>> good evening, everyone. and welcome to aljazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. asking if her cellphone has been tapped by the nsa. and obamacare, the white house tries to reassure the insurance industry. >> 9-1-1 emergency. >> there are shots. >> a teacher is down? >> yes. >> and teachers at risk. from the student shooting in nevada to the teacher stabbing in massachusetts what will it take to keep teachers safe at school?

it has been one week since congress approved legislation that ended the government shutdown and raised the debt ceiling at least temporarily, and it was viewed as a victory for president obama. in the days that followed, domestic controversy grabbed the spotlight. joining us, mike, what a week at the white house. >> reporter: john, you're right, and it was supposed to be a pivot to some of the big domestic issues left on the agenda. but the political momentum that the president won after the political shutdown is finally over. >> the u.s. is reviewing the way that we gather intelligence. >> another day, another angry ally. the white house on the

intelligence over reports that american intelligence listened into to the german chancellor. >> i want to assure the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the chancellor. >> a white house spokeswoman would only say, i'm not in a position to comment publicly. a merkel spokesman said that it would be a grave breach of trust. the controversy came the same day that john kerry expresses concerns over spying by the italian consulate. and then the big controversy on the home front, a failure to launch. dysfunction persists online where the uninsured were supposed to shop for health

insurance >> the rollout of obamacare is nothing short of a deckacle. and the american people are fearing their healthcare. >> get it right, fix it. >> now mrs. pelosi is not calling for a delay in the individual mandate. but senate democrats are. they're asking for the march 1st deadline to be pushed back. tomorrow, john, th in what proms to be a series of house republicans, looking at what wrong with the website, it's the controversy who will be o be on -- the contractors who will be on the hot seat >> we're hearing what they're saying, right >> yes, they're testifying that it was the high demand on the website initially, and this was the excuse given by the white

house officials, and high demand plus confusion between the insurers and the government as well that led to the problems, and speaking of insurance, john, the white house did bring in ceos of many of the marriage health insurance companies to keep them abreast of the problems. >> mike, thank you very much. and president obama met today with the prime minister of pakistan, and as expected, u.s. drone warfare in that country is a big issue. both leaders expressed ways of improving the nation's strained relationship. >> reporter: the usually words of friendship and cooperation and commitment, this meeting, this handshake could symbolize much more. pakistan and the u.s. have barely been on speaking terms since the unannounced raid that killed osama bin laden two years ago, and nato killed pakistani

troops. that led to aid being cut off. and now the traffic and the aid now flowing again. but it was evident in this meeting, there's still a huge source of tension in u.s. drone strikes. >> emphasizing the need to end such strikes. >> he seemed to indicate that the president did give reassurances behind the scenes. >> if we want to target, and now, probably once the remaining two targets are met. >> reporter: he wouldn't go any further and spell out million what promises were made. but the experts say with the deadline for u.s. troops to leave afghanistan, both countries have little choice but to try to find a solution.

for the u.s., it's all about security. >> it's counter terrorism, both within pakistan and groups that are operating across the region by using pakistani soil. it's pakistani nuclear weapons and their safety and security. and it's the overall stability in pakistan which may need economic help. >> but the u.s. aid has been on decline. it could eventually total $1.5 billion this year, and $975 million is pledged for next year. pakistan clearly needs not just aid, but trade in its economic development if it's economy is going to recover, and if foreign investment is going to return. this show of respect may mean a new beginning for two countries with a complicated relationship.

>> the foreign ambassador to the united states, and boston university. ambassador, welcome. >> let me ask you first, what arwhat dothe pakistanis expect t comes to drones >> massive economic assistance and open trade policy, and encouragement t to invest, but what's being ignored, as long as pakistan is perceived as a safe haven for terrorism, that's not going to happen. so there's a big gap. >> in your new book, magnificent delusions, you made

controversial states, in which you said, "pakistan cannot become a regional leader in south asia while it supports terrorism" what do you mean by that >> pakistan became an american ally, joined during the cold war, and any of the communist military vettures, so pakistan wanted military assistance from the united states mainly to driven off india, but it's expectations from the united states were not fulfilled. and it's my view that they could not be fulfilled, and it's a delusion on the part of pakistan to expect that they could get on the perimeter of fighting communism and use it against india. and for the last many years,

since 1992, the united states threatened pakistan that it would be put on the list of states sponsoring terrorism. terrorism has been a big issue. it pakistan seriously wants to be an american ally, we have to eliminate all terrorist groups from pakistani soil and not quibble about what groups are acceptable and what are not. >> specifically how does pakistan support terrorists? >> they are many groups, bid laden, and operates openly from pakistan, and generally, general sympathy for various groups that are perceived as freedom fighters, fighters against imperiallism. and it's not accepted by my countrymen. >> so you see that the pakistani government turns a blind eye to terrorism? >> in some cases, it turns a

blind eye, and in some cases, it has no idea who is in the country, like osama bin laden. and in some cases, it's supporting groups in securing pakistani influence in afghanistan, and i might add in the case of afghanistan, the united states was complicent with pakistan in supporting groups that were subsequently scene as being terrorists, but were not scribed as terrorists. >> in the fiscal year 2014, president obama has requested court and aid to pakistan, and is the money going to make any difference in the relationship between the two countries? >> as i pointed out in my book, magnificent illusions, i doubt that the money alone will make a defense. pakistan's economic needs are far greater than the 1 and a

half billion dollars that the united states has to over. they need to be able to open up to investment and expand their ports, and they have to make a decision if they want to be a trading nation or just a warring nation. we have invested too much into our military. and from the american point of view, the americans usually have a short memory, and their interest span is short. we can not completely depend on the americans and we need to minutfigure out things for ourss >> the situation is out of control and ask for the u.s.' help in public >> yes, but to believe able to do that, pakistan leaders will have to admit to a lot of things, and come clean on history. and sort of reestablish the dialogue with their own people. and tell them the truth. pakistan has been reluctant to do that.

they have a reluctance to admit to mistakes. i think that the pakistani people are really informed about the threats and the dangers that these jihadi groups are posing. and in that sense, there's a case to be made, but will someone make it, or will we just keep getting pakistan people, is this a war, or the conspiracy with the indians, and never educate our own people. we have had deals with the americans in the past that we have never revealed to our people. we were seeking membership with american treaty organizations while we were telling our people, no, we're not doing that, and controversy on drones as well. i think that the people of pakistan are generally taken into confidence, people will have security and prosperity. >> it's good to have you on the

program. and thanks for joining us tonight >> glad to be here, john >> well, violence strikes another school campus, this time in massachusetts. a high school teacher found dead in a woods. now a 14-year-old student is charged with her death. and it's the second teacher death this week. a massachusetts judge ruled he will be charged with the murder. and officials are reviewing how to protect schools from violence. early wednesday, police discovered the body of 24-year-old colleen rector, allegedly stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student. on monday, michael lansbury, a former marine, was described as protecting his students when he was killed by a 12-year-old in sparks, nevada, and the student

then turned the gun on himself. both areas have low crime, homicides are rare. most shootings, sandy hook elementary school, in newtown, connecticut, for example, have safe communities. violence against students in low risk areas are often overlooked >> you're talking about kids who are very isolated and have a particular cultural norm. and for kids who don't fit into that, and don't want to grow up in may bury, usa and feel that's not who they are, and they can't wait to get out, they're very often bullied and they're ostracized and alienated. >> the 14-year-old in massachusetts is tried as an adult. and an expert on school convenience says that homicides are on the decline.

>> a lot of it is the attention that's dawn to it, and -- drawn to it. we're not seeing the level as much as our perception. >> one of dorn's perceptions is how easy it is to conceal guns and knives, and he recommends getting students to spot outsiders, and access to school buildings. those techniques have already saved lives. >> you don't hear as much about the incidents that don't happen. just last month in georgia, there was a serious incident that was prevented >> but the tragedies that aren't prevented that remind the nation of just how vulnerable schools can be. chris dorn said that his company is getting more and more requests, more than ever, for private schools to improve their security. >> the nephew of robert f.

kennedy, convicted of killing his neighbor, will have a new trial. after the unsuccessful 2002 conviction, the judge ruled that skakel can have a new trial. he can be released if he's granted bail as a result of winning that appeal >> >> dramatic new images tonight, mostly from syria, left to drown in the mediterranean sea. it happened two weeks ago off the coast of malta. >> what you're seeing are hundreds of people, men, women and young children, trying to stay afloat in the cold mediterranean waters. their boat is capsized. and many cannot swim. these are mostly syrian refugees, trying to escape from the war, only to end up like this. on this instance, they're

spotted, and a maltese vessel comes it their rescue, the mediterranean is in danger of becoming a graveyard. cold, wet and desperate, even the youngest are not spared. one small rubber dingy manages to make its way to the rescue boat. full of people, it offers little protection from these high seas. onboard, a father pulls the soaked clothes off of his little girl. while in the distance, more float in the water, waiting to be rescued. this is not the first time something like this has happened. and it won't be the last. but when boats like these, packed full of people, run into trouble, a rescue like this is rare. stephanie deck, aljazeera. >> the maltese military has

rescued 13,000 migrants over the past 13 years. >> hello, and good evening, it's that time of year when we talk about lake affect snow. if you live around the great lakes, you know what we're talking about. but let me give you a lesson. when the windy air from canada moves over the great lakes, it picks up moisture and dumps it on the other side of the lake, and just north of syracuse, that's exactly what we're going to be seeing over the next 12-24 hours. 8-12 inches of snow in this particular area. so that's going to be a bit of a problem. tonight, of course the world series is kicking off and the rain has stayed here in the atlantic. but we're going to be seeing colder weather over the next 12 hours. by the time the game ends, 42°, and the windchill will be down

to 39. but no rain in the forecast. >> the city of detroit, lawyers head to court, hoping to convince the judge that the city is eligible for bankruptcy. and i'll talk to a city worker who could lose all of her benefits, and plus, a quarter of a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and now breakthroughs give them hope.

>> for the first time in years, doctors say they're feeling hopeful about fighting breast cancer. that's because several new important treatments have emerged, and they're making a big difference in patient's lives. >> reporter: 15 years of carrie's life have been filled with doctors and treatments for breast cancer. >> i lost my hair, and i had to be in the hospital. i felt like it was a death

sentence, almost, and it was very scary. >> but now she has hope and strength, after being among the first in the country to start a new medication. tdm1. it's one of the first ones, it works like a smart bomb. it attaches and kills the cancer skills with a tiny dose of chemotherapy, while leaving the healthy tissue alone. for patients like beellen, she doesn't get sick or lose her hair. >> i'm amazed by this chemotherapy, and it also seems to be working. so that's the key. >> reporter: approved in february, it only works on one of the most severe kinds of cancer. but among the first in the country to test it in critical trials, the patient's lives were expended by half a year. >> this is, in many ways, what

we have all been looking for for a long time. because it's a very effective drug, and yet it's accompanied by very few side effects. >> reporter: tdm1 is one of the few to emerge in the past few years. it sees breast cancer as a family of diseases, not just one. different tumors grow and spread. >> i think it's very reasonable to hope that 20 years from now, across the board from breast cancer, that we'll be able to say that no woman should have to die of this disease if she's able to get treatment for it. >> reporter: for now, breast cancer is the second deadliest cancer for women, killing close to 40,000 a year, and it can have severe side effects like liver and heart damage, but patients like deellen feel better.

to longer wracked with illness and chemotherapy, she's traveling >> i'm stage four terminal, but i don't look at myself as that. because i figure, the treatment i'm having now, the tdm1 is working, and as long as it's working, i'm alive, and i'm fine. >> she's not cured, but now has hope, within reach. aljazeera, boston. >> the price of college education is still going up, but tuitions are rising at a slower pace than before. according to the college board, the fees charged by a four year anniversary is up by 2% this year. that's the smallest annual increase in 30 years, but it doesn't mean that college is any more affordable. smaller increases are offset by decline in federal student aid.

in business, a big win for regulators, bank of america has been found liable for bad mortgages, sold through fannie mae and freddie mac. sold by countrywide financial. bank of america bought countrywide in 2008. the justice department is asking the judge to fine bank of america nearly $850 million. the profits for caterpillar, which makes mining and construction equipment fell short in the third quarter. they laid off 3,000 employees in the third quarter, and 13,000 this year. caterpillar sees little improvement in the business next year. caterpillar's negative news and falling oil prices made stocks fell lower. the dow is down, and the s&p is down after an all-time high on tuesday. and free is going to cost

you more at amazon.com. it's raising it's minimum requirements for free shipping from $35. just in time for the holiday season when online shopping and package shipping sores. amazon reports earnings tomorrow, right after the close. mike is here with sports and this is the big night, right >> game one of the world series, between the cardinals and the red sox is officially underway right now at fenway park. game one started moments ago, still scoreless in the first inning. adam wainwright, both teams won 97 games in the season, the two teams haven't played each other since 2008. and the last time they were in the world series was in 2004. the nfl has reduced brandon

mer i weather's two dame suspension down to one game. he appealed the initial susspection. he was fined $40,000 for two illegal hits this season. when they lost to green bay. >> the prosecutors say that because the structures don't serve the public interest, that the taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pay for this. we'll have more sports news later in the program. >> thank you, and firefighters are finally making progress battling the bush fires in aus a. but the fire and the smoke may be helping scientists, playing right at the center of it all! >> and the pope suspends the so-called bishop of bling, who reportedly spent $42 million on a home renovation and $20,000 on a bathtub.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. here are the stop stories. reports that the nsa has been monitoring her cellphone calls. reports are that the u.s. is not listening in, but press secretary did not say that there had been any spying on merkel in the past. john kerry met with israeli prime minister, ben jaman netanyahu today. he said that the world should not accept what he calls a partial deal. leaders also discussed syria, and israeli and palestinian peace negotiations into >> a boston area student has been arraigned after killing a teacher, the investigators found the body of math teacher, kaline

ritzer behind the school, and he's being tried as an adult >> >> officials are moving forward in what could be the largest municipal bankruptcy in the united states. city manager and the city's creditors were trying to convince the judge to accept or reject the city's bankruptcy filing. they want to block it to avoid retirement payment. the city is $18 billion in debt. joining us, sheryl, a retired city worker who receives a pension, and sheryl, welcome, it's good to see you >> hi, thank you for having me. >> so if this bankruptcy goes through, you could lose your pension, right >> well, yes. and in fact, already, we were notified that as of december 31st, my healthcare will no longer be covered by the city of detroit, until i'm eligible for medicare.

>> give me your reaction to that. >> well, i'm more than a little, at this point, confused and upset, because i'm not sure what is going to happen, or what i'm going to do. i'll have to -- i'll be 65 next july, and from now until then, i've got a couple of months of healthcare, and then after that, i won't have anything. i have minor skin cancer, and other problems that i have to have attended to, and i'm not sure how that's all going to work, and i haven't figure today out yet. so i'm a little angry and a little confused and upset. >> i believe you told our producer that this pension that you get now is about 70% of your income, so tell me what that means to you if you lose the

money. >> >> how would anybody feel if they don't have an income. i worked for the city of detroit for three years and three months, and i was told that i would have a pension for the rest of my life. that was the bargain when i signed on to them and the promise that i made. and now they're telling me that they may give me 10 cents on the dollar, and what am i going to do? i was a construction inspector, i could go get a job and knock a young person just starting out out of an opportunity. but how long can i do that? how long can i load a wheelbarrow full of concrete and do concrete testing? >> who do you blame for this? >> honestly, i blame the banks, completely and utterly.

>> not your elected officials? >> no, not our elected officials. i know that in 2005, there were wall street representatives, if the bond rating executives gaining approval. we have seen it's much bigger than elected officials. the home foreclosures in our neighborhood have devastated everything, and opened the door to speculators who come in and rent outhouses, buy up houses cheep, rent outhouses and don't pay taxes, so the city is losing income that way. really, and then compared with that is the credit default and other really, really bogus kinds of financial instruments that were pushed on the city of detroit in 2005.

>> so what is the solution for people like you? >> well, the solution is for our pension not to be touched and our healthcare not to be touched. for the banks, i know that in an earlier news clip, the bank of america was just convicted of their mortgage feeding through mortgages and packaging them. i know that chase, jpmorgan chase was just find $13 billion for their role in municipal bonds. there's all kinds -- you see the headlines every day.

they wind up costing people like me, or at least they're trying to make people like me in our neighborhood pay the price, and quite honestly, i think that the money should be taken from the bank and refunded to detroit so we can have jobs and revitalize our city in a real way, rather than the way its being done now want >> sheryl, we'll continue to watch this situation with the bankruptcy in detroit and maybe we'll have you back on the show. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> one week ago when the government shutdown ended, president obama called on congress to take on three issues now stalled on capitol hill. and aljazeera america al is taking a closer look. the budget bill, the immigration bill and the farm bill. we begin tonight with the farm bill. diane easterbrook has more from chicago. >> john, they are working on a

compromise with the farm bill. the big contention is going to be food stamps. the program is costing the government about $80 billion a year. she picks up canned goods from a local food pantry each month. she works part-time, and gets $500 in benefits to feed herself and her two kids >> i need it, and without it, i don't know what i would do. i've been coming here to the food pantry. >> leaving millions without jobs, the number of people inhold in the government supplemental assistance program has nearly doubled and the costs have more than doubled. the democrat senate has proposed cutting 4 and a half billion dollars over ten years by closing loopholes, and the

republicans want to cut it in half by limiting eligibility. that would trim 4 and a half million people from the foot stamp program next year. an economist thinks that it could make it harder to recover from future economic downturns. >> it will save some money, but it will cause a lot of misery to people who won't be able to get any safety net or jobs. >> cutting people from snap will put a tremendous burden on pantries like this one that provide food. not only will it increase, but getting food will be more of a challenge >> we know that in times of great need, the private response can't cover the gaps. >> reporter: more than half of the 1500 people who come to this food pantry each month are on food stamps. the volunteer coordinator said that if a lot of them lose their

benefits, it would effect everyone. >> people won't be able to afford to go to the grocery store, and instead, they will be forced to come here. and we want to do emergency food. not every day monthly food for everyone. >> if the economy keeps creating jobs, fewer people will be eligible for food stamps, but the congressional office said that without cuts to the program, it could take nearly a decade before it falls to prerecession levels. aljazeera, chicago. >> after five days of battling australian bush fires, the crews say that they have been able to slow the spread of the fires, despite the hot, windy dry weather. a military training exercise may be to blame for one of the largest fires burning near sydney. the dozens of bush fires have destroyed more than 200 homes. in the united states, it has been a terrible season for

wildfires. there have been 40,000 wildfires, and more than 4 million acres burned. the researchers are taking to the skies and studying the particles of smoke to find out how the fires are aving the environment. >> this gulf stream turbo prop is packed with instruments, not of room for the scientists onboard. >> it's like a spaceship >> their target, the tiny particles caused by wild land fires. they can attach all kinds of data gathering devices onto this aircraft. and so far they have flown through the fires in oregon, washington and idaho. today they're flying east of boise. >> well be flying downwind. >> it's pretty exciting. you get an appreciation for the vastness of the fire. >> pretty exciting because to

gather the data, they do this. fly the plane directly into the smoke plume. >> you can smell the smoke in the cabin. it's smoky will you go through the plume, and at times, it's dark like you're going into a cloud. >> they fly a looping course, flying downwind from the fire, scooping up particles as the winds change. >> you have to have a particle, and we want to gather lots of particles, and how they evolve. and how they impact cloud formations >> how the particles change chemically could lead to answers about how they change, and help scientists know the future more clearly. >> well, let's head to washington d.c., and joey chen is standing by to talk about america tonight. >> good evening, john, and we're

going to talk about another school kill being. this time, the alleged kill, just 14 years old. and we're going to talk about a state where just about everyone can get a gun. flint, michigan, is home to aen violent crime rate that is five times the national rate. and the main perpetrators are kids. and a life in crime, and in jail. and a woman is using her voice for therapy for herself and other victims of violence. >> >> there are community leaders and trying to change the future of flint, michigan. >> we have to stop shining such a bright light on the negativity. and express more love and gratitude for what is happening in the city. >> the report is going to come to us tonight from someone who knows the community well. we'll talk about what to do with all of that. and we'll talk about what to do

when violence comes to a campus tonight, john. >> all right, thank you, and we'll see you then. >> >> well, a monkey that purrs like a cat and a piranha. a new species! ' >> and two of the most storied franchises in baseball history. that and more coming up in sports.

>> pope francis is taking an unusual step by suspending a bishop in germany, the so-called bishop of bling is at the center of a scandal with his lavish

lifestyle. more from berlin. >> the articles flashed across the berlin media, showing that he had blown the budget on his home, a museum and conference rooms. by a factor of six. the budget we want from $7 million to around $42 million. and now, this is coming during a papacy led by a pope who says that he wants the catholic church to be a poor church, to be more welcoming of the poor. so there's a message disconnect between the vatican and what's going on in germany with the man being named the bishop of bling. in consequence on his trip to the vatican, he was made to wait eight days before being granted audience with the pope. and we don't know what's going to happen to him.

>> the amazon rainforest is home to more species than any other place in our planet. in the last four years, more than 400 new plants and animals have been discovered by the world wildlife fund. that averages to two species a week. a monkey that purrs like a cat. a vegetarian piranha, and a thumb sized frog. he's the living leader of the amazon initiative at the wildlife fund. and we appreciate you joining us. so when you started this project, did you ever imagine you would discover 400 new species? >> you know what? every time we settled the am did amazon, we discover that there's endless richless there. so we have a collection of studies before. and we had predicted some of those that we're seeing now, but

what i can tell you, every time we do it, it becomes more and more impressive. >> because of encroach. civilization on the rainforest, go you worry that these species that you just discovered might be endangered in a very very short time? >> oh, absolutely. i think this mission, because of the first only in the southern part of the brazil amazon, where we're seeing in columbia, and ecuador and even peru, and this is one case that it's so interesting to have one new species of monkey, already in danger because of the deforestation. >> what do the discoveries of plants and animals mean for science? >> i think it means that the

wonder of the nature is not just about seen from a distance, it's about getting to know it better, but also to understand how the living beings are related to each other, and how we can benefit from that. and we can take that into consideration. so fogh those species, the frogs, we can study the species, and more encouraged to see the monkeys. so it's known that people often are watching, but why not to have a monkey watching in the amazon, but at the same time, we understand the risks that, if you keep interrupting the forest and the river flows, what might happen, we might compromise the

rainfall in other parts of south america, so the amazon is not just benefiting the rest of south america, but the whole world. and we should worry about that. and they're studying the species and their relationship. and we understand the risk of degrading it. >> claudio maretti, thank you. >> my pleasure. >> mike is back with sports to talk a little more baseball. >> yes, the final of the season is finally underway. 97 and 65, that's the regular season rin loss record for both teams, and it's fitting that these two teams would meet in this year's world series.

the boston red sox, and the st. louis cardinals, at the 2013 season, but their pasts were vastly different. for the red sox, they had the pitching pieces in place, but reloaded onnance on. but the biggest -- offense, but the team 2012, added the pitching coach, john ferrel who got them into the championship. >> it is a privileged and i'm honored and extremely humbled to be standing here today. >> the course of the season, starting a rotation that shows flashes of greatness in years past. the players showed off their team unity by growing beards throughout the season, started the fear the beard campaign. >> it's a tight-knit group. and we started to experience some things, and answer some challenges, and we felt like we had a good team.

a close-knit group, we have overcome some of those challenges. >> it's a special ride. we have a lot of guys who bought into the team. and it has been a different guy every night. so i'm just proud of every single one of them. >> for the cardinals, this postseason and deep running to october is old hat. st. louis has reached it's fourth world series in the past decade. they have lost big pieces over the years, but the best managed franchise in baseball continues to run like a well oiled machine. >> we take a lot of pride in what has been able to define the cardinal way and how we go about our business. we have to make sure that we focus on what we need to do, and not anything beyond that. >> what is so special about this cardinals team is the emergence of big young arms in the

rotation to complement the lineup. once again, the product of the scouts that knew great talent. >> the guys are going to continue it push, and they are incredibly talented and great. and i couldn't ask for a better band of mates onboard. >> reporter: these two franchises are in the world series for the fourth in history. but they are facing off taking completely different paths. so buckle up. it should be a bumpy ride to see who will ultimately be crowned king. >> and just a couple of innings in the game have already happened. and we'll tell you about that in a moment. the cardinals and red sox are evenly matched on paper. but insider, casey stearns tells us that the biggest factor, pitching, will likely be the biggest aspect of this series >> when you look at this series, it's going to be about pitching, pitching and more pitching. a lot of people have asked me,

are the last couple of weeks indicative of the fact that there's no-hitting in baseball anymore? great pitching is great pitching. now they will get explosive arms out of the bullpen, and these are the two best managers in the post-season. i expect it to be a long series and a tight series, and i think that the boxing match between the bullpens will win the series. looks like he's going to start in game three or four, and he dealt with a shoulder and a neck issue in the season. and there has been a lot of question as to what exactly the injury is. they have been very secretive. it's a covert operation, but clay buckles will be a starter, and the home team, if they won the same amount of games in the

season, they should be favored in boston, but i would say the cardinals. what caused them to win, he was their achilles heel, but more in debt from what the red sox have. the depth of the cardinal pen is stronger, and a bunch of kids were going to fire, and they can pitch in disease if they need t it's probably for boston because they're at home. but i would say the favor goes to the cardinals because their bullpen is the best in the game. >> and controversy, overturning second base in the bottom of the first, and boston taking advantage of an early play. >> no kidding, early. thank you, michael and weather after this.

>> hello again, and earlier, john was taking you to australia, and showing you the fires going on. we have had some change in the

weather. we had a frontal boundary go through, and that has cooled the temperatures off a little bit, but we're seeing dry air in the area. you can see the frontal boundary, and you can see sydney on the southeastern coast. now, the rainfall that came from the front was minimal. we only saw 2 inches of rain to the northwest of sydney, and that's where we really need today. now for australia, the bush fire season kicks in in the next couple of months. right now is not their prime season, but already they're seeing way too many fires for this time of year. to the northeast of the united states, i told you about the snow that we were supposed to see off of lake ontario. 8-12 inches is expected because of the lake affect snow. temperatures coming into play, you can see down by the coast, frost inland. and we're talking about freeze

watches and warnings, and these are the temperatures we expect to see. from new york, it's going to get down to 39° tonight. and albany, 32. it's going to get into the high 20s, so plants, you definitely want to bring them in, or they will be dead in the morning. down to the south, the central part of the united states, if you want heat, this is where you want to come because the temperatures here are looking quite nice, especially for texas. notice all of the clouds are gone. we expect to see dallas 80, and san tonio, 82. and oklahoma city, it's going to be about 66° there. now, later on tonight, when i come back at 11:00, i'm going to take you towards the caribbean, and last year, this tropical storm, that's the national weather and the headlines are up next.

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