you. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're following for you. a live look in washington where protesters are taking to the states over reports of the u.s. spying on its citizens and its allies. doctors race to stop a polio outbreak among syrian refugees. women defying the law that has kept them off the road. >> renewed fury over u.s. spying

continues around the world and here at home. on friday brazil pushing the united nations to take action. one of 21 countries seeking rules to reign in the kind of surveillance done by the nsa and other government entities in washington there is the anti anti-spying rally jeanne, tell me what is happening. >> reporter: it has gotten noisier, and more people, a couple hundred at least. they were anticipating a thousand at this point in time. one of the participants joining me here today this is jay, who has come all the way to philadelphia to tend this event, why? >> i think it's vitally important for all americans to be vigilant with what government is doing with our privacy.

i don't have problem with surveillance as long as there is cause, but not when it violates our fourth amendment right. >> reporter: you're aware of our private information collects our information. >> i started the first digital advertising agency in the world back in 1984, i'm cognizant of the data that captures. there is very little value exchange here that has been articulated. if the government had had this dialogue earlier and people bought into this process, then maybe they wouldn't be upset, but they did not. >> reporter: some say this is to keep the nation safe. >> prove it. i don't believe what keeps our nation safe is taking away your fundamental civil rights. the first and fourth amendment rights is what makes this

country great. the ends do not justify the means. you lose everything that you're trying to protect. what are we protecting if we don't have those rights? >> reporter: j.g. sandon. thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: the group will march down to capitol hill and present a petition to a member of congress with 580,000 signatures on it asking for accountability for the nsa spying on americans. back to you, richelle. >> and the national dialogue continues. this protest comes on the heels of a report that the government has intensified its efforts to collect data from its own citizens. kimberly halkett has that story. >> reporter: every day here in the suburbs outside washington information gathered by 17 different u.s. intelligence agency is collected, retained and analyzed. this is the national counter oh

counterterrorism center where americans not even suspected of terrorism comes under scrutiny. that's something that jasmine and isaac wants stopped. they walk the halls of congress to run into congressman who will listen. >> to the arab-american community is in particular the community targeted about these post 9/11 counterterrorism initiatives and efforts. >> they're literally vacuuming up everyone's information and combing through that. that, i think, is just really alarming. it really contradicts fundamental principles of our constitution. >> reporter: that information is not just being collected. it's also being stored. sometimes for decades. according to a new report the fbi is able to keep intelligence the longest. >> 20 to 30 years basically on

the theory that it might be useful in the future. that information will only be gotten rid of if it's going to be of no use to the fbi or any of the other 16 agencies that are in the american intelligence community. >> reporter: those agencies including the nsa and the u.s. counterterrorism center. they can search information about a person's phone use for five years, even if they've never been suspected of a crime. every month it's been revealed the nsa's super secret x key score tracks more than 41 billion communications on the internet. so much information is now being collected by the nsa that a massive new data center is under construction. when it opens next year it will hold more than 300,000 square meters of americans' personal information. privacy advocates say that kind of monitor something a violation of u.s. civil liberties. despite those early concerns in

early october, they approved the government's application to continue "dragnet" surveillance of telephone and internet communication, and it has changed the way some americans now go about their daily lives. >> reporter: you don't feel as free to say what you think. even the most money day phone conversation about what you're going to have for dinner tonight or with your spouses about what your child is doing or something, you're just wondering if someone is listening to you. >> reporter: and it appears they are. just in case what is said now becomes useful later. kimberly halkett, al jazeera. >> there was an execution of, quote, rebels, that's what the iranian news agency said after 16 men were reportedly hanged. iranian security force versus been fighting drug traffickers and so long rebel groups along the border of pakistan.

a country also devastated by war now bracing for another battle. the world health of course is investigating and a possibility of a polo outbreak in syria. nicole johnson reports on the country's crumbling sanitation and now the high risk of disease. >> reporter: this is a residential area of damascus. a typical suburb. but on friday a car bomb exploded here outside a mosque. it's difficult to find out exactly how many people died. the report is more than 40. this video cannot be independently verified. still the united nations humanitarian chief told the security council there are two and a half million people in syria who need help but can't get it. and the agency's appeal for aid has failed. >> i need the political support of the security council members, but also other members of the

united nations to really make a difference. >> reporter: months of fighting has destroyed syria's basic infrastructure. roads, power and sanitation, and that creates another huge problem, the threat of disease. the "world health organization" is warning that there could be an outbreak of polio, so the united nations is increasing its vaccination program. >> routine immunization programs critical to prevent childhood diseases have been disrupted and have broken down. children are now at a far higher risk of polio and measles. >> parents already have enough to worry about, but now there is a possibility that children could be struck down by illness and disease. the chance of getting treatment in the middle of this war is slim. al jazeera. >> saudi women are defying authorities getting behind the

wheel demanding the right to drive. 60 women took part in a protest today and 17,000 people signed a petition calling for women to be allowed to drive. saudi authorities are threatening punishments for those involved ranging from fines to prison time, the only country in the world that prohibits women from driving. this time last year new york was bracing for super storm sandy. the storm that flooded streets, destroyed homes and forced crucial health clinics to close. most of those clinic have not reopened. one world organization is stepping in to fill in the gap. >> what else do we need to get started? >> reporter: dr. amber feather stone is stocking up on supplies. this is routine procedure for doctors of the world, an organization that operates in war zones around the globe. but this is new york city in an area called the rock aways. >> even before the hurricane

this was designated as an medically under served area. after the hurricane it just got worse. doctors have not been able to return for one reason or another. their files were washed away, and they can't provide the services they were providing before. >> reporter: so much of the city has come back. this area 20 miles from manhattan's financial hub is still struggling. the rock aways are on a narrow peninsula in south queens home to 130,000 people. during the storm much of the area was flooded. electricity and public transportation was cut off forcing many businesses like healthcare providers to shut down, and some of the repairs are still ongoing. >> reporter: howard cohen walked 26 blocks for a visit to the clinic. he lives with his mother, she doesn't have insurance either. health providers are reluctant to set up shop here. >> those who are senior

citizens, and those who are about to be one there is fear, if you have a heart attack, where the hell--sorry--where do i go? >> reporter: now there is only one full service hospital for the area's 15 neighborhoods. doctors of the world hope to be a second choice offering residents free preventive care and other needed services. >> at the end of the day every is human. we're seeing people with all the same basic sets of needs. whether are not you're seeing healthcare because you're caught in a war zone or if you're an under deserve community and the quote/unquote industrialized world, i don't think the needs necessarily change. >> reporter: people who live here and watched their health options wash away and seeing this health clinic open is a relief. al jazeera, rockaways, new york.

>> h.i.v. a baby born with the virus, with no signs of the disease. how doctors are treating her coming up. plus a different kind of war pitting preservationists against farmers. uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories.

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>> 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. >> gathered in the nation's capitol for anti-espionage rally just got under way a few minutes ago. this is in response to all that is coming out here about the activities of the nsa. we'll have more keep it here. doctors have recorded a case of hiv remission in a child.

she was given high doses of anti-retro viral drugs that seems to have destroyed the virus before the h.i.v. reservoirs could be formed in the body. now two years later the child has been taken off the treatment. >> almost invarybly when an adult is infected they don't know they're infected until a considerable period of time. i've been taking care of a.i.d.s. patients for decades. most of the time somebody will have come in and they will have been infected months or sometimes years, and by then the reservoirs have already been established and it's much more difficult to get rid of that reservoir. >> there are more than a million people living with h.i.v. in the u.s. today is national prescription drug take back day.

it gives people the opportunity to safely dispose of expired or extra prescription medications. prescription drug abuse is quickly becoming the leading cause of death in the united states. drug take back programs lower the ability for drugs to be abused. the new rule would reduce the number of refill patients could get. vicodin one of the most widely abused drugs in the country. the difficulty of balancing treatment for patients who need this medication, and also enabling addiction. >> it's killing more people than illegal drugs, and we've been fighting for ten years to try to get the fda to tighten up prescription practices around vicodin. the battle has been really people who are worried that they

people have legitimate pain and won't be able to get their meds, but we're way tipped over with this drug. oversight is a good thing. >> there are some groups, the ama, actually, who are not in favor of this. there are lots of doctors groups who think this is not necessarily the right move. why is that? >> they've been battling for people with legitimate pain problems. these are prescription drugs and they have legitimate uses for people with different types of pain. the american medical association has basically been saying you can't make it harder because doctors under treat drugs they don't want to addict their patients. i understand all of that. but the pendulum has swung in the u.s. way to far towards abuse. i understand valley two industrl

settlements including this one pump their discharge down hill to areas where animals often graze. i think the waste water come from the factories contain toxic material. many animals have suffered intestinal poisoning. among the human population we've seen lots of rashes and many cases of food pointing. >> reporter: elsewhere we found dirty water flowing in the valley. scientists confirm to al jazeera that it contains untreated sewage. wherever it comes from the farmers say this pollution is the real threat to the area's natural beauty while they're simply struggling to make a living in a tough environment. al jazeera, occupied west bank. >> quincy jones is suing sony music and michael jackson's estate. jones said it owes him least $10 million. he produced some of jackson's

most popular hits. the two repeatedly worked together for 35 years. jones said the songs were reedited to cut him out of royalties which violate his contract. jackson's state said that jones has been appropriately compensated. sony music has yet to comment. trying to save the world's tallest animals in africa as they compete for limited space with humans. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online.

>> rally in washington, d.c. opposing government surveillance has brought out hundreds. it's happening right now. it's been organized by stop watching us, a coalition of groups that include the american civil liberties union and libertarian party. the death toll in that deadly bombing in syria friday is now 100. the car bomb exploded outside of a mosque in damascus after

friday prayers. the syrian government and rebels are blaming each other for the attacks. saudi women plan to defy authorities and get behind the wheel today. saudi authorities are threatening stiff fines to prison time. 60 people showed up, saudi arabia is the only country in the world that prohibits women from driving. the u.s. air force academy has changed its honor pledge for its cadets. now they're able to say the last part of the oath that reads "so help me god." the academy saying the change respects all cadets, including those who are not religious. ♪ >> meteorologist: well, temperatures are making that slow climb really from coast to

coast. we're seeing widespread 50s and 60s. the only exception down across south floor. that's where we're at 82 degrees down in miami. definitely feeling that building there. elsewhere it's going to be cooler than average over much of the u.s. by ten degrees. in atlanta it's going to be a cooler than average day, we typically top that around 70. we'll have full sunshine with high pressures dominating. over the next several days notice the climb as temperatures get back on track with a southerly wind flow in advance of the cold front. we're rain free across much of the southeast, but in the southern plains we're watching rain and mainly light rain showers coming in off lake erie and ontario as our next clipper system moves in across the area. it's helping to pick up strong wind gusts. winds up to 30 mph in cleveland,

and also winds are gusting here along coastal areas of massachusetts, boston, winds are gusting up to 28, and we have wind gusts around 20 mph. our wind advisories will remain in affect through later this evening. it includes cleveland. as we take a close up look at some of the rain we're finding here across the southern plains we're watching out for rain and a few rumbles of thunder for later this afternoon. >> eboni, thank you. for the first time the food and drug administration is making an attempt to make drug treats safer. since 2007 6 o 600 dogs have did and thousand versus gotten sick. it could cost the pet industry $30,000 a year. conservationists are sounding the arm about the long-necked an analysis dwindling in africa to the point

that giraffes could be extinct within a few decades. >> in africa's harsh and beautiful savannah lives the world's tallest animal. they may not be as threatened by poaching as rhinos and devils but these majestic creatures are in danger from humans encroaching their inhabitant. in only 80,000 remain in 2012. >> the trend across the africa continent is very worrying. the numbers have declined by 30%. across the continent. two of the sub species are now listed as endangered. >> reporter: including the most rare found in kenya. this is the roth child giraffe. because their existence is so threatened they had to be put in

protection two decades ago. to increase their numbers this rotroth child giraffe has to be kept in the center where they can breed. these are the lucky ones. the once outside of sanctuaries are isolated from one another. >> because of human settlements, and clearing of the natural areas we have ended up in a situation where we now have fragments of habitants across the country. this fragments is where you find the giraffes and other wildlife. we know from our own research that most extincts in this world have declined in inhabitant fragments. >> reporter: the giraffes may be saved. what is now done more

aggressively is sensitizing those who live close to wildlife. >> our main mission is to help to create an awareness and conservation through learning institutions. >> reporter: it's a hard sell when you consider fast-growing population and the wildlife all competing for the limited space available in a rapidly industrializing country. but conservationists say this is a fight that must not be lost, losing africa's wildlife is just not an of course. al jazeera, nairobi. >> and thank you for watching al jazeera. i'm richelle carey. "the stream" is next.