>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> it has caused genuine and lasting concerns. >> voicing unease over allegations of u.s. global spying. penn state agrees to pay $60 million to victims from convictions of coach jerry sandusky, and super storm sandy, a year later. >> one by one world leaders and

u.s. allies are learning the nsa has been spying on them. and the latest is staunch u.s. ally and the german chancellor angela merkel. her reaction she has dispatched her top spy chiefs to washington. this comes as an european delegation visits the u.s. >> reporter: the white house said it was unwilling to talk abou--to--contra-ducts reports n german newspapers that not only did president obama know about the surveillance, he fast tracked any information gleaned from angela merkel's surveillance to the white house. >> the president, i think in all he has said about this issue,

not just sense the disclosures, but even before them reflects his commitment to insuring that we do everything we have to do within the law to keep america safe, to keep americans safe, and keep our allies safe, and that we do so in a way that reflects the need to find a balance, and to recognize the sincere security--rather privacy concerns that americans have and others have around the world. >> reporter: for the european delegation that has just arrived in washington this is more than the surveillance of u.s. leaders phones but the surveillance of tens of millions of european. this is how they framed that visit. >> we need to figure out why this mass activities have been happening and in the end we're fighting a battle security and

to keep that balance right. we're concerned about security, and there is a balance to be struck by citizens. >> reporter: over the weekend he told the sunday talk shows as far as he was concerned european should be grateful, it's protecting them from terrorism. this is the theme we're hearing from the white house, that it's about terrorism and keeping them safe. and. >> a british man has been arrested and charged with hacking into the computer systems of several federal agencies including nasa and the epa. 28-year-old lori love was arrested at his home northeast of london. he was indicted in new jersey where he allegedly used a server to carry out the attacks. and love also faces attacks in virginia, and it costs americans

millions of dollars. >> penn state university has reached an settlement with many victims of former coach jerry sandusky. it will pay nearly $60 million to over a dozen people. sandusky was convicted last year and is currently serving a sentence. >> reporter: it's a big settlement and these agreements have been reached one by one and now the university said nearly all of sandusky victims will now be compensated. >> reporter: it marks the end of a troubling period for penn state. nearly $60 million to be i submitted among 26 young men sexually assaulted by the former assistant football coach. in a statement the university president said we hope this is a step forward in the healing process. we cannot undo what has been

done but we need to learn from this and ensure it never happens again. the agreement releases the school from future claims. insurance will pay the settlements not tuition. it comes after months of lawsuit and negotiations after a jury convicted sandusky for abusing boys. graphic accusations of rape snipes in university showers and claims of a massive cover up later by penn state. throughout sandusky continues to claim he is innocent. while his victims and the university try to move on. >> the school still faces claims from six other victims, penn state has already spent $50 million in the sandusky scandal on lawyers and policies to ensure it does not happen again. >> a federal judge a short time ago declared abortion restrictions unconstitutional and is blocking the enforcement

of new laws. heidi zhou castro joins us from austin for more on the ruling, heidi? >> reporter: hey, tony, well, tomorrow there will not be abortions after 20 weeks. that ban that was passed by the last legislative session in texas remains in place. it was the one element not on tested in court this month. the other two elements that abortion clinics say would put a third of them out of business, those will not be enforced starting tomorrow. now the judge deemed one of those restrictions that required abortion doctors to get admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic, the judge ruled that that was irrational and places

illegal obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion. anthe judge upheld and added a caveat saying it would be up to the abortion doctor to determine whether that rule endangers the life or health of that patient. now the clinics have reacted to this ruling calling today's development as a dangerous law. i'm told by whole women's health one of the plaintiffs on the phone all day with their patients assuring them that tomorrow their procedures will carry on as planned. as far as the state of texas they have vowed to appeal any decision that was unfavorable to them. now the next level of appeals would be the court of appeals in new orleans, which is significantly more conservative

court ruled here. >> heidi thank you. for thousands of family hit hard by super storm sandy it has been a long road to recovery. tomorrow marks one year since the storm devastated parts of new york and new jersey. some residents are still rebuilding while also working and raising children. the report of our special series surviving sandy. >> reporter: we've seen men and women crying from the stress of the storm and recovery, while we imagine thousands of children have felt that same stress we have not heard from them, until now. i sat down with inspiring kids sharing their stories, some expressing their feelings for the first time since sandy hit one year ago. >> we're right by a beach. when the water came in it was like a tsunami coming through our house. >> the water came through so fast. >> are we going to lose our

lives? >> my name is john, and i'm nine years old. >> i'm courtney. >> naomi. >> i'm mattie. >> i'm kevin, and i'm 15 years old. >> reporter: seven children from five families who all suffered through super storm sandy when it hit one year ago. >> my dad was screaming out the window for the firemen. we were waiting and waiting, my lizard was in a box. my dog was ready. they never came. >> we were split, so we couldn't get in touch with them, so we thought they had died. >> we would loss everything. [ sobbing ] >> when the storm passed what did you think the next day? >> that i was safe with my family. >> and that's all that mattered? [ nodding yes ]

>> everyone was okay, thank god, but yeah, like, we didn't expect this to happen at all. >> i didn't care about anything else, my house and all my stuff. i was just happy that i was alive. >> reporter: alive, yes, but their lives were turned upside down. >> shares were in places that i didn't think would actually be possible. >> i felt sad because all my toys were gone. >> reporter: for most of them rebuilding was rough. >> it seems like it has taken forever to get the house rebuilt. we had to stay in an apartment for six months, which i hated. >> reporter: some had to grow up fast because everyone had to pitch in for the family recovery effort. >> when i say fema, do you have a good reaction or bad reaction. >> both, both. >> both. >> they just stopped helping us. we needed the help, but they stopped. >> fema is not there to help you the entire way. you're supposed to help yourself with their help. >> reporter: school helped some

kids cope. >> friends gave me supplies when i needed. >> reporter: others felt less safe at school since a couple of classmates were incentive. >> some of the girls were yelling at me, go home and wash your clothes. i said i don't have a home to go home and wash my clothes. >> reporter: for those forced out of their home, school got harder. >> my grade went down a lot, we were living in an hotel with five people, and it was hard to study. >> and a year later. >> we were looking after each other. >> we have food to eat. nothing else really matters. >> reporter: as grown up as those perspectives seem they are still kids who found fun along the way. >> well, when we were cleaning up the first day my cousin was outside. i got really bored so i shot him with the power washer. without realizing how powerful that was. >> reporter: a few even found a silver lining. >> because i saw my toys.

is it christmas? wait a second, new toys! >> pretty funny. >> reporter: they are the perfect example of how resilient kids can be, but there is no doubt the storm affected them all. now their parents were sitting off to the side of the interfere, and one mother told me that this group conversation was the first time that she heard her son describe his feelings just after the storm. back to you. >> our special series surviving sandy a year later continues tomorrow morning at 7:00 on al jazeera america. britain is seeing one of its worth storms it has seen in years. officials say five people have died, the storm has flooded low-lying areas, knocked out trees and hundreds of thousands of people were left without power.

>> meteorologist: well good afternoon, it's a beautiful fall day across the east. temperatures in the 60s across much of the east coast. out west, however, it feels like winter. take a look, we have massive winter storm churching across the northwest. right now in billings it's a chilly day. in addition to that we've had multiple car crashes. highly advised to use precaution. we've seen snow piling up across the sierra. take a look where you can see the pink and the blue. that's where they have the snow falling right now. 18 inches of snow to fall in sugar bowl. that's good news for any folks who are headed out to the ski resorts. this storm is bringing wind as well pep we have a 79 mph wind gust in san bernardino, california. that will continue. when you see the snow falling

scenarios montana, two to four inches of snow is expected. billings tonight is going to reach a low of 21 degrees. so black ice is going to be a problem. and we'll also see that cooler air push. take a look at billings, visibility reduced to two-tenths of a mile. and a different story on the east coast. i'll tell you all about it later on in the show. >> see a lit later. and al jazeera special, stopping the spread of sexual cry len v n university campuses. >> reporter: and why latinos may have difficulty signing up for affordable healthcare. we'll have that story coming up.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. house and senate lawmakers are

scheduled to begin negotiations on the nation's farm bill. the battle has mainly centered on cuts to the $80 billion a year food stamp program. but if no agreement is reached milk prices could skyrocket that's because the programs that keep milk prices low could be eliminated. that means milk at nearly $7 a gallon. president obama welcomed his new head of the fbi. james comey took over for robert muller. the president praised comey for his hard work. >> jim has dedicated his life to defending our laws. making sure that all americans can trust our justice system to protect the rights and their well-being. it's just about impossible to find a matter of justice that he has not tackled, and it's hard

not to find someone who is more uniquely qualified to lead a bureau who covers all of it. >> during his tenure he blocked senior white house officials to getting attorney general ashcroft to revise the controversial wiretapping program while ashcroft was hospitalized. former u.s. negotiators on north korea are urging the u.s. leaders to reopen talks. they say it gives north korea time to develop it's nuclear weapons program. they say north korean officials say they would be willing to negotiate over the program if dialogue resumes. glitch-free in one month's time that is the promise from the affordable care act site.

there is a large segment of the population encouraged to call in. spanish speakers. >> reporter: if you go to healthcare.gov and you speak spanish, you can click on he i s pannaheespañol. now for spanish speakers they can get information in spanish online but they can't apply online in spanish. the white house said 10.2 million latinos are uninsured. they believe 70% will apply for healthcare in english. that leaves 30% to apply in spanish. right now these are the options for those spanish speakers. they can either apply via paper application or they can get help from reps on the phone who speak spanish, or they can get help in person with what is called the navigator, local groups who

received funding specifically to help people apply in person. i spoke with the leader of an local organization. they say it takes an extra 30 to 45 minutes to translate for their clients. >> we're going to have many latinos who are going to be left behind because of the lack of the resources. in this case the lack of a website that is in spanish, or one of the things that we do know is that the paper applications are coming out in spanish. the issue is with the paper applications the time that it takes is longer than if you were to utilize the website to do this. >> meteorologist: now the administration has extended the sign up deadlines by six weeks. the problem is for people who want healthcare by january 1st if they get the website up and running by november it's a short window to apply. >> appreciate it. thank you.

>> okay, it's time for business bites and here now to talk about some of the top business stories of this day is mariah summer. she is a financial reporter for buzz feed. i need to find that. is that a.com buzz feed? >> correct. >> mariah, good to have you on the program. can we start with apple here? fourth quarter earnings, the announcement is coming up, is that later in the day? >> reporter: yes, in about 15 minutes. >> in 15 minutes time when the markets close. what are the analysts saying? what are the expect stations. >> reporter: the numbers will be comparable to this time last year. however, i think the profi profitability has slowed recently, and that's because the market is more saturated now than it was a year ago. they released two new iphone products recently and they also released ipad models.

>> we can talk about a couple of new companies, facebook and a couple of other companies coming out as well. this is a different picture for facebook this year. >> yes, yes, definitely. about this time last year they were reeling over their ipo, on their botched ipo. now we're looking at a much stronger earnings expectation, and they--they really have faired very well in the months since the ipo and that's what the investors care about. they don't care so much about the ipo itself but they're really going to look at a year to 18 months out to see how strong a company is. >> talk abou to us about twitte. that is expected later in the week? >> we're not sure. they're doing their road show. they just tested the systems. >> how did that go? >> it went well.

this is the first time to their knowledge that they have tested for a specific up coming listing, so it's a big deal for them. >> why do that? is it because of some of the problems encountered by facebook a year or so ago? >> they're not saying that, we could definitely imagine that is the case. that was bad for facebook, and it was bad for nasdaq and nysc wanted to make sure that everything went right. >> we have another federal reserve policy meeting. what are you expecting out of that meeting? >> for everything to stay the same. >> more stimulus and no tapering on stimulus, no announcement on that? >> correct, i think the jobs report was weaker than they were expecting, and i think they'll stay the course. >> mariah, very good to have you on the program. mariah from buzz feed on the

worldwide web. uruguayment it is set to become the first country in the world where marijuana will become legal. and government controlled. it is part of an effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs. monica has our report. >> reporter: diego said smoking marijuana in public has-legal in his country for as long as he can remember, but buying the drug is illegal. soon this won't be the case. >> if you want to smoke, it is your decision. it's your choice. >> reporter: uruguay's senate is expected to legalize the production and sale of marijuana. activists who campaigned for ten years to change the law say it's a huge step in the right direction. and now they want other drugs to be de criminalized. >> it all should be regulated. tobacco, alcohol, fire weapons,

and marijuana. >> cocaine should be regulated so consumers know if they're buying bad quality drugs that put them at risk. that way they can get it at a safe place. >> reporter: uruguay's president, the main backer of the marijuana bill set his goal to take the lucrative drug market away from traffickers. the government will give licenses to grow marijuana, and will sell it in pharmacies. the president said that means buyers won't have to deal with criminal networks. it's a controversial proposal. >> the government's message is drugs are here to stay, and we must learn to live with them. but we do not understand why we have to accept a life with drugs. >> reporter: congresswoman said the demand for drugs should be reduced. missing the government's approach as damage control. >> uruguay is a small south

american country with a big drug problem. >> reporter: consumption of hard drugs like crack cocaine is on the rise, and nearly 70,000 people smoke marijuana. it's 11:30 and exercise time. at the main rehab facility for youngsters in uruguay. this place you see is publicly funded and treats 300 addicts each month. it's a pretty significant number considering the country only has 3 million people. but doctors at this clinic say marijuana is the least of their concerns. it's more difficult to treat people who are addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol or prescription drugs. >> we would like the government to show signs that it will also take on regulating other types of drugs. it should not let these substances to be governed by the crude market laws of demand and supply. >> reporter: doctors here hope the marijuana bill passes and that others will follow.

as they continue to help young addict rebuild their lives. al jazeera, uruguay. >> michael eaves is here with the sports headlines after a wild weekend of baseball. we have critical game five coming up. >> reporter: all the theatrics coming up for a pivotal game five. the series between boston and st. louis tied a two a piece. wong was picked off first base to end the game. we'll have a live report from bush stadium coming up later. in nfl news, arizona manager said the team has no intent to change fitzgerald despite ma reports to the contrary. fitzgerald signed a contract

that will pay him $120 million throug,and was the youngest to h 800 receptions. buffalo sending banc to new york. now he had four goals and nine assist notice first 13 games of this season for buffalo. those are your sports headlines this hour and more sports news coming up in 20 minutes. >> next on al jazeera america, training hotel workers to spot. sex traffickers, and it is a day in court for a man accused of killing members of his own family.

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>> welcome back earn to al jazeera america. tony harris here in new york. a double duty for maria. she's here with a look at other stories making headlines today. >> reporter: well, it was a day in court for a brooklyn man who according to police killed five members of his family. today he was officially charged

with murder. change is being held for the deaths of four children and their mother. he had been unemployed and staying with the family for a week. neighbors say they heard loudagearguments while he was there. snyder will address allegations that detroit city did not try to negotiate for pension and union funds before filing for bankruptcy. detroit filed for bankruptcy with $18 billion in debt. make jackson's doctor walked out of jail a free man. dr. conrad murray was released just after midnight this morning. murray was convicted of causing the superstar's death in 2011 after providing him with sleeping medication. a change in california law allowed murray to be released after serving two years of his four-year sentence. and two oklahoma convicts

are still on the loose after a prison breakout. four men escaped from the detention center early sunday. the sheriff said they broke into the crawl space above the prison shower. from there they made their way to the back door of the prison. two were apprehended this afternoon. the rest are believed to be still in the area. tony listen to this. a texas man is recovering from being struck by lightening twice. casey wagner took shelter under a tree when a storm broke out at an off-road race in texas. he fell to his knees as electricity shot out of his left boot to his right wrist. he plans to go to mor church for often after this experience. >> and play the lottery. spain said the nsa tracked

more than 60 million phone calls there during an one-month period. this comes as an e.u. delegation is visiting washington asking if they were targeted. and here to discuss the diplomatic issues that may crop up is former ambassador to nato, ambassador, as always it's great to have you on the program. >> thanks to be here. >> without knowing the specifics of what has been collected in the nsa sweeps, to what degree do you believe the privacy of leaders has been violated here, and how much damage does that really do to the united states? >> right, well first off, if you're a foreign leader you walk around with the assumption that foreign intelligence services are targeting your communications. >> well, that was my next question. >> others are trying to do that, and you know it.

the question only is really is the united states doing this or not. that's what we're talking about today. but is anybody doing it? of course, lots of countries do that and you know it. that gets total second issue. the fact that it's the united states, that's being raised by our allies as violating a trust that some how we're allies, we are together, and therefore it's inappropriate for us to be listening in. frankly, i think that there is something to that argument, but let's be serious. we've been spied upon by our allies and our enemies. we have to protect our own communications. the real issue is whether we're working together as countries in the world or we're working as enemies. a much more concerned about iran spying on me than i am concerned about germany. >> okay, boy, you leave me with a bunch of questions here. i'm wondering how much of a hand wringing that we see publicly here. the haranguing that we see publicly here from these world leaders on these revelations is

for domestic consumption, and how much do these leaders really expressing genuine anger. >> i think it's a combination. i don't think we should discount the feeling of violation that chancellor angela merkel feels as she realizes it's her personal phone that is being listened to. but a lot of this is for public consumption. the public is upset so the governments need to show that they're upset. i think it's convenient for the government to blame everything towards the united states rather than scrutinizing what they do. >> let's zero in on chancellor merkel. how mucwhat has to happen? what level of transparency does

she want to know what do you have in totality? >> no, i wouldn't say that each and every communication. i think that's asking for too much. and probably not even achievable to regurgitate. but i think what the germans will want is an honest answer. what did you do? what were your methods and practices that you were doing? i think we have to ask ourselves a slightly different question. i think we do recognize it's a dangerous world. everyone is out there spying. i certainly don't want our government falling behind in that world. but we have to ask ourselves where is the benefit where we can pretty much pick up the phone and call and ask, what did you think about this? what are we doing together? i'm concerned about this information being concealed from countries that don't share our values, don't share our interests. perhaps we should be prioritizing some of these areas and that would allow us to be more forth coming with some of

our allies. >> as ambassador to n.a.t.o. for the years that you held that post. did you have an expectation that your conversations were being targeted? >> absolutely. i know they're trying to do that. as for other allies, i didn't think about it too much because as i said i wouldn't worry about it too much, either. i'm trying to be fairly transparent with the allies because we want them to work with us. >> here is another one. had the leaks from eric snowdon made secretary kerry's job more difficult? will intelligence sharing, real necessary intelligence sharing be made more difficult by these leaks? >> i'm glad you brought up eric snowdon. remember what is going on here. he is now in russia. these leaks that are coming out from him have to be coming out with russia's knowledge and permission and perhaps even encouragement. who knows, maybe even with

direction. how do we know what we see from eric snowdon today is really from eric snowdon. yes, it is a damage and it's inflicting our ability to get other things done. john kerry wants to go to a meeting with a foreign minister and he wants to work on syria or the israeli-palestinian conflict, and he wants to move some other issue forward, and this will be a distraction, and people will be in a ma bad mood about it. >> if you remember part of a damage control team, i don't know what you would name t but if you were part of a team, how would you approach it? >> first off, be honest about what we've done in priority. secondly, set rules that we're prepared to live with that will satisfy our allies going forward. and then thirdly, make the point in public that this is who we are as countries. we are on the same team. the u.s. germany, france, u.k. share the same values, same interests in the world. let's not get distract and

focused on each other when the real problems in the world are syria killing it's own people or iran building a bomb. >> thank you, former ambassador to n.a.t.o. great to talk to you. thank you for your time. >> appreciate it, thank you. >> in damascus for meetings with bashar al-assad and the country's foreign minister. the latest attempt to build support for the geneva two peace talks scheduled for next month. the rebel groups have refused to participate. there is also a dispute over which countries including iran should take part. it is a shocking statistic. one in five women will be sexually assaulted during their college years. colleges are increasingly coming under fire for failing to protect their students. all week al jazeera america on america tonight is focusing on the problem in a special series called "sex crimes on campus."

joie chen has the preview. >> my head was slammed into a bathroom door and then again next to the toilet and the assault provided. >> i put my hands on the sink and just looking at myself in the mirror and not even being able to fully comprehend what had just happened. >> reporter: these women say they were raped at a place most of us assume will be a haven the learning and of safety--college. annie was a freshman. andrea a sophomore each attending unc, university of north carolina at chapel hill. >> is the university blind? >> they treat it as a compliance issue. they treat it as something that can be solved with a policy. >> reporter: one in 20 women in college will be a victim of completed or attempted rate in a typical college year according

to a survey in 2,000, the most current figure available. >> they have a security guard and that's the persona of safety. >> reporter: the u.s. department of education under title 9 of the civil rights acts says institutions receiving federal funds must insure an education free of sexual discrimination. many colleges and universities say they weren't unaware of their legal obligations under title 9 to also protect students from sexual assault. >> we absolutely put much more emphasis on preventing plagiarism than preventing rape. that is a reality. >> reporter: annie graduated and in 2012 she and andrea found each other. they began to talk about the issue of rape at the university of north carolina. >> unc is not a bad place. it's representation of a larger cultural problem. >> reporter: the women began researching title 9, interfering

other victims of rape, utilizing social media, and in january o of 2013 a lot of within former unc administrator melinda manning and two others they filed a federal complaint against the university of north carolina at the department of education. >> when you have 18- and 19-year-old men and women who are holding the government accountable for rape, like it just--it boggles my mind. >> reporter: as for annie and andrea they have turned their or deals into a mission. a mission to bring light into a part of campus light that has been too long in shadow. joie chen, al jazeera, chapel hill. >> "america tonight" is taking a hard look at sex crimes on campus in a week-long series starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. they will focus on the role alcohol often plays in sex assaults and how victims can be made to feel they are to blame. police departments are cracking down on a hidden world,

sex traffickic. in minnesota one county is enlisting help to spot sex traffickics. workers in hotel chains. >> reporter: advocates say minneapolis-st. paul is one of the stop 13 centers for sex trafficking which is the buying or selling people for sex. the number of people trafficked into minnesota isn't clear but it is on the rise. surprisingly most victims are girls born in the u.s. the average age of those girls when they're first trafficked is 13 to 14, and in minnesota any given weekend night 45 girls underage 18 are sold for sex through the internet and escort service. >> reporter: this will teach hotel workers how to spot sex traffickers. they're asking all hotel employees to look for signs such

as customers consistently refusing housekeeping, paying for rooms in cash and men looking with younger girls who look vulnerable. >> men who are buying sex, they can go online and with the click of a button they can essentially order a girl to be delivered to their hotel room in less time than it takes to get a pizza delivered to their room. which is an outrage. we have to work together to stop it. >> reporter: activists say the best way for victims to fight back is to call 911 or confide in someone they trust like a social worker or a teacher. >> so minnesota is in the top 15 here. it seems a bit odd. what do we know about minnesota? why is that kind of a hotbed for this type of activity? >> reporter: it is odd, i went to college there and never imagined it would be like this. but minneapolis-st. paul has two major highways that connect drivers from different states

and borders canada which is relatively easy to cross. >> roxana, appreciate it. thank you. next on al jazeera america, shut down by super storm sandy. the one-time gateway to america now reopens to visitors. >> and speaking of gateway we are in the gateway city right now in st. louis we're game five of the world series we're going to have all your highlights in a complete update coming up later on in sports. >> the situation has intensified here at the boarder. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america.

>> apple's latest fourth quarter earns are out. sales hit a better than expected $37.5 billion. the tech titan said nearly 37 million iphones and analysts are waiting for guidance on the holidays iphone 5 and cheaper 5 c were launched. for the first time super sandstorm sandy pounded the east coast ellis island opened. visitors are able to see the great wall. the first place millions of

immigrants saw when they arrived in america. john terret joins us live. how has the reopening gone today, sir? >> reporter: tony, i don't know whether you can hear us. we can't hear you any more. let me go ahead and try and tell but this first day here at ellis island which has been quite a success. let me step out of the shot and you can see across to the main area where the stragglers are about to get on the ferry, the last one of the day and go home. i called the national park service to find out how many people have visited, but they're still tallying the numbers, so they're not sure. but it's been a strong day and a few hundred people have gone through on the first day. super storm sandy has hit this island and the repair will come to $77 million.

$21 million here on ellis island but they bought some protection that they did not have before. so next time if there is a next time that a hurricane sandy style storm comes over the walls and inundates the island they reckon they'll be able to bring the island back up two to four weeks and at a fraction of the cost. as the day went on the smiles grew broader on the face of the staff, particularly on the face of the superintendent, david lusinger and he outlined today some of the issues they had to deal with. >> we literally lost our entire infrastructure. all of our systems, telephones, data systems, electrical systems. it was all destroyed. our offices were destroyed. everything was destroyed. we have our offices back up and operational. we have interim power and

everything. we've got the schematics done. we started doing the permanent fixes and the rest of the fixes it will probably take seven months, and we should be fully operational and back up and better than ever in this spring. >> and david luchsinger announced his retirement earlier this month, but said he would not go until the job at ellis island has done. he felt that that is completed. it will be quite awhile before you can come and see the artifacts that were on display, the photographs, documents they have in possession. they're in storage in maryland. they won't come back here until at least a month. the target day to get it all in, may 1st. >> john, appreciate it. thank you. ♪ >> i think we all thought this could be an exceptional world series. i don't think we thought it would be wacky.

>> reporter: no, who could predict this wackiness, and it's the best reality show on tv when this year's world series match up was set the media and fans expected a very entertaining and highly contested series due to the fact that the boston red sox and st. louis cardinals finished with records top in their respective leagues. and fans got what they wanted and then some. the then some, some of the strangest plays we've seen, especially these last two games. game three with the cardinals winning in walk-off fashion when craig was awarded home plate after an obstruction call at first base. first time any can remember a playoff ending on an obstruction call. but everyone is looking at the rule book and the umpire has the call right. that's all that matters going forward. then last night's game in game four with st. luis trailing 4-2,

wong is picked off first to end the game? wow. now we're setting up for game five. what do they have in store for us tonight? let's go to push stadium in st. louis where jessica taff is standing by. i wonder what the mood is around the ballpark and the buzz considering what has happened over the last two nights? >> reporter: i'm considering thinking what can you possibly do for an encore in this series? this is essentially a must-win. the last thing you want too have to do is go back into fenway and win two games in front of a boston-strong crowd. that is an absolutely last thing they want to do. as we've seen and you just mentioned this has been a series for the ages between the crazy ending and then of course the unlikely heroes just last night johnny gom es not supposed to be in the lineup. he comes up being the huge ohio with the game-winning three-run

bomb and takes the whole thing. he was batting 125 for his career in the postseason. that's the lowest any of any batters with 40 postseasons at-bats. as we have seen and as this series has proven anything can happen. two games played in st. louis. two unlikely plays to end both games. we had a world series first and obstruction call to end the fall classic game as st. louis came away victors in walk-off fashion. >> craig comes to the plate. he is--the umpire making the call, they're going to say he's safe! >> reporter: then last night after johnny gomes with the hoe for give boston the lead, we saw another world series first.

>> the red sox win it, 4-27 in the bottom of the ninth, uhara picks off wong from first base and beltrán repping the tying run. that sets the team for tonight's match up in st. louis the series tied 2-2 with both teams sending their aces to the mound. >> i feel like i've pitched pretty good from throughout most of my seasons, and it's just carried over in the postseason. you know, i don't feel like i've put up bad numbers and then all of a sudden going into the postseason putting up good numbers. i don't know what it is, i like the stage. i know knowing that i got to go out there and give everything i got for my teammates. because tomorrow might be our last game. >> it's a pretty clean slate. i mean, i honestly don't know why my mechanics were as bad as they were, and my delivery was

off as much as it was, but i feel like i put a lot of good reps in in front of the mirror, watching film, and feeling my delivery again, learning the basics all over again. i feel like i've made a lot of good adjustments to throw some quality pitches. >> reporter: michael, here is a couple of notes today, alan craig is not going to be in the starting line up for the cardinals, but he is available, and he has been impressive off of the game. and daniel nava is going to be in. and gomes in as well. he'll back up. david ortiz is fit. pappi is batting 757, and he has been unstoppable. >> alan craig had to pinch hit which led wong to pinch run. jessica taff, thank you. >> a must-see.

>> reporter: i'm going to be watching. >> i have to get some sleep. i'm an old guy. we have cold weather in the northwest. we have the national forecast. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced

>> well, it's a cold day across the northwest. in the northeast it's fall,

beautiful, pristine, beautiful blue skies across new york city. overcast skies cross much of montana. look at these temperatures, boise, 44 degrees. the rain is falling in boise, but if you move a little further towards the north and the east across billings, the snow is falling, in fact, visibility has diminished to two tenths of a mile in billings, could car crashes reported along i-15 and along i-90 and folks highly advised to be careful on the roadways. it's going to be a wet night. we'll continue to see the snowfall across montana and eastern portions of idaho. back towards washington on the backside of the storm. the wind is going to be a problem. that wind can be felt all the way down into california. look at these temperatures in billings dropping down to 21. black ice looking to be a problem again. please take it easy out there on the road. you can see the snow falling

across the sierra as well. right around a town called nording california north of south lake tahoe. we had 18 inches of snowfall. take a look at this beautiful picture coming in around sugar bowl, the ski resort there. 18 inches of snow at the summit. anyone out there is going to have a lot of fun out there on the trails. take a look across the central plains. the storm is pushing across the northwest. it's really going to be a problem across the central plains as we track towards thursday. damaging winds, hail, and a chance of tornadoes across the plains to south dakota and the northern portions of texas are going to be monitoring the next several days. bismarck at 33. and home had a a omaha, 36 degr. new york is a beautiful day filled with sunshine.

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a group of european lawmakers in washington trying to sort out the nsa spying allegations. they met with the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers. members of the delegation spoke after their meeting. >> we need to figure out why this kind of massive activity is happening and what kind of trust needs to be built. in the end we're fighting a battle with tight security and we need to get the balance right. we're concerned, too, about security, and we made that clear. but most of it is the balance of privacy of