutdown, so you want to make sure you take that with a grain of salt. i believe we're getting those numbers just in. we do not usually do this on a tuesday, but here we go. the september jobs report shows quite a significant change. we have 148,000 jobs. the expectation was 180,000 jobs. in august, we saw 169,000 jobs created. unemployment is at 7.2%. it was expected to be along the lines of 7.3%. the participation rate in the job market is currently 63.2 percent, which was a 35 year low. one analyst said the job market is being held back by low quality positions.

>> this is not giving our middle class the stability to feel confident to go out there and purchase and make long-term spending decisions. what's holding back the economy and job creation on a very macro level is this stagnating wage and lack of good full-time, high-paying jobs. >> reaction to the news has stock futures up a little bit, coming off a quiet trading day yesterday. the dow losing seven points. the nasdaq opens at 39, 20. >> there are more americans working, but this is a double-edged sword. good news, bad news, right? >> correct. we want to look at the labor force participation rated, the 35 year low. that means that more americans are waking up and deciding not only do i want to go to work, but the jobs that are out there are not paying me enough.

>> this is affecting not only those who have jobs, but those who don't have jobs and those of us who do have jobs should not be celebrating either, right? >> no. this number was so critical, people watching it closely. the fed uses it to determine whether it's going to ease back on its bond buying program. the fed has twin goes, one to keep unemployment in check, but also manage interest rates. in some ways, it could be good for normal folks, but at the end of the day, the goal is always to have as many people working as possible, because that affects consumer demand. >> thank you very much. the jobs numbers finally in, just a little lately. >> just a little bit late. >> thank you very much. >> the tea party has definitely made its presence felt in washington as the driving force behind the recent government shutdown, but some suggest they are alienating themselves from the rest of the republican

party. the chief political strategist from the potomac research group joins us. what are we to make of what will happen on the upcoming elections. >> this is quite a story, del. the tea party is emboldened. you might think after the debacle of the last couple weeks they would be chagrined, embarrassed, but exactly the opposite is happening. they feel at the base level around the country they have wonderful support. they are getting lots of contributions. they are now going to challenge more traditional republicans in the primaries, so just because we had a debacle in the last few weeks does not mean the tea party is going away. >> if the tea party doesn't like the democrats and they don't like the republicans, who do they like and what do they want? >> well, they like a very conservative ideology that has two or three big features,

number one, obviously fiscal restraint. we're going to get more one way or another. there will be more fiscal restraint early this year. they are realliationlationists, perhaps underappreciated by your viewers world wild that the u.s. has gone quite is alationists and the tea party is firmly behind that philosophy. third, the tea party is quite anti business, anti wall street, anti bank and the lobbyists for all the business groups have been frustrated because their money and lobbying has had no influence on the tea party. >> we hear so much negative about the tea party. if they are so scorned, then why are they so difficult to beat? >> first of all, their supporters are really, really animate and passionate, and a lot of other folks aren't quite as zealous as they are. secondly, their influence is strongest in states where they really do have clout, mostly all in the deep south, not entirely,

but they are in districts that have been gerrymandered, tailor-made for them to do well. they are only 25 percent to 30% of americans, but very, very motivated. >> 148,000 jobs created in september, the report late, everybody expects october to be dismal, is the tea party going to continue being a thorn in the side of any future movement by the obama administration? >> yes. i think that any effort to stimulate the economy will be thwarted. we're going to get more spending cuts. it's either-or. either we get a deal between now and december which might slightly cut entitlements, changing the cost of living on social security, or another year of the quester, which is a blunt instrument, cutting the pentagon, cut i can many dom the accident spending areas. one way or another, this fiscal restraint and a dramatically

falling budget deficit will%. >> you live in the land of diplomacy where everybody has something nice to say about everybody, even if they don't like them. if the tea party is dead set on blocking anything the white house tries to do, why doesn't the white house call it for what it is, saying these are the reasons that your job numbers are going down and this is the reason that you can't get a job? >> the white house will try to make that case, but again, the tea party base is very, very strong. i would add also that most mainstream republicans don't like these people. they are nervous about them. they feel. >> is it nervous or just down right afraid. >> i think you're right, del, i think down right afraid. looking to the next two elections, 2014 and 2016, if a tea party candidate won the nomination, let's say robbed paul, who's maybe the favorite now to win the republican nomination, if he were the nominee, most mainstream republicans fear, correctly, that he might lose 40 out of the

50 states. >> chief political strategist at the potomac group in washington, thank you. thousands are gathering at the state captain obviously illinois hoping to change the minds of a dozen lawmakers, pushing for a law allowing same-sex marriage in the state. the governor is for it, the senate passed it. backers say 12 more votes are needed in the house to push it through. a concert and rally scheduled today, opponents will get their turn tomorrow holding a prayer vigil. >> new jersey's governor chris christie says he is no longer going to try and stop same-sex marriages in his state. gay marriages began on monday after judges cleared the way. the republican governor said he would drop the state's challenge to the court orders, some pundits balked at the rulings saying he did it to preserve his image with the party's conservative base ahead of a possible presidential run in 2016. >> australia is dealing with its

worst wildfires in more than 40 years. as many as 60 of them raging across the state of new south wales. firefighters are working day and night trying to gain the upper hand. the warm weather and winds as high as 60 miles an hour are threatening to merge those into a massive megafire. andrew thomas spent time on the front lines. >> the up side the fire chief gave thursday was doom ladened. he said wednesday the conditions of the fire would be at their worst. he is now saying those initial predictions weren't bad enough, it will have higher winds. thursday, initial fires took off destroying more than 200 homes. they have the added dimension that they are already huge fires that could spread in these winds. already under controlled conditions, firefighters have brought together two of the huge fires to form one very big one across the northern region.

there is a second fire across the southern region. they're fearful of those two creating a megafire, threatening sydney. the whole of new south wales are on a fire watch until wednesday. if you don't have a reason to be in the blue mountains, you should get out. firefighters are trying to burn out areas to deprive the fires of fuel haven't been as successful as hoped. there is every potential that on wednesday, there could be more homes and more lives lost, despite the very best efforts of firefighters. the scenario for wednesday is about as bad as it gets. >> andrew thomas joining us from sydney. for more on conditions the crews will be facing, we return to nicole mitchell.

>> taking the broad look at the continent, you can see we're ringed with very significant wildfire season. what we were just talking about was eastern australia. this is where most of the population is, larger cities like sydney out here and the blue mountains, lovely area, but obviously you don't want to be there when we're at the fire risk, so pretty significant. this is spring for this part of the world as we head toward the southern hemisphere, so temperatures are getting warmer. that always exacerbates fires. we've had windy conditions that spreads any fires that are already around. look how dry it is, barely a cloud in the sky. all those conditions are not helping with the significant conditions that we're seeing there and all the fires. as we continue, a little closer to home, it's the opposite. we're in fall, so temperatures are going down instead of up. we've definitely seen this recently in places like indianapolis in the 40's today, over 10 degrees below average. it's been a cool one.

where we are still a little bit mild, 60's up the east coastline, enjoy it while you can. that will be changing, although we'll have a little rebound for the weekend, but this is tomorrow. i just showed you those 60's. look at a lot of these temperatures dropping into the mid 50's, so a 10-degree drop. overnight temperatures are cooler than that. it's definitely going to be the time to have the coat at least handy heading out the door in the morning. we also have showers associated with this. this is pretty light. it is reaching the ground and moving quickly. we're not expecting large accumulation, but worthy of having the umbrella with you as you head out for any commutes. the one other part of the country that we've seen more moisture, and a lot of this is with the frontal system through the country across the south. a lot of this pretty light. right along the coast, you might see isolated heavier amounts. into the northeast, the next couple days expect a little bit more, because we still have

moisture around the great lakes that will to push through. the west coast very quiet. that is the one area that's been significantly drier, as well. the midsection of the country is where we got that initial shot of cold air, so temperatures here are only in the 20's, 30's and 40's farther to the south. it's going to be a brisk couple of days ahead. del, back to you. >> pumpkin spice latte. thanks, nicole. >> r.o.t.c. programs at 13 universities mostly in the south are getting the ax. they were found to be underperforming. it is part of the army's efforts into expand recruitment shifting resources to larger cities. the last time the program was shut down was back in 1998. >> football players are going back to the field at the state university, ending their week long boycott. they are upset about a coaching change and unsafe conditions at their practice site. the louisiana forfeited the game

because the players refused to take the trip. the university president will tackle they're grievances. the school has lost 18 straight ncaa games. >> we have sports now, a big night for a team that was on a losing streak. >> everybody can exhale, the giants all smiles, because the giants finally little into the win column for the first time this season. also for the first time this season, eli manning did not throw an interception. coincidence? i think not. josh freeman made his vikings debut, but he was so bad, we are not going to show you his highlights or low lights. you can kiss him goodbye. 86 yards to the house as the vacationings took a 7-3 lead. in the second quarter, manning hooking up for an unbelievable grab, giving the giants the lead at the break.

looking for at special play on special teams, not happening. the giants are all over that. new york would cash in, powering into the happy place. happy times are here again for the giants, because they fi victory of the season, 23-7. now, october's a great time of the year. you had the nfl, college football, the world series, october fest, so things are definitely looking rosy, because you also have the start of the nba. i know it's only the preseason, but derrick rose is looking to be in mid season form. remember, he was out all of last season, recovering from that knee injury. chicago's superstar continues to success. the bulls go on to win over the bucks to improve to 6-0 on the season. that's the preseason. regular season tips off a week from today. it's hard to say goodbye especially when you're one of the best in the game. tigers manager jim leland

decided it was time to step down. in eight seasons, he led the tigers to three division titles and two world series appearances and has had that midas touch wherever es managed. he led the tigers and marlins into the postseason, winning it with florida in 1997. he will stay on with the tigers in some capacity, but it is hard to say goodbye. >> the true hopes i've had, to retire and come back and manage. it is an unbelievable thrill. >> his tigers lost to the red sox in the alcs and now boston will be looking to take out the cardinals who had one last workout in st. louis. game one is tomorrow at fenway. jon lester will be on the hill against adam wainwright. it should be a wicked good

series. >> looking forward to a good workday, get used to the stadium geing this thing going. >> feels good to get out there and beat against pitchers. they're guys on our own team, but it's fun to take an at-bat. took eight to 10 at-bats, i don't know exactly what it was. it felt good. that's what i'm focusing on now. taking good at-bats. >> the price is right for the cincinnati reds, because they reportedly hired bryan price to replace dusty baker as manager. the reds will introduce their new skipper today. tomorrow, the fall classic underway. >> is that your best boston accent. >> i don't think they say it like that, wicked good, but i had the chowder and lobster rolls and it was delicious. i miss boston right now. >> ok. >> the white house putting out an s.o.s. they also need to help ross.

the cell phone giant now tasked with a down thing job. glitches are creating skepticism about obamacare. we'll talk to an expert about some success stories. >> the road to recovery in colorado proving to be tough. how immigrants were hit especially hard by disastrous flooding there. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you.

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>> the federal government is turning to a top telecon company to help fix its ailing website. verizon has been asked to trouble shoot, the government reaching out to other private companies to help. the government spent $394 million setting up a website. the focus surrounding the new health care law have been the glitches, but there have been success stories. we are joint by the professor at washington lee university school of law in harrisburg virginia this morning. professor with all of the website glitches, we are hearing so much, but you think there is a silver lining. what leads you to that

conclusion? >> what a lot of people aren't realizing is that the affordable care act has been in place for three years and there have been significant changes brought about because of that. for example, several million young people between the ages of 18, 19 and 26 who have been enrolled in their parents health care plans, like my son, who has a preexisting condition, millions of medicare beneficiaries getting additional benefits because of the affordable care act, and frankly, millions of uninsured americans are going to get covered. the plans actually don't open, the subsidies aren't available until january 1. if we can rare the website in the next couple of weeks, a year from now, nobody's going to remember that it took a month to get it up and running. >> why are those success stories drowned out by the loud chorus of people saying that obamacare

doesn't work? >> bad news always sells better than good news, but there has been a concerted effort in this country for the last really even before the act was started, to defeat this law, to keep uninsured americans frankly from getting health insurance, and so this is just part of the ongoing narrative. it was almost stopped by a filibuster to begin with, many states, i mean, it was originally thought that most of the exchanges would be run by the states, but now, two thirds of the states have refused to open exchanges, and so the whole job has been dumped on the federal government. of course, we had the supreme court case, the 2012 election really was a referendum on the

statute with a threat to repeal it, so i mean, there have been repeated efforts to stop this, a tremendous amount of misinformation. >> why is the other side, why are people opposed to this health care act, fighting so hard and is there money fighting that doesn't want to see this law go into effect and succeed? >> i really think that the opposition to this is primarily ideological. there is certainly money backing that, these ideological efforts, but in fact, most of the health care industry is going to make health care off of this law, not lose it and there is a lot of support in the health care industry for getting this law implemented, but there is tremendous ideological opposition. >> professor, thanks for joining us this morning. >> it has been more than a month

now since that widespread flooding killed nine and destroyed thousands of homes in colorado. rebuilding has been tough, but as tamara banks found out, there's a small community of immigrants that has found it really difficult. she and her family were stranded on the roof of their trailer home for hours during the historic floods that swept colorado in september. they saw neighbors trailers float by and then they are home was ripped off its foundation. they're living here now, seven people, sharing one room in a friend's home, struggling as a family to rebuild their lives and their legal identity, and they're not alone. >> what we're seeing is that immigrant families are having to rely on friends and family and move into homes where they are allowed a room or they share a living room, so that their children can sleep.

>> the doctor works with the immigrant community. her nonprofit organization assists 300 immigrants who have lost documents they can't afford to replace. >> replacement of birth certificates, replacement of green cards, the work permits. >> the one place immigrants could possibly get help to replace their documents is the federal government. federal agencies like fema say getting immigrants back on their feet is their priority, but immigrants don't trust them. faith based organizations are stepping up. >> we are getting involved trying to get them access to credit so they are able to reestablish their homes and working through community partners that we know here, working to get them automobiles. >> christ presbyterian church is providing counseling to immigrant families. >> what we're trying to do is play with them and to say we're going to walk beside you all the way, as long as it takes to get

your lives back in order and we're going to walk beside you even beyond that. >> aljazeera, colorado. >> colorado's historic flooding affected 24 counties across the state, causing over $2 billion in damage. >> again, the story that we are following at this hour, the month jobs report is out. 148,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy, the unemployment rate dropping to 7.2%. that's it for this edition of aljazeera news. i'm del walters. more headlines in just two and a half minutes and always on aljazeera.com. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online.

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