>> in the health care hot seat, computer contractors who built the problem-plagued federal health care website will face tough questions in a capitol hill hearing. >> chairman chancellor tells president obama spying on her and her country is fully unacceptable. the staunch u.s. ally is the latest country complaining about being monitored by the n.s.a. >> in a city going broke, fresh food is hard to come by. changing that with the help of a major supermarket chain. >> a flying laboratory that puts wildfires under the microscope. to learn more about climate change impacting the u.s.

>> a very good morning to you and welcome to aljazeera america. it's god to have you with us. >> the rollout of president obama's signature legislation, the affordable care act has been taking a beating on many fronts, but most criticism is focused on the federal website where people are supposed to sign up for insurance plans. it's still not working properly. >> later today, some of the contractors who built the website will have some explaining to do. they're going to appear at the house energy committee. we begin our coverage. >> lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal website healthealth care.gov. the departmentors are expected to the grilled. >> the rollout of obamacare is nothing short of a debacle.

>> on wednesday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius met with insurance companies c.e.o.'s at the white house, the contractors responsible for the nuts and boats say the initial high volume of users clogged the system, which failed early testing. so far, 19 million people have logged on to the health care.gov website, experiencing long delays, timeouts and wrong information. according to prepared remarks, the vice president of the company that built the website will say at the hearing today: >> the obama administration acknowledged it's health insurance website was not tested enough before going live. >> we did not expect or anticipate the scale of the problems that have -- has occurred. that's, you know, that's on us. >> some departments claim the

investigation is political and the gop using the hearings to launch a new line of attacks against the administration. >> they're just trying to embarrass the president and everybody else who supported the affordable care act. >> still critics blast the entire process as a half billion dollar disaster. >> i think the part of congress's job is to provide proper oversight of the executive branch of government, whether it's obamacare or issues at the department of defense, it's our job to hold them accountable. >> the administration has not given a time table to fix the extensive computer snags. it is recruiting help from experts and bringing in the former acting director of the office of management and budget to get it back on track. er da ferrari, aljazeera. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will testify before that panel next week. americans have until march 31 to sign up for health insurance,

even if the coverage does not kick in until later. >> the obama administration has released its plan of action to fix the health care websites many technical issues. topping the list of problems, high internet traffic is causing major delays for visitors to the site. health and human services says increasing band width by adding servers will help the problem. some have found it difficult to create an account. the website's architecture is being improved to make it easier to navigate and find answers to questions. some of the site's visitors wanted to compare health plans without creating an account, so tech teams have provided new tools so visitors can preview health plan information before applying for coverage. >> canada's largest technology company c.g.i. designed and built the troubled health care website. its senior vice president is one of several set to testify before the house committee today. the company has worked with the

canadian government in health care providers in the past. >> this is a really interesting company. despite having 70,000 employees and contracts around the world, billions of dollars in business, it's not that well known in canada, primarily because it doesn't deal with consumers. if you look at its website, it will tell you it does technological services for banks, insurance companies to agencies of government and works in the health care sector. >> this is an incredibly successful company, has done very well on the stock market, it is well rewarded. it is considered to be one of canada's showcase technology companies. it is canada's largest technology company. >> c.g.i.'s currently problems in the u.s. aren't the first time it has faced challenges in health care. ontario last year determined a $46 million contract to build a diabetes database. >> the corporation, c.g.i.

couldn't really connect its systems with those that exist in the public health care system here, which serves a population of 13 million people and is a big system. whether it was the fault of the company, c.g.i. or the fault of the public health system is a matter i think of legal debate. >> c.g.i. is in talks about that dispute. most large technology projects involving government or business or both end in some sort of failure. experts say that's because of complexity and because systems are not tested adequately. >> this is a highly complicated project, but the people doing it were actually very, very strong, good, competent practitioners, good competent companies and yet it's gone off the rails. we look at the structure of the project more so than if there were bad people involved. >> weeks of political debate about those issues probably lie ahead and fixing the bugs in the health care.gov website could

take longer. it guarantee that is a canadian company adverse to publicity can look forward to a lot more of it. >> for some americans, the affordable care act is not living up to its name. while competition among insurers is brisk in more populated areas, people in rural communities have far pure choices, that could mean higher prices. of the roughly 2500 counties served by the federal exchanges, 58% get to choose between just one or two insurance carriers. in more than 500 counties, there's only one participating carrier. >> a 14-year-old boston student is under arrest this morning, accused of stabbing a popular schoolteacher to death. a vigil was held last night for dan verse high schoolteacher, her body found in the woods behind the school a day after she was reported missing. the student is being tried as an adult. two knew each other, but police have not released a motive. >> in nevada, they are

remembering another murdered teacher, michael landsberry was killed when a seventh grader opened fire at the school. two students were also shot. the parents of the two young victims don't believe their sons were specifically targeted. the 12-year-old shooter also killed himself in the attack. >> two sheriff's deputies that shot and killed a teenager who was only carrying a pellet gun have been put on leave. the officers in santa rosa california say they repeatedly ordered 13-year-old andy lopez to drop the weapon. they say when he didn't comply, they fired several rounds. police suggest the gun he was carrying resembled and a.k.47 assault rifle. the boy's parents are convinced he would have dropped the pellet gun if he had a chance. >> in another school shooting incident, three california elementary school students were wounded when a classmate got ahold of a gun at a police safety assembly. he pulled the trigger of an assault rifle mounded on an

officer's motorcycle. metal debris struck the kids causing minor injuries. >> the ambassador in berlin will discuss the u.s. spying program. president obama was told if allegations were true, it would be a great breach of trust between the two allies. alan fisher has more. >> the german government must be pretty sure something went on, going public with allegations that the americans speed on a mobile phone. a spokesman for the german leader described the idea as unacceptable. she called the white house. >> the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> listen to that denial that again. >> i can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the united is not monitoring and will not monitoring the communications of the chancellor. >> missing are the words have

not, did not. when aljazeera asked if this was something that happened in the past, the nothing security council spokeswoman repeated the official line but added: >> the germ claim comes days after the french caused the american spy agency, the n.s.a. of hacking diplomats computers and recording data from 70 million calls in front over a 30 day period. just after edward snowden revealed the size of the u.s. spying program, barack obama made a foreign trip where he was asked about the extent of operations abroad. he was in berlin standing next to the chancellor. >> this is not a situation in which we are rifling through, you know, the ordinary emails of german citizens or american citizens or french citizens or anybody else. >> now that germans join the

french, bra as i willens, mexicans and others upset by the alleged u.s. spying. u.s. officials are starting a review of how and what is collected, because of growing international anger. alan fisher, aljazeera, washington. >> the chancellor is calling on the administration to clarify the extent of n.s.a. surveillance in germany. >> celebrities have launched a campaign video calling for the n.s.a.'s spying program to be reigned in. >> we need to end mass suspicionless surveillance. >> the video entitled stop watching us called the n.s.a. activities a mass invasion of privacy. it champions edward snowden and includes prominent whistle blowers who say government secrecy leads to corruption. >> iran maybe willing to lead a new key u.s. demand. a senior member of parliament said iran has stopped enrichingure rain numb to 20%.

the jump from 20 to 90 is relatively easy. in a meeting with the israeli president this week, secretary of state john kerry said actions are more important than words. >> we have made clear and we are animate that words are no substitute for actions. we will need to know that actions are being taken, which make it crystal clear, undeniably clear, fail-safe to the world that whatever program is pursued is indeed a peaceful program. >> secretary kerry met in roam with israeli prime minister who is seeking assurances on iran's nuclear program. >> with u.s. iranian relations seemingly on the mend, a down with america conference is announced for next month. organizers have been critical of the call for better relations with the west. november 4 marks the 24 anniversary of the takeover of the u.s. embags in tehran in

1979. that event led to the severing of relations. >> woman were released as part of a swap negotiated by qatar, and lebanon. lebanese gunman freed two turkish pilots. for more, why were that these women held and do we know how many more are still in syrian custody? >> >> well, we do know when they were held or what were the exact charges. what we know about these women is that they were part of this prisoner exchange deal. the drug guide that was holding the nine lebanese shia programs called the northern storm brigade has specifically asked for females to be released. they initially had put forward a

list of 370 women, and that was then boiled down to the 126. now how many women are still held in syrian prisons is i guess your guess is as good as mine. there are no official numbers released, either by the government or by the activists or opposition, just speculation. whoever you ask will tell you thousands. i don't think anyone has the exact disagreeing there's been a lot of speculations that thousands are still being held. do we know what the conditions are like for them? >> >> syrian prison conditions were never good under normal circumstances. now, we do hear what activists say about conditions inside, and what some former prisoners said, certainly very difficult conditions, a lot of allegation of torture on both women and men, even sometimes those

allegation go as far as torture on children. we can not independently confirm that. we know a lot of the people are held without any charges or without any access to a lawyer or some sort of judicial system whatsoever. some of them are held indefinitely, so this is all we know is sort of the big picture and based on the fact that syrian prisons are notorious to be very harsh, one can only imagine that those conditions remain the same as they were. >> i want to talk about the chemical weapons arsenal. weapons inspectors expect syria to hand over a plan on destroying the chemical arsenal. what can you tell us on the latest on that? >> well, the inspectors today are expecting to hear from the syrian government and basically they're waiting for a plan on how they will destroy all these chemical weapons. really the logistics of it all,

we know that the inspectors are satisfied of how things are going. they have already visited 18 of the 23 declared sites. they have destroyed the equipment there. now it's a matter of destroying all the tock piles and they're quite confident that they will get that document today. >> thank you. >> electricity is slowly returning to damascus after most of syria was plugged into darkness because of a power outage blamed on a ruptured gas pipeline. residents heard and explosion near the airport. the country has been plagued by many blockouts since the civil war began. >> no more warm fall weather for the east coast. the colder air is taking over. >> for more on the morningle national forecast, good morning nicole mitchell. >> you might want to dig out the gloves, as well.

it is a brisker start for places like the northeast where the front has gone through. the cooler air from can do is coming in, temperatures around freezing this morning. you were just talking about a power outage. i've seen space heaters coming out at work. always be careful not to put anything flammable by that. at work, check with the building manager, because some power supplies they take can cause power problems. you don't want to be the person at work that does that. heading out this morning, frost and freeze advisories, because of those cold temperatures. we have a couple around the great lakes. all the different colors are a little hard, because they're all mostly blue shades. we do have a couple areas that are lake effect snow advisories for the next couple of days because of the harn setting up. now that that front moved through, we have with the low pressure off oh the northeast that's kind of funneling with the flow around that, counter clockwise, if you know he will go in in the air from canada. that picks up the moisture,

redepositing it as lake effect snow. that's going to be a concern for the next couple days. the highs today from the midwest through the northeast not that warm, so it is going to be a cold one. i'll talk about the warmer spots coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, nicole. >> six months ago, a a massive factory collapse in bangladesh killed more than a thousand people. >> it put a spotlight on working conditions in the country that supplies clothing to major u.s. clothing countries. what's being done to make the garment industry safer. >> the indictment against john ben anyway ramsey's parents has been sealed for 14 years. the court papers will be made public tomorrow. >> detroit is facing a health cries. how some companies big and small are finding success bringing in healthy foods to people in poor

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>> welcome back. six months ago, more than a thousand workers in bangladesh were killed when a factory collapsed. >> it led to international outcry over laborer's conditions. >> six months ago, this woman wasn't sure she would ever work in a garment factory again. she used to work where the this collapsed. experience left her scarred and fearing for her future. >> i didn't think that i would be able to do this again. when the generator starts, i get scared. then i think this building is only one floor and maybe i can do this. >> that's when this man and his friends stepped in. shocked by the death and devastation, they set up a facebook group to help. they tracked down victims and supported them. then they had the idea to set up

a fair labor factory where the workers are paid decent wages and share in the profits. >> we saw the horrors of the collapse and realized that our contributions put an end. the rest of us have to step up and help out. >> people like samuel of trying to insure the industry's future is better than its past, but problems remain. >> it is still dangerous work. this month, a fire killed seven people in this factory. it raises the question of how much things have really changed sings the disaster. >> the government is trying to make sure the disaster is not repeated. >> accidents are accidents. the latest fire was an accident. these things will happen, but we're becoming more careful, taking more measures. >> it will be a tragic reminder of the industry's problem for a long time to come.

many hope for a reformed garment industry, which will give them a safer and more secure future. aljazeera, bangladesh. >> calls for the government to set up a large scale inspection system and increase workers' salaries have not materialized. the death of nine workers in a fire two weeks ago have added to those concerns. >> in corporate, profits are the name of the game. >> investors want to be shown the money this morning. stock futures higher at this hour, nationalling a strong start to the trading day. that could help make more money back, allow the money that was lost because of yesterday's earning worries. the dow lost 54 points. a weak profit report from heavy equipment maker caterpillar pulled down the index. the s&p last eight points yesterday and it set to open at

1746. the nasdaq starts at 3907. in europe, disappointing earnings from some companies put a squeeze on markets. tokyo's nikkei started in the red but ended with gains, but hong kong and shane high both losers today. financial and real estate companies are bringing down those markets, because of news china's biggest bank lenders are holding a lot of bad loans. >> it's a busy day for earnings. amazon.com is in the spotlight. the on going retailer lets the world know how much money it earned after the closing bell. amazon lost money last year. analyst expect it can post another loss this quarter, still shares are up 27% this year, an all time high. the company keeps growing and spreading into all kinds of businesses. expectations are high heading into the holiday shopping season. >> their competition is not barnes and noble, it's wal-mart, and they're going to deliver

groceries and electronics and books and really everything, so wall street appreciates that, and doesn't care if they lose money in the short term, because they're building such a long term loyal and infrastructure. >> we will watch for comments about how the government shutdown may impact the holiday shopping season. earnings from mike co soft and j.p. morgan is caught up in another legal problem. regulators are now reportedly linking it to bernie madoff. reuters report they turned a blind eye to madoff's activities. it could face a fine or criminal charges. j.p. morgan, madoff's primary bank for more than two decades. madoff is serving a 150 year prison sentence for running a major ponzi scheme. >> the publisher of the new yorker, vanity fair and vogue

said its internship program is ending. >> lawsuits, what are the interns suing about? >> these are interns who worked with the new worker and w. magazine, saying they were paid below minimum wage. they were receiving a stipend and that works out to $12 a day. >> this isn't the first case by interns. we seem to be hearing a lot of lawsuits by interns lately. >> a new york court ruled that fox search light pictures broke some laws when they hired interns to work on that hit film about the dancer who fans say threw herself off the stage, feathers everywhere, "black swan." >> could change the way companies use interns moving forward. thank you. >> facebook is pulling back after a public outcry over its revised posting policy after a beheading video was uploaded to the site. facebook loud it on line, saying

it was a matter of free speech. after a global back lash, has removed the video. facebook says the policy will stay in place with the following warning: >> the worldwide web is about to get a bit bigger. today websites ending with familiar extensions like dot com, dot net, you can use any word, dot salsa, dot ninja. it opens up to no one american alphabet. dot i don't know. internet regulators say it's the biggest expansion of the internet. web surfers will see the new domains on line. i was going to say dot awesome. >> who knows, right?

teachers parents and students are walking out today in spain. >> they are protesting education reforms. they say the changes of elitist. the government says they are necessary to prepare kids for a tough job market. >> a baby born with h.i.v. may have been cured. how the surprising case could change the way children with the virus that causes aids are treated around the world. >> how a study of the smoke from wildfires could reveal how our climate is changing. >> coming up in sports, it was a comedy of errors for the cardinals in game one of the world series. we'll have the good, bad and ugly in just a bit. >> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?".

they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning?

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problematic federal health care exchange is testifying before a house committee today. the republican-led panel is trying to find out why the website was launched even though there were warnings it was behind schedule and hadn't been fully tested. >> the u.s. ambassador has been summoned for tapping the german chance lowers cell phone. >> 52 female detainees released as part of a prisoner exchanged. lebanese gunman released two turkish pilots. >> it has been a problem-plagued three weeks since the rollout of the affordable care act. the white house said the future of obamacare is not doomed. mr. howard, great to have you

here. are these snafus more a political problem for president obama and the democrats or do you think they are having a real impact on the implementation of the affordable care act. >> the rollout so far has been disastrous but doesn't necessarily spell serious problems until we get later into the enrollment process. if they're having problems in mid november or december, you have a problem. you're getting closer to the date when people are required to have insurance or pay a penalty. the harder to enroll, you're going to have a sicker population enrolling, meaning higher costs for insurers this year. if the young and healthy sit out the enrollment process. >> the young and healthy sort of pay for the older and sick, so that's a valid point. who do you think should be held ultimately responsible? of course a lot of people are calling out kathleen sebelius.

do you think she should resigned? should she be held responsible? >> if this is a private company, heads will definitely be rolling. a lot of the blame lies with the white house. political decisions were made to change the setup of the website to not allow consumers to see the prices of plans before they had to apply and enroll and fill out a lengthy application form. that's at least a significant part of what's causing problems with the website right now, although there are back end problems as well. i think the administration's going to hunker down. the white house should take a lot of the blame. >> you've been against the affordable care act. what do you think would be a better alternative? >> some parts of the act, i think are politically neutral and could work. the exchanges have been botched up to this point, but there's nothing wrong with the concept of an on line marketplace where consumers can shop transapparently. >> what about obamacare os a

whole? >> too regulatory, too expensive. it's not going to address the key problems facing american health care. a flat dark credit would be better for all americans that would phase out at higher income levels. bring the subsidies down, perhaps move to a national market, rather than 50 different state markets. >> thanks for joining us. >> a connecticut judge order add retrial for kennedy cousin michael skakel who was convicted of murder in 2002. he was convicted of the death of his neighbor when they were both teenagers. he was arrested and tried for the crime 25 years after her murder. the judge granted a retrial saying his lawyer did not provide adequate representation. his new attorney filed a motion him released from prison on bail. >> a colorado judge is ordering the release of a 1999 grand jury

indictment in the murder of 6-year-old jonbonet ramsey. the indictment has remained sealed for 14 years because the former boulder district attorney decided against pursuing charges in the case, which remains unsolved. the judge ruled that an indictment should be considered an official action and must be released under state law. >> spain's two year long recession is officially over. the countries central bank released preliminary data showing the spanish economy grew by .1% in the third quarter, but unemployment in spain is widespread. many out of work are young people. spanish students voiced their anger at government cuts, protesting in madrid just before jobs figures were reds. new data shows nearly 6 million people are jobless. the national unemployment rate stands at 26% after ticking down .3. more true tests are planned tod.

it seems for many young people the news that spain is officially out of recession isn't much consolation. >> no. i mean, there is anger amongst young people, as you say, but there is anger across the board amongst state employees, their jobs have been slashed, and their wages lowered. there's anger amongst pensioners that their pensions are now having to support unemployed daughters, sons and grandparents, and there's anger amongst the unemployed as well that their unemployment benefits stop after two years, so the figures that the governments can cheer on that have come out in the last couple of days, that the g.d.p. has increased by 1% in the last quarter, and that unemployment is fractionally down won't have too much effect

on the mood of many here, because there's still 25..% unemployment. until that comes down significantly, there will still be a lot of unhappy people in spain. >> given the high unemployment rate in spain, is the government taking action to prepare people for the tough job market? >> what most people across the board feel is that spain's education system is in a bit of a mess. about 26% of spaniards leaf school before they're 16, and spain ranks pretty lowly for numerous illiteracy among other developed nations. the government's way of tackling that is deeply unpopular in the spanish education system. there's a list of things that the government is trying to do. it's trying to make people choose between academic and vocational paths at quite a young age. there's going to be more funding

for single sex schools, that's unpopular. increasing the importance of religious salaries, and cutting salaries of teachers. >> calalan is the language spoken here. many believe the government is trying to cut back on the importance of the language in schools, which reawakens memories that go back to the franco era. >> it's play time in the schools in the hills. most children are bilingual, speaking two languages. classes are taught in both languages. soon one will no longer be dominant. >> math and natural sciences will be taught in catalan.

>> the industry lingual model is hugely complicated and unpopular here. plenty of parents think the governments in madrid is conducting a damaging experiment on their children. >> they want to spanishize the students. a lot of people relate the new reforms with other times from spain's past. >> these language reforms poke at two of spain's raw nerves, one old and one new. firstly, messing around with regional languages here reawakens memories of the dictator ship of general franco. secondly, there's embarrassment that most spaniards don't speak good enough english to compete in the modern world.

>> the ruling party didn't have nibble available for interview but suggest spanish students must get better at languages. >> i agree with this goal, but i don't agree in the way they're doing that. there's not enough teachers. that's the first question. if this language reform has been applied with not enough english level, i don't think it will help improving our stands' english levels. >> spain's children clearly face a tougher job market than those that graduated before the crisis. useful skills will be crucial for their success. that is true no matter what language you say it in. >> there is a historic across the board strike taking place

today across spain. all teachers and students walking out. where i am in may york da, there was a protest earlier and is anr later today. >> a water dropping plane crashed into the australian wilderness, parking a new fire in the already ravaged state. >> 64 fires are active across the state, flames prevented crews from reaching the pilot for several hours. he died in the crash, making him the second fay tallty. >> the worst appears to be over. officials are warning of a hot and dry summer ahead. >> the u.s. has been hit with a devastating wildfire season.

there have been more than 40,000 fires this year and more than 4 million-acres have burned. >> researchers are taking to the skies to study smoke and how it could be damaging our environment and impacting our climate. >> we apologize for the glitch in that report. we'll try to get it to you in just a moment. we've already seen a connection between fires and climate change. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell is here with a look at a temperature shift that happened earlier this year in australia. nicole. >> so warming climate does definitely have an impact on the fires. remember, w we have reverse seasons in the southern hemisphere, so january is the

height of the height. last year in australia full blown with the fire season, the temperature office that puts out all those forecasts had to add a new color to the table they use, because temperatures were so consistently tarting to go over what we would call 120 degrees, or 50 celsius. a sign that things are warming, that dries things out, just like if you put your clothes in a hot drier, the vegetation drying makes it much more easy to burn. we've been dry in the region. the big fire we've been talking about in the blue mountains, continuing to have problems. we're only in spring in this side of the world. as we get into december, january, even hotter, and that could exacerbate the problems. we still have our tropical storm headed toward japan. this has been losing intensity.

it will continue to head this direction, still losing that intensity. that is a good thing. there is another typhoon behind this, steering near the outer edge of japan, probably for saturday. at least we'll see more rain in this region because of that. when i talked the last time, we were talking about the cold weather. let me find somewhere that it's warm. as we look across the country, it's really the eastern half that we had that cooler weather go through. parts of the south not doing so bad. we have a ridge that high pressure over the west coast with that what happens when we have that, jet streams to the north let's the temperatures, the warm temperatures kind of bubble northward, so a lot of places having clear skies, no rain in that forecast, and these mild temperatures, so if you're looking for a place to escape, maybe vegas for the week and today we're going to see temperatures right around 82 degrees. still the cold stuff as we head toward the midsection of the country. back to you guys.

>> all right, meteorologist nicole mitchell, thank you. >> talk about a medical first involving h.i.v., a disease once thought to be incurable. doctors in mississippi believe they put a baby, born with the aids virus into remission. the 3-year-old shows no active infection. despite stopping treatments 18 months ago, doctors are not calling it a cure, because they don't know how much time is needed to declare someone h.i.v.-free. the baby's mother had h.i.v. and passed it to her child. >> we are joined now with a look at sports. >> game one of the world series in boston. >> the hometown fans are loving life, because the red sox looking boston strong in game one of the classic, while the cardinals looking like the bad news bears. she were sloppy. the winner of game one has gone on to win 20 of last 24 years. adam wainwright had nothing going for him. a routine double play anything but routine.

the umpire called the runner out at second base, but take another look. he clearly drops the ball. so the boys in blue would huddle up and reverse the call. very next batter, bases loaded, napoli digging in, and he is digging this, because he goes double dipping to deep left center field and let the merry go round begin. three runs, the red sox to an early lead. the cardinals looking like a deer in head lights. routine popup, i got it, you got it, whose got it? anybody? anybody? >> they have six gold gloves between them, but that would come back to bite them. later that inning, pedroia would drive one in. jon lester was wicked good, striking out eight batters in

7 2/3 of shutout baseball. seventh inning, david ortiz, can he hit it any harder? he adds insurance after another cardinals error as big poppy unloads a rainbow to right center. red sox would hammer them. >> it was pretty clear that that ball just tipped off the fingertips of his glove. i think we're fully accepting of the neighborhood play, but my view is there was no entry into the glove with the ball and to their credit, they did confer, and i think the one thing is we just strive to get the call correct and based on their group conversation, surprisingly to a certain extent overturned it and got the call right. >> you rarely see that, especially on the stage like this, but it's good for the

game. if everyone can get together and they saw something different and get it right, i think it's something that should be done all the time. i love the stage. it's in the spotlight. i really enjoy this time of the year, i guess, just going out there and getting the job done. >> boston strikes first blood, while the cardinals could use a mulligan. we have more from bean town. >> baseball's regular season, no national league team committed fewer errors than the st. louis cardinals, but the team that doesn't beat itself did just that, committing two errors in the first two innings, another later on, as well as letting an infield fly hit the turf. the cards surprising ineptitude combined with clutch play from the red sox had red sox up 1-0. >> i didn't see anything surprising. they came out and did it, and once again, it just comes down

to execution. it's a different game when some plays are made that are typically made. it's a whole different story, but it's a good club. we know that, but we're a good club, too and we make plays, we also put together tough at-bats. we grind at-bats, work pitch counts. right now, this is one game that got away from us, and it was in a fashion that we're not used to, or will we get used to it. >> nine of the last 10 world series winners have won game one. that history combined with the likely loss of carlos beltran from the lineup has put st. louis in serious trouble going into thursday's game two. john lackey will go from boston and the rookie sensation michael

walka will be pitching. >> the cardinals seemed a little nervous on the big stage. >> early mistakes. thank you. >> coming up, a major meat recall has 27 states. >> 22,000 pounds of chicken, ham and beef could be tainted with listeria. where the meat was sold and brand names it was sold under. >> i'm in detroit, where most neighborhoods, the only place to buy your groceries is the liquor store, but that's changing.

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opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. >> an education department study finds most u.s. eighth graders are above the international average in math and science. students in massachusetts had the highest test scores in the u.s., but still lag behind asian countries. alabama and the district of columbia fell below the national average. >> a serious safety alert for pet owners.

the f.d.a. is issuing a warning on tainted jerky treats making pets sick. more than 500 animals have died and thousands more sickened. researchers are stumped, but investigating chicken, duck and sweet potato jerky made in china. >> a recall is issued on meat products because of possible listeria contamination. 22,000 pounds of bacteria talk about thed chicken, ham and beef products are being taken off shelves. they are pulling ready to eat salads, as well. 27 states have been affected by the recall. so far, no illnesses have been reported. >> as the city of detroit fights in federal court for the right to declare bankruptcy, a major grocery chain is bucking the trend, investing in the city. we have more.

>> detroit, beautiful from a distance, but a different picture as you get closer. there's blight, hunger, and crime. to make matters worse, detroit has had no major grocery store in decades. without a car, it's hard for locals to even find healthy food. >> it's really tough. i to have pay someone and i have to wait. i have to wait around for a ride. i to have pay someone if i want to get a cab, i have to get the cab and wait when i'm done shopping. >> without transportation, it's the corner market where you buy food, but it's not good food. in this store, the only options for protein were eggs, bologna or this bacon, which expires in less than a week. >> if i got a bad pack of meet, whatever one go to get your greens, they're wilted, or you open them, they're sour where they've been too long in the

package. it's a non-win situation, really. >> a win is exactly what whole food markets is trying to create. they opened in june, despite skepticism. how could an up scale grocer survive in a city where the death rate from heart decease is 50% higher than the u.s. average? >> regardless of the demographic studies, our shoppers are here in detroit. >> the gamble appears to be paying off. the parking lot is full, and the checkout lines are packed. some shoppers drove more than 10 miles to get here saying nutrition is worth the higher price point. obviously it's not possible for one grocery store to feed a city. many detroiters rely on unique grass root means for getting fruits and veggies. peaches and green delivers fresh

produce. >> making sure people have healthy food if they don't have transportation. maybe they can't get out. there's a number of reasons they can't make it to the market. we go to them. >> we have pineapples, plums, mushrooms, not too bad. >> not too bad and getting better, a reflection of the spirit of detroit. >> we do what we do. we're survivors. detroit is. >> aljazeera, detroit. >> the c.e.o. of whole foods said the market is detroit is exceeding expectations. >> here's what we're following this morning. congress is investigating the failures of the federal health exchange. the top contractors will testify today. >> the u.s. is summoned by claims the german chancellor's cell phone was tapped.

>> coming up in sports, boston strikes first blood against st. louis. history is on their side. we'll have all of your sights and sounds in just a built. >> cold air has gotten its grip on the eastern half of the country and won't let go soon. i'll have the forecast. >> more on the fallout from the government shutdown. how the stalemate is affecting the u.s. currency and america's credibility around the world. >> historic sites that are usually crammed with thousands of visitors are now desolate. a look inside egypt's struggling to yourism industry.

>> germany summons the u.s. ambassador after allegations the nsa targeted angela merkel's cell phone. >> president obama sitting down with pakistan's prime minister, tension over the u.s. use of drones in his country. >> the health care hot seat, contractors who built the website facing tough questions on capitol hill today. >> the tdm1 is working. as long as it's working, i'm alive and fine. >> new hope in the battle against breast cancer. a new drug that treats one of the most aggressive forms of that deadly disease.

>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. new allegation over the nsa spying program have placed the u.s. ambassador to germany in the hot seat. the foreign minister summoning him over allegations that the cell phone of the chancellor was tapped. while the white house denies the nsa is tapping merkel's phone, no one from the obama white house is denying that it ever happened. >> i can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> now this new controversy is breaking as leaders are gathering for a summit in belgium. there's word that the e.u. make

take up legislation to protect it against n.s.a. spying. >> these protections must apply no matter if it concerns the emails of citizens or the mobile phone of angela merkel and now is the time for action and not only declarations at the summit, because european leaders have the chance to show that now the protection form can be adopted by spring, 2014. >> from berlin, we have more. >> the germans are livid. with wednesday, the chancellor angela merkel called president obama to tell him that she was shocked and that if there were any kind of monitoring of her private phone calls, they had as to top immediately, because they would constitute a grave breach of trust. thursday, another surprise. the german foreign minister summoned the american ambassador, a surprising move when you consider that these are two steadfast nato allies who went through the cold war

together. it's not something that you would expect. if you consider the situation here in germany, where good parts of the population went through the east german secret police, monitoring their communications and their every day movements and people of an older generation remembering what it was like under the nazis when their daily activities were monitored by deadly secret police, the germans very, very keen to retain their privacy and have strong data protection laws. thursday, angela merkel is heading for a summit with other european leaders in brussels, where this issue of data protection and protecting the americans from spying is expected to overshadow the agenda. >> problems in hollywood. celebrities, including prominent actors now launching a campaign video, calling for the nsa spying program to be reigned in. >> we need to end mass suspicionless surveillance. >> that video, entitled stop

watching us calls the nsa activities a mass invasion of privacy. it champions edward snowden and includes prominent whistle blowers who say government secrecy leads to corruption. >> while the hot topic will be spying, leaders are tackling the question of sharing the burden of refugees and asylum seekers. southern european countries are asking for help in handling a growing crisis. we spent time with the coast guard in italy. >> the commander has 75 vessels under his command. two are on permanent stand by to rescue the next migrant boat in trouble. today is a routine patrol. it isn't always like this. >> we're close to the spot where october 3, a boat carrying 500 migrants sank. this coast guard vessel and this crew were the first to arrive at the scene and many of the men

onboard here are haunted by memories of what they saw. >> over 350 migrants drowned. this crew pulled 43 survivors from the sea just a few hundred meters from the shore. it was the worst thing they've seen. >> after we think about the people's rescue, the people found them. we found also a lot of child. migrant have tried to reach the shores for years. the sheer volume is overwhelming. 33,683 have entered italy this year. 13,000 have come and nearly all needed help from the coast

guard. the commander doesn't blame the migrants. he told us what one father told him. >> i have to decide tomorrow if i die in my country or tomorrow go for italy and i have 50% of possibility to save my family. you are a father. what do you think about that? >> the coast guard takes great pride in every life saved. it's a shame it's taken so many lives lost to focus the attention of europe's politicians. >> simon mcgregor wood joins us now from italy. a new group of migrants arriving this morning. what can you tell us about this group? >> that's right, del, as if to emphasize this is not a one time phenomenon. this happens with regularity.

this morning, 7:00 a.m., we get a call from the coast guard that they have spotted yet another migrant vessel seven miles offshore, and they raced out to get it. they decided in view of the condition of the vessel that these migrants were on, they would transfer the migrants, 127 of them, transfer them to coast guard vessels and brought them ashore. a drama averted. not clearly as serious as some we've had here in recent weeks. it is a reminder that this keeps happening. people are determined to reach europe shores and this, if you like. lampadoosa is a stepping stone. >> how do people of italy, specifically lampadoosa feel about them coming to the shores? >> what strikes me, never having

been here before, is how generous the people are. there are barely 6,000 people resident on this tiny island. everywhere, you see evidence of their solidarity with with the migrants. on occasion, it is overwhelming be, and they want outside help, both from the italian state and certainly, certainly from the european union at large. the people of lampadoosa are watching this summit in brussels and hoping for action as much as the italian government will. >> simon, thank you very much. >> contractors that built president obama's health care website have been summoned to capitol hill today. a hearing is set now for the next hour, and that is where lawmakers are going to grill them about problems associated with many of those websites' features. we have more. >> lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the now

infamous glitches on website did the gough. house republicans long opposed to the affordable care act are expected to grill the developers of the system. >> the rollout of obamacare is nothing short of a debacle. >> on wednesday, halt and how many services secretary kathleen sebelius met with insurance company c.e.o.'s at the white house. the contractors responsible for the nuts and boats say the initial high volume of users clogged the system. 19 million people have logged on to the health care.gov website, experiencing long delays, timeouts and wrong information. according to prepared remarks, the vice president of the country that built the website will say at the hearing today: >> the obama administration has

acknowledged its health insurance website was not tested enough before going live. >> we did not expect or anticipate the scale of the problems that have -- has occurred, and that's, you know, that's on us. >> some departments claim the investigation is political and the gop using the hearings to launch a new line of attacks against the administration. >> they're just trying to embarrass the president and everybody else who supported the affordable care act. >> still critics blast the entire process as a half billion dollar disaster. >> i think the biggest part of congress's job is to provide proper oversight of the executive branch of government. whether it's obamacare or issues over at the department of defense, it's our job to hold them accountable. >> the administration that ha not given a time table to fix the snags. it is bringing in the former acting director of the office of management and budget to get it

back on track. aljazeera. >> health an human services secretary kathleen sebelius will testify before the panel next week. americans have until march 31 to sign up. >> for some americans, the affordable care act is not living up to its name. while brisk in the more populated regions, people in rural communities have pure choices, meaning higher rates. of the roughly 2500 counties served by the exchanges, 58% get to choose between just one or two insurance carriers. more than 500 counties, that is only one participating carrier that is involved. >> a 14-year-old boston student is held without bail after allegedly killing a popular math teacher at his school. a vigil held wednesday night for the teacher, her body was found

behind the school a day after she was reported missing. officials say the teen took in a movie after she was murdered. there is no motive in this killing. the student is bring tried as an adult. >> in nevada, they're remembering this teacher as a hero, michael lance with youry was killed when a seventh grader opened fire at the school monday. two students were shot. their parents said they don't believe they were the targets. the shooter died when he turned the gun on himself. >> a pilot is dead after his plane crashed fighting those wildfires in australia. that crash sparking a new fire in the already ravaged state of new south wales, 64 fires are still active across that state. more than 20 of them are still burning out of control. the winds have died down. the temperatures are also expected to cool over the next few days, which night just slow the risk of further spreading, but the relief could be short lived.

officials warn of a hot and dry summer ahead. >> for the very latest on the conditions in australia, we turn to nicole mitchell. >> in australia, we're in spring, just starting to head towards summer. last summer, temperatures were so hot, they actually had to add a new color to the temperature maps to show that temperatures are consistently going over 50 degrees celsius which is as we get to the area, temperatures over 120 degrees. >> as we continue -- in fahrenheit -- still the dry skies across the region in sydney. you can see dry skies. we have had cooler air push through. the winds have died down, so that is good for the temporary forecast. >> back to the united states to definitely colder air here. minneapolis won't get out of the 40's. the east coast that had been in the 60's have dropped into the 50's. those are just the high temperatures. this morning, definitely starting off cool.

a lot of 30's, a few 40's out there, but if yesterday, you already had the jacket on, this morning you might want to find a light pair of gloves before heading out the door. because of that, we have more freeze watches and advisories for the area, but we're also starting to see parts of new york and michigan because of the wind flow behind this, even some lake affect advisories are put up, because we have areas getting snow with that wind flow taking the moisture from the lakes. we'll talk more about that coming up. overall, it is going to be a cool day with some snow out there. del. >> i did not hear that, nicole, thank you very much. >> russia has dropped those piracy charges against a group of green peace protestors accused of trying to board an oil rig in the arctic without permission. they will now be charged with hooliganism. green peace will fight those

claims. >> still ahead, a new twist in the conviction of cousin kennedy michael skakel for the conviction of murder. why the judge ordered a new trial. >> florida authorities trying to crack down on hit-and-run drivers. the tough new penalties they're proposing. >> one of the biggest debt holders making a call for the dollar to be replaced as the global reserve currency. >> michael jackson is tops when it comes to making money, even in the after life, coming up.

>> an wednesday a judge granted

kennedy cousin michael skakel a new trial. >> defense attorneys for the boston massacre suspect are trying to get records to prove he was under the influence of his older brother at the time of the bombings. >> florida looking for ways to crack down on hit-and-run drivers. 17,000 people injured, 166 people killed, just last year alone. now family and friends of a cyclist who died hope that a new law will make the roads safer. we have more from miami beach. >> peaty thinks about what would happen if she runs into the man who killed her husband, aaron last year. the driver lives three miles away and he's already served his time. >> so angry, i can barely even talk about it. i feel like such an injustice

was done, it's almost embarrassing, the obvious lack of sense that it makes. >> aaron was riding his bicycle with a friend along the scenic stretch of road when the man slammed into him. he left the scene, called his attorney and turned himself in hours later. >> investigators found evidence he may have been drinking. driving away made it impossible to test his alcohol level. he was sentenced to a year in jail for leaving the scene. patty is doing her best to raise her children. her son barely remembers daddy. >> i really have tried to look at this as a challenge and not be a victim, but be a survivor. >> somehow, this busy widow is finding time to push for passage of the aaron cohen act.

law professor helped draft the bill. >> the state leads the count arery in the statistics on a per capita base for driver and walker deaths. >> current florida law gives drunk drivers and incentive to leave the scene of an accident. they know they'll do less time if they drive off. increased sentences for driving off to be more in line with people kill will help. >> other states, such as oregon, new york and delaware have already passed laws protecting pedestrian cyclists and other

vulnerable users of the road. patty hopes that the act becomes law, fewer families will have to live with a void in their lives. >> you can't get bogged down in the anger. you can try and change it and you can try and improve life for other people. >> lawmakers there look to impose a minimum jail time of three years or more if a victim is seriously hurt or killed. >> these images from this next story are hard to forget. a compensation settlement for a former campus security officer caught on camera pepper spraying students at a uc davis protest. early they are month, a judge approving the settlement between the man and the university system. former officer saying he suffered from depression and anxiety after receiving death threats following that incident back in 2011. he was fired a year later after

eight months of paid administrative leave. >> business news now. wall street says show me the money. we have more with the latest headlines. sounds good. >> it is good, del. in fact, earnings, that's going to be the peak picture today. amazon.com is in the spotlight after announcing after the closing bell it will announce earnings lost last year. analysts expect another loss this morning. shares are at an all time high. wall street will watch to see what the on line retailer giant might say about the holiday shopping season. that's key, especially with concerns about consumer confidence amid a slowing economy. >> people are going to buy less everywhere, but i think people who want to buy are going to look on line and get things at cheaper prices with free shipping and great convenience, as opposed to battling the crowds and mall all the time. >> also after the bell today is microsoft. now the government reportedly is going after more banks for

selling bad mortgage securities. the justice department is targeting nine other banks. the list includes bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, morgan stanley and wells fargo. the government reportedly in settlement talks with j.p. morgan for $13 billion, and it just won a fraud case against bank of america for home loans sold by its country wide unit. >> michael jackson maybe gone but he is still raking it in. the annual list of top earners among dead celebrities, he sits on top, earning more than $170 million this year. the other king, elvis presley is second at $55 million this year. u.s.a. today reports a lot of american companies, including apple are avoid in the tax man. more than 10% of the companies found ways to pay effective tax rates of $0. >> i hear the screaming already.

people wondering how is that possible. >> these are effective tax rates, which means there are a lot of credits and deductions you used to lower their tax bill. a lot of companies, and wall street in particular focus on this number, because they want to see how profitable to company is versus how much tax it's paying. >> we hear people shouting that the tax rate in the u.s. for businesses is sky high, saying that federal corporate tax rate is 35%. true or not true. >> it is true. however there are well trained accountants and tax lawyers who really know how to look for these loopholes. there was a report by the government accountability office that said in 2010, most companies in america paid 12.6% in corporate tax. >> can you get me their phone number, please? thank you very much. >> the tourism season kicked off in egypt and is off to a rather rocky start. travelers usually flock to egypt by the thousands to see the

famed pyramids, but with political unrest, many are going elsewhere. we stopped by the valley of the kings to see if tourists are coming back. >> it's a tourist's dream, but luxor's nightmare. the few visitors have it to themselves. >> it's a little bit better than cairo. it's safer, and that moment of the year, we are in season, we are in the beginning of the winter, and to see, the temple is empty and this is a regular place for the tourists, that's absolutely something very bad for us and for our economy and for our future. >> on a normal day, thousands would be walking through the funeral temple of the queen. just two turned up while we were there.

>> we are very happy to can see the monument alone. >> it's a unique experience. >> yes, we are very lucky to see these without people. >> luxor hasn't been touched by the violence that has affected other parts of egypt, but most of the tourists have been scared off, devastating the local economy. >> this is the entrance to the valley of the kings. in there, amongst others, the tomb, this is the top of the tourist must-see list. the car park is pretty much empty. >> the hotels are deserted. occupancy rates are around 4%, usually more than 80% at this time of year. the nile used to be clogged with cruise boats. now they're moored and moth

balled. more than a a billion dollars in tourism has been lost sings the mass demonstrations in july that prompted the military-led coup. >> since we had this problem like actually between the new government and the president, i expect there will be like no prosperity for longer time. like, i don't know when they will come to sit together and then everything stop. >> while those two sides remain far apart, u.s. and european countries will advice against travel to egypt. no distinction is made for this peaceful, breath taking city. >> how bad is it? so far, just 12 countries have lifted their travel warnings concerning egypt. >> still ahead, president obama and pakistan's prime minister face-to-face amid growing tensions between those two

countries. we'll tell you how the sitdown is going to affect future relations. >> there is new hope for breast cancer patients. the drug giving those a better chance to fight the disease. >> coming up in sports, it was a comedy of errors for the cardinals in game one of the world series. we'll have the good from boston, the bad and ugly from mistakes in just a bit. all next week america tonight investigates the campus rape crisis. >> serial rape is the norm on college campuses. >> i know that when i did report, i was blamed. >> then on friday, november 1st at nine eastern, we open up the conversation in a live town-hall event. sex crimes on campus, a special week of coverage and live town-hall on america tonight nine eastern. only on al jazeera america.

>> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> fault lines how children are

hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? >> welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm del walters. call it a sign of easing tensions, president obama and pakistan's prime minister meeting for talks in washington. one of the main issues coming up, the american use of deadly drones in his country. we have more. >> the usual words of friendship, cooperation and

commitment often pledged in the oval office. this handshake could symbol more. they have barely been on speaking terms since the raid on osama bin laden more than two years ago and nato killed 24,000 pakistani troops. that led to u.s. aid cut off. the traffic and the aid now flowing again. it was evident in this meeting, there is still a huge source of tension, u.s. drone strikes. >> i also brought up the issue of drones in our meeting, emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes. >> the president didn't talk drones, but when the national security advisor of pakistan talks to aljazeera, he indicated the president gave reassurances behind the scenes. >> they said that we are largely accomplished our targets that we wanted to target, and now they have tapered off and probably once the remaining few targets

are met. >> he wouldn't spell out exactly what promises were made, but with the deadline approaching 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 afghanistan and pakistan's help and reconciliation. it's counter terrorism within pakistan and groups operating across the region but using pakistani soil. it's safety and security and overall stability in pakistan, which means some economic help. >> the u.s. aid promised each year has been on a steady cline. in 2010, 4.5 billion, then 3.6 billion. the next year 2.6 billion. it could total 1.5 billion this year and $975 million promised

next year. they need help with its energy sector if it's economy is going to recover and foreign investment return. the show of the respect may mark a new beginning for two countries with a complicated relationship, sometimes allies, occasionally angry, but both knowing they need each other. >> in the first face-to-face meeting, the two men talked about the future of afghanistan and security of pakistan's growing nuclear arsenal. >> even at that meeting was taking place, a washington post report states that pakistan knew about those drone strikes in advance, the post citing internal c.i.a. memos. joining us to discuss the future of u.s. relations in pakistan is robert hathaway. according to the post, both countries were working together on the drone strikes. top officials in pakistan's

government have secretly endorsed the programs for years, with drones being launched from pakistan. why does the prime minister continue to object to the program? >> the story that you referred to this morning added a few details, but in fact, many of us have had the basic story for many years, but the drone program is deeply, almost universally unpopular, in pakistan. the prime minister had no alternative but to come here and make it a major item on his agenda, because it simply is so widely did he say spiced in pakistan. >> it's did he say spiced. it seems that everybody wants to take the ire out on the united states. why not take it out on pakistan when you have the reports like the ones that surfaced today? >> well, the previous government was roundly defeated in the elections earlier this year, and

in one respect, the opposition to the old government was because it was perceived to be cow to youing to the americans. in fact, i think it is true that the pakistani voter took it out on the previous government. >> mr. hathaway, money talks internationally as well as locally with the u.s. giving a billion dollars in aid and secretary kerry helping with territory dispute. what leverage do they have asking for these drone strikes to stop? >> in fact, we have very little leverage over pakistan. the amount of aid we have provided pakistan over the years in the abstract appears to be a pretty large figure. when you put it up against the pakistani need, when you put it up against the other source of assistance pakistan gets, it's really not very much. i think we seriously mislead ourselves if we think that a very modest level of assistance

will buy us either leverage or love in pakistan. >> was this meeting that took place in the oval office just window dressing? >> it was much more important than that. there were modest expectations for the meeting ahead of time and i think fully met those expectations. no one expected historic breakthroughs or huge deliverables. it reopened chan else of communication, beginning a process which over time might actually pay some pretty important dividends. we won't know for some months or years whether or not that process unfolds as hoped and therefore whether or not this meeting was a success. at this point, it certainly looks like it opened the way for a more fruitful mutually

beneficial relationship moving forward. >> thanks for being with us this morning. that is robert hathaway, the director of the asian program at the woodrow wilson program. >> iran says it maybe willing to meet a key u.s. demand concerning its nuclear program, a senior member of parliament saying uranium has stopped being enriched to the level of 20%. in a meeting with the israeli prime minister this week, secretary of state john kerry saying actions are more important than words. >> we have made clear and are animate that words are no substitute for actions. we will need to know that actions are being taken which make it crystal clear, undeniably clear, fail safe to the world that whatever program is pursued is indeed a peaceful

program. >> secretary kerry meeting in rome with israeli prime minister is seeking assurances concerning iran's nuclear program. >> the deep autumn chill hitting much of the country. >> these are some of the chilliest temperatures of the season, a lot in the 30's. central parts of new york, this might be the first time you have to scrape frost off the windshield before heading out the deer. a lot of 30's and 40's across the region after that front that moved through into the day yesterday, and with that, behind it, you have a counter clockwise flow bringing that canadian air in behind that low pressure system. because of that, we have different freeze advisories. if you still happen to have anything left outside, plants or some of the vegetation you haven't cut back, this is the

time to do it. before long, we'll have the hard freeze. we have a couple of areas around the great lakes that are even under lake effect snow advisories. what that means is over the next couple of days, with that pattern around the great lakes, as the wind comes across, it's going to pick up the moisture and then it is cold enough, well, that's quite the map -- it is cold enough that it will redeposit it on the other side of the lakes in snow. so places like south bend, we could be looking at that, as we head across toward buffalo, just a couple of places. a lot of this precipitation has been light amounts. i haven't seen anything over six inches. if you're in the lake affect area one get used to those totals. you can see how the flow we're going to have over the next few days could influence that. the ground is warm. not everything we're seeing is sticking. for most of the region, that is going to be rain.

we are a divided country, we have the cooler stuff on the eastern side and the warm air as you get to the west coast, so if you are trying to escape it for the weekend, i would recommend somewhere like vegas, under this high pressure, we're going to have a pressure of 82 today, if you are looking for that escape. >> i need no excuse to go to vegas. >> doctors are expressing new optimism in their cancer treatment. they are making a huge difference in patient lives. >> 15 years of her life have been filled with during visits and painful treatments for breast cancer. >> i lost my hair, i threw up, i had to be in the hospital for white counts. you sort of felt like it was a death sentence, almost. it was very scary. >> now she has hope and strength, after being among the first in the country to start

receiving a new medication called tdm1. >> this is a new medication. what makes it so special is it works like a smart bomb. it attaches and kills the cancer cells with a tiny doze of chemotherapy, while leaving the healthy tissue alone. >> hi. >> how are you? >> for patients like her, she are doesn't get sick or lose her hair. >> i'm amazed by this chemo. it also seems to be working, so that's the key. >> approved in february, tdm1 only treats one of the most severe breast cancers, but it's encouraging doctors in boston, among the first in the country to test the drug in clinical trials. patients' lives were extended by nearly half a year. >> this is what we've all been looking for. it is a very effective drug, and yet it is accompanied by very

few side effects. >> tdm1 is the latest of several new targeted therapy treatments to have emerged in the past few years. it comes as researchers better understand cancer as a family, not just one, changing everything from medicine to the radiation and therapy. >> it is very reasonable to hope that 20 years from now, across the board for breast cancer, that we will be able to say that no woman should have a die of this disease if she is able to get treatment for it. >> for now, breast cancer remains the second deadliest for women, killing close to 40,000 a year. these new drugs can have severe side effects, like liver and heart damage. early patients feel better. >> we're all thrilled at how well you're doing. >> she is traveling, and cherishing time with her family.

>> on stage for terminal, but i don't look at myself at that, as 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 one may be within reach. jonathan betz, aljazeera, boston. >> the doctor could soon have another weapon in their fight against breast cancer. the fda recently approved a drug that is the first head 16 made to treat cancer before surgery. >> ross shimabuku here with the world series game. >> the hometown fans are loving life now, because the red sox looking boston strong in game one of the fall classic, while the cardinals looking like the bad news bears, sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. the winner of game one has gone on to win in 20 of the last 24 years.

adam wainwright had nothing going for him. the umpire called the runner out, but he clearly drops the ball. the boys in blue would huddle up and reverse the call to the right call. pedroia goes back to second base. the very next batter, mike nay with the bases loaded, digging in and he is digging this, because he goes double dipping to deep left center field. left the merry go round begin. the red sox jump out to the early lead. the cardinals looking like a deer in head lights in the second inning. pop up, who's got it? somebody, please, nobody's got it. molina and wainwright have six gold gloves between them and that would come back to bite them. later that inning, the red sox would eventually take a 5-0 lead and that would be more than enough for jon lester, because he was wicked good.

he struck out eight batters in 7 2/3 innings of baseball. ortiz, can he hit it any harder? adding insurance after another cardinals miscue. boston takes the opener. boston cashed in on the cardinals miscues. >> from the dugout view, it was pretty clear that that ball tipped off the fingertips of his glove. i think we're fully accepting of the neighborhood play, but my view is that it wasn't even that. there was really no entry into the glove with the ball, and to their credit, they did confer and i think the one thing is we just strive to get the call correct. i think based on their group conversation, surprisingly to a certain extent, they overturned it and i think got the call right. >> you rarely see that, especially on the stage like this, but i think it's good for

the game if everyone can get together and they saw something different and get i did right. i think it's something that should be done all the time. i love the stage, you know, it's in the spotlight. i really enjoy this time of the year, i guess, but you're just going out there and getting the job done. >> boston strikes first blood. the cardinals could use a mulligan. john henry smith never needs a mulligan because he is a one take wonder from bean town. >> no national league team committed fewer errors than the st. louis cardinals in the regular season. the team does just that in game one, committing two errors in the first two innings, another later on, as well as letting an infield fly hit the turf. combined with flush play from ortiz, napoli and lester has the red sox up 1-0. >> i didn't see anything that surprises us. we know what we were going to get.

they came out and did it. it just comes down to execution. it's a different game when some plays are made that are typically made. it's a whole different story. it's a good club. we know that. i'm not going to let our guys forget, we're a good club, too. we make plays and put together tough at-bats, we grind at-bats, work pitch counts. this is one game that got away from us and it was in a fashion that we're not used to, or will we get used to it. >> nine of the last 10 world series winners have won game one. that history, combined with the likely loss of carlos beltran from the cardinals lineup has put st. louis in serious trouble going into thursday's game two. john lackey will go for boston and nlcs mvp will be pitching for the cardinals. from boston, john henry smith, aljazeera. >> carlos beltran has bruised ribs and will be a game time

decision for tonight's game two at fenway. hopefully, the cardinals can relax. they had first game iters. >> the political impact over the tug of war from the u.s. budget and debt ceiling debate, still being felt here at home and abroad. >> the senior level white house official getting the ax. how his tweets got him in hot water.

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in europe, stocks are mixed, disappointing earnings put you a squeeze on the markets there. choppy trading in asia, the nikkei ending with gains. financial and real estate companies are bringing down markets because of news china's biggest lenders holding bad loans. >> as the world was watching the u.s. narrowly avoid defaulting on its debt, china was waiting in the wings. some say the security of the u.s. dollar is in question. as america's large evident fortune creditor, china has a lot to lose. joining us is the assistant professor of international policy. has the financial crisis, including those debt fights cost the u.s. economic credibility?

>> it's certainly chipping away on it. i think three aspects here. i think the global crisis started in the prime market in the united states 2007-2008 show that the market in the united states is not as resilient, as efficient as people thought. then to come out of the crisis, the united states had to do policies that it told for many years other countries not to do. the best example is the asian financial crisis, where the response to that crisis was well, more markets essentially was a form of crony capitalism. you needed to privatize more markets and spend less on the public front, where the united states has done exactly the opposite to come from this crisis, which was essentially to nationalize its financial system, to nationalize its auto industry.

around the world, it was seen that the united states essentially talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, and this under mind the united states. now that you have done this massive stimulus on the public front and you to have address this overindebtedness, now pushing things to the brink, really highjacking the whole world. everyone is now afraid that the united states might default, this is certainly serious and certainly seen as very reckless, because the complete financial system is based on the u.s. treasury markets. >> let me ask you this. you raise an approximating point. that is you said that is both the debt and it is also the

brinksmanship. >> it is both, they are connected. the sense of you accumulate debt, as well, because at the end of the day, you don't take the decision to address it, this leads to brink man ship. on the political side, you don't deal with it. you are chipping away on the credibility of the united states as the economic and political lid off the financial market system. >> thank you for being with us this morning. >> a white house staffer with high level security clearance has been fired because of his tweets. use in an on line alias, he took potshots at the white house and other washington insiders.

we have more. >> joe see joseph was director of nuclear non-proliferation issues, working on need to know senior level issues, like nuclear talks with iran. for more than two years, he had a secret on line persona, operating under the twitter handle, he took shots at those in the administration. this tweet: >> valerie jarrett is one of the president's most trusted advisers. another tweet swiped at u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha powers use of twitter: >> he portrayed himself as saying the things that were on people's minds that they were too afraid to say and certainly some of that was the case, but that was also mixed with a lot of things that people would not

say because they were incredibly rude or just misguided. >> his covert communications offer daly insight on the intimate workings of the government. now fired, his twitter account has been taken down. >> it's important to note that unless you have an authorized official twitter account or social media account as some of us do, white house employees are not able to access social media sites like that for -- at all, obviously for personal use. you can't go on twitter and sign up for an account unless it's authorized. >> joseph was quoted by politico saying what started out as an intended parody account of d.c. culture developed into a series of inappropriate and mean-spirited comments. i bear complete responsibility for this and i sincerely apologize to everyone i insulted. >> one social media expert i spoke with said this incident may send a warning to washington

employees, who may want to think twice before they tweet. aljazeera, new york. >> a group of white house staffers suspected that joseph was behind those snarky tweets. three weeks ago, they set up a sting, feeding him inaccurate information to see if it would make it on to the twitter feed. that's it for this edition of aljazeera news. stay with us, because in just two and a half minutes, we're going to have coverage of that hearing on capitol hill concerning the rollout of the penalty's signature health care legislation, the affordable care act and problems that are plaguing it. we'll be back in two and a half.

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>> computer contractors who built the problem-plagued health care website about to face tougher questions on capitol hill in a hearing. >> good morning. welcome to aljazeera america. the rollout of president obama's affordable care act has been taking a beating on many fronts and that could be an understatement. most criticism is focused on the website. it's still not working. congrena