we will also see you on our facebook and fan page. we'll see you next . >> good evening, everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. >> we do not spy on anyone except for valid foreign intelligence purposes and we work within the law >> the response - america's spy chief explains why they gather intelligence on u.s. allies. >> i want to apologise to you that the website has not worked as well as it should >> admitting problems - the website that is supposed to let americans sign up for health care has republicans and democrats calming for delay. >> it's beautiful. >> helping survivors of sandy reclaim some of their precious

belongings >> the ambitious project completed in turkey to expect two continents under water. -- to connect two continents under water. >> no apologies, no excuses from the top spy chiefs. the head of the national intelligence told house intelligence committee that phone taps on foreign citizens are not true. the nsa would rather take the beating in the media than give up a program protecting americans from terrorists. >> top chiefs say the agency did nothing illegal, and part of the problem is leaked documents. they reveal rare details of america's surveillance

techniques. >> vigorously defending the job agencies do to keep america and allies safe. >> there's not been a mass casualty in the u.s. since 2001. that is not by luck. they didn't stop hating us they didn't say that they were going just forgive this. they continued to try. >> the work of the national security agency is under fire because of revelations by former nsa analyst edward snowden. documents he leaked revealed the nsa has been collecting phone calls and text mess inls of millions of citizens. congressman james sensesenbrenner, the author of the "the patriot act" is expected to propose a new law, the freedom act, stopping dragnet collection of phone calls from citizens, place stronger restrictions on who is tarted and appoint an advocate to the courts protecting rights. the director of national

intelligence, james clapper, and national security director keith alexander told the committee the content of phone calls was secret in a lock box, unless there is a link to terrorism. and that, they say, is rare. >> there would only be looked at if we had reasonable and artic u la ble suspicious that we had connection to a foreign, al qaeda-related group, and look into the box. in 2012 we had 2088 such selectors, that we could look into that. that's it. of the billions of records, only 288. >> at the committee hearing there was relatively little discussion about allegations that the u.s. spied on america's allies. at the white house it was still a hot topic. protecty jay carney says president obama assured angela merkel there is not and will not be spying on her. this was the reaction when jay carney was asked about leaders

of france and japan. >> i don't have anything more specific about specific alleged operation, or conversations that the president may or may not have had with foreign leaders. >> senator dianne fienstein the chair of the committee says it's not proper for america to spy on the leaders of allied nation. the white house order a review of intelligence gathering. >> i talked with the senior advisor at the in effect today. heather hurlburt told me a lot of the authority that the nsa has was given to the agency after the world trade center bombing. >> shortly after 9/11 we passed a bunch of laws and the american people gave a clear message to congress - which was keep us safe, we are happy if you do what it takes to keep us safe. the routes of many disclosures

are in the the patriot act or things that were adopted and allowed to stand after 9/11. the way that americans are ever going to understand all of this is making sure that they are - their elected representatives understand that keeping us safe and knowing what is being down in our name are part and parcel of the same thing, as long as members of congress think they'll lose elections if they raise questions about intelligence programs, they won't raise the hard questions. >> there could be fireworks on capitol hill, when the secretary of health and human services goes before lawmakers to defend healthcare.gov. today for the first time a member of the barack obama administration apologised for the repeated problems with the website. mike viqueira has that story. >> at first they blamed unexpected volume, calling it a sign of public enthusiasm. four weeks into launch the

website offered this. >> to the million of americans choosing to use healthcare.gov. i want to apologise that the website didn't work as well as it should have. >> it didn't do enough for the republicans. >> the problem with obamacare is not just the website, but the law. i've heard from hundreds of my constituents who are seeing premiums rise, policies cancelled - many, again, are losing their plans. >> after the failed strategy to kill the law by shutting down the government - split the party in two. republicans are now unified in attacking problems on the website which, when functioning, is meant to help million obtain insurance under obamacare. >> i don't think anyone would deny the fact on either side of the political aisle. the past 29 days have been a disaster. >> when pressed marilyn tavenner refused to say how many were able to get insurance through the website.

>> are you getting those numbers? >> am i getting the numbers? not yet. >> you have no numbers on who is enrolled. you have no idea? >> we'll have the numbers available mid november. >> if you don't have insurance by march 31st, you face a fine. as problems persist, democrats are joining a government call to delay the deadline. >> i want to assure you that healthcare.gov can and will be fixed. we are working around the clock to deliver the shopping experience you deserve. we are seeing improvements each week and publicly by the end of the november the experience on the site will be smooth for the vast majority of users. >> as contentious the hearing was, it's a warm up for the event tomorrow wh health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will testify to another house panel dominated by republicans. >> mike viqueira in washington. israel released 26 palestine prisoners. their release is part of a deal

calling for the eventual freedom for more than 100 detapees that have been behind bars for more than 20 years. the first 26 were released in august. israel's supreme court cleared the way for their release in a way to move piece talks forward. stefanie dekker reports from ramallah. >> there's around 5,000 palestine prisoners left behind bars. this group is part of 104 which are part of the pre-oslo accord prisoners, arrested before or during 1993. when that is done, there's around 5,000 prisoners behind bars. anyone here will tell you people have been in and out of prison quite a lot. every day there'll be an israeli army incursion to the occupied west bank. people are being released. people are being brought back in. it's a revolving door, i think.

president abas says there'll be no agreement without all palestine prisoners released. it's something that is rather optimistic. we are already seeing the conflict in israeli politics with the release. hard words from the economy and trade minister saying that this is absolutely against what he wants, but now saying that this is essential for peace, it was one of the most difficult decisions of his time. it's something that needed to be done. >> stefanie dekker. unofficials confirm an outbreak of polio in syria in 14 years. there are so confirmed polio cases, 12 being investigated. most tested are babies and toddlers. last week the u.n. launched a campaign to immunize children in syria against polio and other

diseases. with thousands fleeing, immunizition efforts are stepped up in neighbouring countries >> members of congress heard evidence from victims of a drone attack. a pakistani grandmother was killed a month ago. relatives shared their loss with u.s. lawmakers. kimberley halket has more on their testimony from capitol hill. >> they travelled more than 11,000km from north waziristan, pakistan to the u.s. congress. the goal - to tell americans what happens when u.s. drones target an innocent family. a year ago zubair rehnan was shot by shrapnel, he was gathering vegetables for a special eade dinner. >> translation: i could see the zone overhead. why would i worry, neither my

grandmother nor i were militants. when it fired the ground shook and smoke rose up >> shrapnel hit his sister nabila. she said it was hard to stob the bleeding. she her her grandmother, the village screaming. rafiq ur rehman says the loss of his mother devastated his family. >> translation: no one told me why my mother was tarted. four of my children were injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell land to pay for medical treatment. there has been no compensation to pay for the bills. the pakistani government accepted the claim and confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> reporter: the obama administration never commented on the strike that started the rems. the cia never publicly acknowledged the program. something that these democratic

members of congress want changed. >> we want greater transparency and disclosure about the use of drones. we haven't had a full debate. >> alan greyson, who respond sored the congressional briefing said there are moral questions about whether a president should have the power to decide who is targeted by u.s. drones. >> i'm personally uncomfortable with the idea that the president makes the decisions unilaterally. >> of 535 members of the u.s. congre congress, five representatives showed up. this is the first time that drone survivors testified before u.s. congress and they hope it will lead it a wider cop gregsal hearing, a first step in a process that can lead to changes in u.s.-drone policy. >> rafiq ur rehman is optimistic. >> translation: with the grace of god i hope it does.

if they have good intention, i put trust in them that the drones will come to an end. >> as a school teacher and father he has a wish. he wants to see pakistani children grow up with the same sense of security and safety that he sees americans take for granted. >> good evening, i'm kevin corriveau, meteorologist. a lot of questions since sandy - could it happen again. i want to take you back to 1856, to 2012 - these are the storms that made landfall in new jersey or game 65 miles off new jersey. i want you to notice the trajectory from the south-west to the north-east, where almost all of the storms travelled, except sandy - that went from south-east to north-west.

the big problem here is the strongest part of the storm is always on the right-hand side of the storm. normally if we have another storm like this or any storms coming up through new jersey most will take this traj ectry. and the strongest part will be over the atlantic ocean. can it happen? of course it could. most likely it will be a long time. when i see you later in the show i'll talk about what will happen for game 6 of the world series. >> consumers are bes mistic, businesses are -- bes mistic and businesses are making fewer sales. that's good news for investors. record highs on walt. >> connecting two continents and one city underground. the $4 billion tunnel next.

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trading higher at this hour after the dow and s&p finished in record territory: >> >> joining us now from chicago is kevin kerr, the president ceo of kerr trading international. welcome. >> thank you, john. >> what do you attribute the long rally to? >> well, the biggest factor is the cheap money. the low interest rate environment spurred investors to borrow more on margin, we can see it in the numbers. it's showing that. this is increasing as we see the highs. we've been on the bottom since 2009, and stocks have been growing, which is good. it may be getting ahead of itself. we may be facing a correction. >> yes, but what if the fed cuts back on the cheap money that you are talking about? does the

bottom fall out of the markets? >> nobody can say for sure. that's the scenario throughout time. ironically we are celebrating the 84th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash. there are lessons to be learnt. when we see a build-up of people borrowing money, it gets to an infor example point where it can't continue and we see a steep sell-off. that could be where we are headed. >> we have good earnings reports recently. you see the sort of contradiction where consumers say, "i'm bes mistic about the economy, but investors see the markets going up and up. is there a contradiction. is there a problem with that? >> there really is, because it's floating on hot air. if we don't have the earnings across the board supporting a market at these levels, and it's based on cheap money, low interest rate environment, you

know, we face a steep correction. those fundamentals have to be there to support a long-term market. >> how much longer will the fed prop up the markets? >> we think it will continue for an amount of time. the stance on the market, keeping the pace with the stimulus, and with the low interest rate environment. we expect that to continue into the second half of 2014. what we hear about the tapering off of this, we may hear the governors, when they meet and come out tomorrow, talk about tapering, we don't see them taking action or able to take action until the second half of 2014, a long time down the road. >> is it a real economic recovery or prompted by the fed? >> we are not seeing it. we are not seeing the job growth, we are seeing high unemployment numbers, over the last few weeks with the furloughs and the debt ceiling problem there was a lot of

damage to the economy, and numbers skewed. we'll have to go through that again. in january and february. we could be in for more trouble. >> keep catching. thank you for joining us. >> with college costs rising, parents and students try to find the best match for their education and the bottom line, do college rankings help or hurt in the search for the right match? kilmeny duchardt has more. >> trisha guduru, the daughter of immigrants from india hopes to be a paediatrician. she is a student at queens college and lives at home. her tewition is under $6,000 a year, which is all her family can afford. queens college provide aid so students don't have to pick up a job. >> we are getting students from modest means, first in their family to go to college, first in this country. without us they wouldn't be able

to transcend their particular situation and move up. financial planner bob traitz says cost has everything to do with how families pick schools. >> working class families are picking colleges based on affordability and geographical convenience. >> with tewition on the rise families are looking at where to get the most bang for the buck. the "washington monthly" produced one of many lists ranking colleges on that, and queens college is number two. their study looked at 1500 colleges. queens ranked as one of the best at helping low income students get marketable degrees. "washington monthly"'s rangings took into account a record for producing scholarships and encouraging students to give back to their country. measuring the value can produce different results. other lists have different

criteria, and the results are not positive. >> the salary research firm pay scale looks at return on investment, ranking a college's worth on the value of alumni earnings, tewition may be hire, so are salaries of graduates. tewition and veries at mud harvey mudd college is nine times that of queens. >> as far as the lists are concerned, the students are not using them in the decision-making process. i believe that the lists and the rankings serve as an affirmation that the student made the correct decision and they'll be proud of the college they'll attend. >> he said it's a way for schools to tout their name. >> rankings can contribute in many ways to what a good education is. prince tonne review ranges high

on concludes and interaction. given we live in queens, we want that. >> school rangings may not be the most accurate. but students and parents look at them. michael eaves is here with sport. it's the big night for the nba. >> 2013/2014 nba season is underway. the league opening the regular season with three games on the schedule including the 2-time defending champion miami heat beating the chicago bulls, spoiling the return of derek rose who missed last season with a knee injury. in baseball the boston red sox are one win away from winning a third world series title in the last 10 years, thanks to the 3-1

win over the st louis cardinals the red sox return with a 3-2 one advantage. the last time they closed out a world series title at home was 1918. in soccer decc am chose miami to be the site of his major league soccer franchise. the option of becoming an owner was included in the player contract when he joined in 2007. he'll play a discounted rate. >> those are the sports headlines. more sports news coming up later. >> in the istanbul, there's a tunnel connecting the continents of europe and asia. the underwater passage way is considering - is considered an engineering milestone. >> the marmaray project is 150 year old ottoman dream that

became a reality. a turkish-japanese consortium took on the task of submerging and anchoring the tunnel to the bosphorous riverbed. work started in 2004, but it was stopped many times because of archeological findings. the unit worth is more than 60 k/hr, and has a capacity of more than 1 million passengers a day. the most important part of the project is the undersea tonne -- tunnel, connecting asia and where i am. the ride is 4 minutes. >> the marmaray tunnel runs under the bosphorous, the strait connecting the black sea to that of marmaray, dividing istanbul between asia and europe. the tunnel is 13.6km long, including an underway stretch of 1.4km. the tunnel cost more than $4

billion to build. and the turkish government says that is money well spent. marmaray is not only joining two continents, it's making the dreams of 50 years come true. marmaray is linking history with today and today with the future. marmaray is giving confidence to the nation. it is giving the nation faith. it shows us what we can do when we really believe in ourselves. >> driving across istanbul is never easy, and crossing the iconic istanbul bridge over the bosphorous sometimes takes hours. >> translation: our commute to the other side will be easier, especially in the morning rush hour. >> it will relieve the traffic by 5%. >> there are at least 14 million people living in istanbul. the government hopes the train will ease traffic congestion by

20%. tuesday is also the 90th anniversary for the founding of the turkish republic. the government calls it a day of unity, national pride and celebration. once the party is obvious, the people of istanbul hope getting around will be a little easier. >> still to come -. >> the person that shot and killed my son is walking the streets today. and this law does not work. . trayvon martin's mother speaks to congress. her target - the laws that spell out when it's okay to kill another person. >> also - saving memories from the wreckage - a year after sandy hit volunteers are helping strangers by restoring photos damaged in the storm.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here are the headlines - israel releases 26 palestine prisoners tonight. the second of four groups to be

freed. it's part of the deal to get the mideast peace talks on track. israelis are angry fearing the prisoners will commit violent acts. palestinians are celebrating the release. >> the director of the nsa denies reports the spy agency eaves dropped on thousands in france and spain. the general secretary told the house intelligence committee that they conducted legal activity. >> the spy chief said he would rather face a public media bashing than give up a program that could prevent a terrorist attack. >> the head of medicare apologises for the roll out of the affordable care act website. marilyn tavenner told a house intelligence committee that things are improving. her boss, kathleen sebelius, health and human services secretary will testify tomorrow. some rub licks called for kathleen sebelius to resign.

>> several reports surfaced saying as many as 2 million americans have health insurance now, and won't be able to renew their plan next year. it's not what the president has been saying. as david shuster reports, these reports are becoming a practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including doctors visits,: a plan that does not include all of these can't be offered.

insurance companies are sepding cancellation messages. people affected are those that buy insurance themselves - freelancers and independent contractors. 14 million americans currently buy insurance this way. nearly everybody else who gets insurance through their employer or medicare has a plan that meets the standard. the irony is that according to the kaiser foundation, which studied this for years, half the people that get the cancellation notices will pay less than they are paying for their plans now, because of the tax benefits and cheaper plans available through the exchanges. the other half will have to pay more for insurance than they are paying now. a woman in california is paying $98. the cheapest plan she can find is $238 a month. she and other people do not understand why they should be forced to pay for things in their plan that they don't want

or think they will not need. the white house insists it's clear that some americans were going to have to pay more on the front end in order to bring health care costs down for everybody over the long term. >> david shuster reporting. a controversial abortion law could end up before the high court. oklahoma supreme court ruled that a state ward banning abortions was unconstitutional. the supreme court could add it back to the docket. oklahoma is one of several states with these restrictions. yesterday a federal judge ruled that texas's abortion restrictions are unconstitutional because it limits a physicians right to go what is best for his patient and restricts a woman's access to abortion clinics. >> a husband and wife in washington state from sentenced

to 25 years in prison for the death of their adopted daughter. their home was described as a house of horrors. tonya mosley reports - the case has people demanding more oversight after an adoption takes place. hana williams adopted from ethiopia lived an isolate life in north-west washington. she was homeschooled. few knew she lived here. no one knew how old she was. at the time she was discovered in 2011, hypothermia and starvation killed her. in the five years she lived with the williams family there was no home visits or laws that required them. >> a big challenge is once a chilled is legally a -- chilled child is legally adopted the parents have constitutional rights that that is their child. the state has little opportunity to enter into any interference or into the home unless there is

a complaint of abuse or neglect. >> reporter: roberts is exploring legislation for indepth support after a family comes home. >> sara dion is a successful adopted parented. she went through extensive screening. he is shocked by the death of hana williams and welcomes follow-up visits. >> there's a good opportunity to make things stricter. i don't see what the risk is in making them stricter. adoption itself is going through major issues requiring fresh attention. fewer infants are available for adoption. more families are adopting older children. they often have history of trauma with problems that may not show up for years to come. >> i want to remember most families and children are doing well. since we are seeing older children coming home perhaps it's a good idea to increase

oversight with the older children and those families. >> for now what is coming are new reforms requiring adoption agencies to have a consistent process of screening and placement - what is missing for washington state and other states across the country is a consistent way to follow up with families, providing support and keeping kids safe. >> the controversial stand-your-ground law is in the spotlight tonight. the focus is on washington d.c. members from congress heard from two florida mothers saying the law contributed to the death of their sons. supporters argue it keeps people safe. we look at the laws and the fight over whether they should insist. >> two mothers linked by tragedy. both had sons who died in florida shootings, both

believing the state's stand-your-ground played a part in their deaths. they testified in washington to argue against the law that exists in some form in 20 states. >> because an angry man who owned a gun kept it close at hand and demonstrated unbridled hatred one balmy evening for reasons i will never understand. >> lucia mcbath's 17-year-old son wendy davis was shot and killed in florida last year by a man citing the law in his defense. >> the person that shot and killed my son is walking the streets today. and this law does not work. >> sabrina fulton is the mother of trayvon martin, he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. the case made headlines and put the law in the national spotlight. george zimmerman did not sues stand-your-ground as his defense, claiming self-defence.

the judge cited an aspect of stand-your-ground during jury instructions. the overlapping elements of stand-your-ground and self-defence can be confusing, with self-defence you would go to trial to convince a judge or jury. with stand-your-ground, it's a motion considered even before trial. >> i was justified in killing this person because it was kill or be killed. >> if the judge agrees with you, there is no trial. >> in washington lawmakers are looking at all sides of this argument - hearing from supporters of the law. >> they protect law-abiding citizens leaving a place where they are allowed to be >> reporter: is there anything congress can do when it comes to laws in individual states. >> can congress do anything about it? well, not really. it's important for congress in a civil rights committee room to think about whether laws are distrim gnatry. >> these mothers say they'll

push to make their voices heard, with hopes to bring changes to the stand-your-ground law. tonight i had a chance to speak with a lawyer for trayvon martin's mother and i asked personally ben cump if the stand-your-ground has to do with race? >> certainly there are racial undertones unfortunately, because the law is to arbitrarily been applied, as well as ambiguous that the police officers, the state attorneys, nobody really have the same understanding of this law. and one country -- county ply this one and another another way. in the wendy davis and trayvon martin case, if the shoe was on the other foot they would not griften the benefit of the stand-your-ground. >> what do you think of the way

some legislators handled this in other states. >> i think everyone followed florida, since they were the first state to pass it in 2006. it's been one of those things that we have seen a proliferation of people trying to take the law into their own hands since the stand-your-ground law was passed. really, when you think about it there was nothing wrong with self-defence. it's been around for over 200 years, based on the english common law. stand-your-ground was a solution looking for a problem. because the doctrine and self-defence was a perfectly good law in america. the doctrine says you have no duty to retreat if a person comes into your house and bring crime, or the threat of violence in your house.

it was an active standard. were they in the house? yes, they have no duty to retreat. the stand-your-ground allowed people to be out in the middle of the street, out in the public and say, "i felt threatened" take out your gun, shoot and kill someone and saying, "i stood my ground", not called the police or retreat. no, just take the law into your hands and shoot someone. that doesn't make sense. last thing on the point, very important. when you think about what happened to marissa alexander, the young lady who fired the warning shot against her abusive husband and sentenced to 20 years in prison, when you think about that, how it's been applied, it almost encourages you to make sure when you shoot, you shoot to kill, because if the person is dead. they have a much less chance of

winning a stand-your-ground argument if the person who was shot is dead and cannot testify. >> given the fact that congress has been unable to reach an agreement on a number of issues, why do you think congress might step in on this issue? >> i think what they were doing was sending a message to the state legislators across america, that this is an issue that you need to address and look at before we address it. it was an opportunity for these mothers, sabrina fulton, and trayvon martin's mother, and lucia mcbath, wendy davis's mother to put a -- wendy davis's mother to put a face. one was walking home with a bag

of groceries. george zimmerman was sitting into the car, when they were profiled and felt the right to shoot. put a face to the terrible laws, saying that it's already an injustice that my child is dead. it's worse injustice that their killers are - may go free. >> benjamin crump, it's good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> superstorm sandy carved out a lasting legacy when it slammed into the north-east coastline, important family belongings, including photo albums were lost when floodwaters inundated their home. erica pitz jirks spoke with a woman who is helping others restore their memories. >> when sandy's surnal crashed through the windows of their home, the last thing the family were worried about was the

photographs. >> we ran up the stairs. >> after the water re-seeded they realised pressures pictures, collected over 50 years, were ruined. >> they were covered with mud. >> >> they did their best to save. but could only salvage about 50, keeping them in a plastic bag. >> my biggest fear was i wouldn't get to them in time. i could tell you - i'd take one soggy album and peel the assetate off the covers, without ripping them. >> then hoong yee found about freezing the photos to stop the mould. >> she obsessed over every picture. >> i was saying, "at least i saved them. maybe one day they'll magically come - i don't know." >> that magical day came a

few months after the storm. she found her photograph fairy in lee kelly. >> i said, "i'm lee, i'm a stranger, i've seen your damaged photograph that washed ashore, would you like me to restore it." >> far from the beach in her brooklyn apartment she uses photo shop to restore the picture. >> she got a website up about her charitable cause "care for sandy", and set up impromptu picture scanning events in new jersey and new york. >> we scanned 1200 photos in one day. >> as pictures piled up. the need for mann power mounted. there's no possible way i could restore 10% on my own. >> with hundreds of photos restored "care for sandy" is a worldwide effort. lee enlisted more than 500

volunteers in 30 countries across the globe. interest a retired illustrator to a classic music composer to a grandmother. >> as long as you have a computer and photo shop skills you can reach out and help someone. >> malcolm volunteers from a village in scotland and dave gives back from indiana. lee makes the finishing touches. for her the krakouer is the ultimate client because for them these pictures are more than images. >> you can imagine their surprise when lee presented a few photos finished and framed weeks before schedule. >> oh, my god. you did the wedding photo. see all this stuff. >> it's gone. i see your brother's shoes and your dad's shoes. >> from their wedding day to her child hood family photo.

>> oh, my god, that is amazing. >> my father and sister is gop. >> oh, my god. it's beautiful. >> it's really nice. >> reporter: an old memory reborn from a labour of live. >> something good i could take away from the experience, and hold on to. the reigning nba champs kicked off the season. michael eaves has the miami heat highlights and more in sports. virtual currency moves into the real world - the bit come atm coming up. com atm coming up. is it

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michael eaves is back with sport. talking about the nba's opening night - how many games do they play a year? >> 82. >> a lot more games to go. >> all the way to june. the league tipped off its regular season. three games were on the schedule, one featuring miami heat. earlier today, before the game started i sat with basketball hall of famer charles barkly and asked him if it would be the heat's title to lose this season. >> any time you have a guy like ley bron, one of the 10 greatest players i have ever seen, it was going - what is going to be key to them is it's not like they were a jewinger naut. they won several games and they lost to the spurs, are they the favourite. >> yes, but not the prohibitive. greg olds will be important. when they play against big teams they struggle. greg oweden has not played.

he hasn't played in three years. you don't know how somebody is going to hold up. i tell people everybody's healthy if they want. nothing hurts day one. after 30 games, 40 games, 50 games, injuries - that could determine a champion. >> as the defending champs the heat picking up the championship rings before hosting eastern conference rival chicago. it marked the return of bulls point. rose struggled all night, hitting five of his 11 shots. most people like to talk about the big three players like shane and company that contribute. ley bron says he's coming off his best percentage shooting season ever. he says he's a better shooter this year, if you can believe that. chris - part of the victory at

16 points. as for ley bron, by his standards, it was a pedestrian night. he took 11 shots in favour of assisting his team-mates. taking eight assists. the heat hang on to post the 107-95 victory. also in access - the orlando mauj magic taking on the indiana pacers. the magic shot 38% from the field. lance stevenson adding 19.7 rebounds and five assists. despite 20 turnovers beat the magic 97-87. >> to the baseball. boston red sox were haunted by their inability to win a championship since 1980.

despite a twilight in 2004 and 2007. the red sox haven't since 1918 - that is clinch a title at home. they have a chance as they host the st louis cardinals for game 6, the bovtons with a 3-2 advantage. >> we are looking forward to getting on the field. there's no doubt about it. we continue to beat the drum, that tomorrow we'll get here and focus on that. what has built over the course of the season - i think our fans appreciated the way we have gone about playing the game. i think they have witnessed guys that care for one another, and in return, the way they have demonstrated their appreciation, the energy that they create - we have fed off of that. i am sure it will be an incredible atmosphere here tomorrow night. >> the return to fenway park allows for changes to the red sox and cardinals line-up. we have this report from boston.

>> no one under the age of 95 have seen this game. the red sox have a chance for a title here at the park for the first time since 1918. a game that featured babe ruth. certainly the red sox have advantages. number one, they are playing at home. they have a 50-21 record here. best of the american league, and they are getting a reinforcement back. first base with mike napperly. >> that is in the left center field. here comes ortiz. 3-0 boston in the first. >> of course, what st louis has going for them is 22-year-old bitcher michael walker who now is four in all in the post-season with an era of 1.00.

the cardinals 3 and 0 for pitchers, with a loss. he's been a stopper for the cardinals. they hope he can reproduce the effort wednesday night, game 6 of the 2013 world series. john henry smith from bovt junior. >> win or lose for the red sox. >> the world's first bitcoin machine is operating in vancouver. it's a differently tall currency invented in 2008. until now the virtual money has only been bought and traded on line. the atm exchanges bit coin for the official currency, and users can purchase with their smartphones, similar to how credit card sales are completed on the internet. stay with us, kevin corriveau has the weather after this.

. good evening again. we'll go over here towards

boston and look at what is happening in the next evening because we are talking about the world series coming into play. you can see the rain come gs across the great lakes. that rain will be a major problem as we go towards thursday evening. we probably think after the game. on wednesday, not looking too bad. let's look at what will happen on the temperatures. right now boston is 41 degrees. look at the temperatures, portland main 29. montreal 22. a lot of colder air. rain clouds from boston, tapering off by the time we get to 7 o'clock or 8 o'clock. if we go to game 7 it will be a problem. friday, for most of new england we'll see showers all day long. we'll see problems with the transportation at the airports and the roads. the weekend looking nice for

many peep. towards the west we have a pesky low that is spinning here across parts of nevada. that will not bring as much snow as before. the big problem will be towards parts of colorado. where you see the area of blue and pink. that's where we'll see 12 inches of snow over the next day. warnings and advisories are out for the wint ter storm advice ris and that will be a problem. look at the light blues, indicating that the temperatures will be below freezing. we talk about oregon and california. temperatures - not looking bad into parts of the salt lake city. it's a lower elevation. redding 53 degrees for you. that's your nartional weather. your headlines are up next.

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