ing >> i >> this is al jazeera live from new york city i'm tony harris. this is our top stories. >> i want to emphasize the primary go i goal is to find a solution. >> chemical weapons inspectors have a goal on ground. >> and new york city's controversial stop and frisk police tactic. ♪ >> but we begin with break being news from syria. there are reports that israeli

warplanes have attacked a military target. an obama official towe towed usd us the attack took place in the city of latara. we have more from jeruselem. >> the israeli army is not confirming these reports. it's not unusual. there have been reports of israeli airstrikes in syria earlier. in january there was a reported strike on a syrian convoy carrying missiles to hezbolla. they also report that israel targeted a missile storage facility close to the province of lataka. and we do know that israel takes the threat to hezbolla seriously they have said if there is a threat to the israeli state they

will take. action. it's possible that the israelis could have carry out this strike. >> the organization for pro prohibition of chemical weapons says syria has met the deadline. syria's neighbors are closing their borders to refugees trying to flee the fighting. and the u.s. ambassador responded to criticism that the u.s. does not do enough to help the syrian opposition rchl. >> the senators and a person on my team at the state department doesn't feel frustrated by the syrian problem in general. but i have to say, we do provide support to help them against the regime. we provide a lot of support. >> joining me to discuss the weapons is faiza. it's good to see you.

>> terrific to yo have you on te program again. help me chee dleesh clear this . there was confusion at the hearing today. 21 of 23 sites is what they have inspected and shutdown. is that correct? >> that is correct. syria has ke declared 23 sites d out of those the organization has visited 21. a site can be one of a number different things. >> we have a simila similar si t going on now. it could be a production facility or munition facility site or where munitions are stored in bulk. >> there are 23 of these and they have visited 21 and they

have inventoried what is there. and they have broken the equipment and the munitions that were not filled. they destroyed the hardware if you will. >> but during the testimony today. >> m'hm. >> there was some question. i know you are aware of this. the united states believes there could be as many as 40, i believe that was the number. >> m'hm. >> sites/facilities. >> that's right. >> is there go to be away to clear up what appears to be a discrepancy or is there no real descrepdiscrepediscrepdiscrepan. the syrians have declared 23. they are comparing it to the intelligence information and seeing if it's accurate. >> that is the 700 page document. >> i'm not sure how many pages

there is. >> there was testimony on that submitteddesubmitted today. what is it about that declaration. it has two come bon components. one is like an accounting. this is what we have got. and the other part, that is the more interesting part, how are we going to destroy them. under the chemicals weapons convention it's the country that the chemical weapons are located that has the responsiblity for actually getting rid of this stuff. they have to detail how are we going to do it and where are we going to do it. >> whait. what safety measures are we going to take. >> ngts is iis it happening in r another country? >> i don't think we know that answer yet. that is is an interesting ques. the treaty says syria cannot transfer their weapons to any

country. >> double that this plan has to be agreed to by the 5t 15th of november. >> that is right. >> and the broader deadline to destroy the chemical agents that is june. >> given the protocol we are on now will we meet that deadline. >> i have been surprised how well the process is going now. it's an incredibly and bus am bs deadeadline and they met that. that does give us some cause for hope. >> what are your thoughts on this ro robust effort to rid sya of it's chemical stock piles. and even as the russians, and you heard that in the testimony today, continued to supply the regime conventional weapons to kill many in the country. >> the use of chemical weapons

in syria has two-pieces one piece is the sis civilian casuas that it causes if i in syria. it doesn't take care of the civilian casualties at all. 100,000 people killed and 61,000 civilians. the chemical weapons piece is a small piece. what it does do, it removes the threat and fear from the civilians. that is a good thing. from the percen perspective of e united states it's a broader security agenda. they want the norm against the use of chemical weapons to be really strong. it's not just about syria it's about the precedents of allowing them to go unpunished. >> good to have you on the program. we told you earlier roslin jordon has morto more on that.

robert ford ran into a bur barre of critcism. he was testifying by the obama administration ongoing efforts to deal with the war in syria. ford had to answer many questions about why the humanitarian situation in syria is getting worse by the hour. he had to answer many questions about why it is the syrian on six hasn't been able to get it's act together as it were, in order to present a united front and a scheduled peace negotiations with the assad government. >> ford had to field many questions about whether the assad regime was some how getting a cover from it's main ally and protector russia because it's been able to hold off the opposition's efforts to over throw the regime in this lengthy civil war. ford's message is that the u.s. is trying to do things in concert with other countries and not to go it alone to coin a

phrase. and he tried to make a point that he and his fellow members of the state department are personally very frustrated by the loss of life and the rampant spread of illness in the refugee populations in the country's surrounding syria. however that was not good enough for the senators. they wanted to see more concrete action, prefer bring some robust military intervention. but the obamaed a strai adminiss going to have a difficult time trying to persuade the american public that such a step would be warranted because it believes political solutions are better ways to end the conflict. >> i spoke to al jazeera diplomatic h editor james bay. bays. there is disk division on everyg single camp. deep division. you never see it in syria

because if it were actually publicly say you would be in trouble. you saw the deputy prime minister fired a few days ago for talking to the americans. even in washington, i think there is dichtion. division. you saw ambassador ford speaking today. we are told behind the scenes lots of reports that ambassador ford doesn't agree with john kerry on all of this. john kerry and his russian counterpart are very keen on this done fo conference. but i think ambassador ford has misgivings. >> a federal appeals court has blocked a judge's ruling to change of the stop and frisk program. and look it looks like this ruling is all about this judge and she has been slamme slapped. >> stop and frisk is such a comefullcomelycomplicated issue.

it's just got that much more complicated. >> this judge acted improperly and gave interviews and it's not often that a judge will talk about a particular ruling. the other piece of that is going to hurt people that are against stop and polic frisk and it knos down her number one ruling. and that is the nypd has to make changes to stop and frisk. what happens next? does stop and frisk continue. absolutely. people think that it's changed or stoptd. stopped. it's not publicly. >> people are still getting stopped and frisked. i spoke to the n why. nypd and they say it will continue. i wonder if there is going to be political fall out. there is a mayoral election in new york city. >> a couple of days. >> right. >> the political fall out is

meuhuge here. the democra democratic front rue is a white candidate and his son is black. they ran on this platform that they were going to stop, stop and frisk in this city. >> you will have him possibly be the next mayor of new york city up against a police department that has fiercely protected this. if he is in office. this process is going to be smed up. >> appreciate it. thanks for the update. >> sure, you will be able to fly the friendly skies and us spend more time using portable electronic devices. david schuster has the details. >> all of us who have flown in the last couple of years. are familiar with the announcement from the flight

attendant. please turn off all of your electronic devices. >> notice it's safe to turn on the device when the aircraft reaches 10,000 figh 10,000 feet. >> these restrictions have covered laptops and cell phones and e e readers and game devices so up until now there have been no calls or working on your computer or watching the fav favorite e book until the captain says so at 10,000 feet. after a year having a committee study and the impact the faa is recommending that the passengers be allowed to use these devices any time you want. the mobile device has to be in airplane mode. that means you can't make phone calls or texts and you only get internet access through the plane's wifi that won't come on until 1 10,000 feet.

if you are writings on your device or watching a movie or reading an electronic book. you will be good to go any time. instead of being 2345ged t naggn it off the flight aten attendanl ask you to put it back in the seat back for a few minutes. >> halloween night and stormy fight for trick or treat. >> it's going to be really stormy. zplnltand a lot of people in particulartexashave been dealins well. we are talking about houston and austin. they had to have evai evaik vacs going on. nine inches of rain fell. it's now starting to go down. the rain is moving over to the east. notice the rain up in the great lakes. it's going to be a stormy night

for a lot of people. i don't think you will get out for the trick or treaters in the great lakes region. the rain is pushing through louisiana and we saw a lot of damage associated with this rain as well. take a look at the damage reports. the green dots indicate flood and the yellow dots indicate wind damage. and there are two tornado reports in parts of louisiana. we are not done yet. we have a tornado watch in effect for mississippi an louisa a anand if you look behind the t that rosie coul color is wind. we'll be watching that all night long. >> a cut in food stamps is coming tomorrow. 23 million families will be affected. one person tells us the reduction will be felt at the dinner table. >> why some teens are using facebook less and less on a daily basis.

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>> a sexual assault on college campus has become more prevalent over the years and add alcohol and it can make the case nor for rape complicated. we speak to one victim who hopes to help students to avoid bad situations. >> i was at the party and i was drinking and i was there with people and i was trying to get to know them. i got very, very drunk. and it was about that time that two men started paying attention to me. >> laughtelaura was a student ae university of wisconsin madison. she left with the two men to head to another party. i had a few more shots that they had geof given me before i left. they started to walk me into an apartment that was very close. >> alcohol is the fuel for

sexual assaults. including rape. it was like it wasn't happening to pi my body. and i remember putting my hands up and saying "no i'm a virgin, please stop." lawyelaura was a victim of not y rape but a campus culture that is unhealthy for women and men. lynn phillipss studies students and sexuality. >> is there a hook up culture. that is a gi big question. people have been having sex on campus for a long lo long time. >> if you are really drunk you can't consent. you can't have sex with someone who is inca incapacitated that s rape. >> she said 20 to 30 percent of

victims report. and i realized in that class i was a silent group. the moment that class got out i walked across the street and i reported augus awkwardly i had n sexually assaulted. >> the university of wisconsin ultimately said there was no way to determine what had really happened since both parties were drink being. >> you grow up when you are a little girl and people warn you that they will protect you. but the reality is when it happens people shrug. well you were drunk what do you want us to do. laura is working to keep others safe. >> those men that harmed me will never be locked away for what they did. i can change the laws and those laws will hold other people accountable. so i think that is justice. >> well we should tell you that our colleagues at america tonight are investigating sex crimes on campus. you can see the final report at

9:00 eastern. >> president obama spoke to world leaders during a conference in washington aimed at attracting foreign invest. >> you should find that there is no substitute for those proud words "made in america" and here are three more words "select usa. "when you do yo will do you wile world's best workers and a government and president who is committed to helping you find good johns. good -- jobs this is the first time they have foreign direct investment makes up 16% of america's gross domestic product. >> as you have been hearing millions of americans who rely on food stamps could be in for a tougher time from friday on. that is when payments will be reduced to levels before president obama took office. ali will bali veshi will be talt

this and i can't wait for his show. we have him for a couple of minutes. ali why will people get less food stamp assistance? >> when the recession set in the government increased the amount of money on food stamps as an emergency measures. >> the food stamp program part of the farm bill gets renewed every five years. it expires on friday and a lot of money will come out of the farm bill and out of the food stamp program. that means 1.7 million adults that receive food assistance through the food stamp program may lose their benefits. there are 48 million americans that get food stamp assistance. it's double what it was ten years ago. the iron yothe issue is to try t passed by friday. while the democrat kreat democrn

to cut $4 billion out of the food stamp program the republicans want to cut $40 billion out of it. and that is where the conflict is. >> how do you make those two ends meet? what is at stake for the farming community. there are su subsidies and farms that grow crops like corn and cotton and they get subsidies and $15 billion in cro insuranc. >> e>>ts s so it's about $30 billion. >> that part of the farm bill will go ahead. farmers in america will keep on getting subsidies. it's an important and interesting debate. you may think you are on one side of it and you will hear the argument and you are on the other side of it. and tony if you stay and watch my show at 7:00 you will see me

farming. i'm on a farm. >> in the overalls and earning. everything. and it's got a green acres feel to things. >> facebook shares have been soring thanks to growing ad sales. but they took a hit overnight. after realizing teens are using the social out lelet less. maria is here with more. technically you have to be 13 years old to sign up for facebook. it's hard to know if a user is telling the truth about their age. yesterday's facebook cso said last quarter u usage among teens was stable but we did see a decrease in daily users specifically among youngers yo s teens are not as much into the

site as they once were. the landscape for social media is different then it was years ago. >> today this are hundreds of sites to share photos and stickers and the choices don't have your parents on them like nicfacebook does. >> if your parents are on it it's not cool. there is one teen who is a pluggebloggerand she said i'm 1f micmy friends use facebook. it's because the parents are on it and it's trending. >> and if facebook is not trending teens don't carry. what do teens care about? we caught up with ruby and this is what she had to say. >> a lot of my friends are on vine and you can make videos for six second and everyone likes

instagram and vine. twitter is having an uprise and people are starting to like twitter and a lot of people are starting to get twitter and everyone has an instagram. >> instagram was bought by facebook last year and another site is snap chat that is getting a lot of interest by teens. you send an i majority to a friend and that image gets erased and 350 million images are sen senlts sent on a daily n snap chat. >> that is something i need to add. i'm a parent with teens. and so i need to be there too. so they won't think that is cool any longer. let me ruin that experience for them. >> thank you maria. ♪ >> well michael is here with the

sports head liengsz th headlinee nhl goalies is in trouble. >> colorado ast avalanche goalis released from jail after kidnapping and assault. after he kicked his girlfriend in the chest and dragged her by her hair. he has been allowed to trawfl wit --travel with the team for e friday night game in dallas. >> the bulls point guard derick rose missed the game because of a sore neck. he scored just 12 points on 4:14 shooting on tuesday in miami of. miami:and in a statement alex rodriguez accuse nfb of gross miss counci.

his use of pd was longer than any other player and the facts will prove it. we'll have more sports news coming up later in the program. >> coming up on al jazeera. soon there may be an end to one of the longest wars in african history. we have an ex-throug exclusive m the front lines. >> and a horrific outcry from a girl girl in kenya. the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. israel has conducted an air strike on syria. the associated press says the strike happened in the port of lakaka. syria has met a deadline to destroy their chemical weapons. this is a major step in syria's

commitment to get rid of the stock piles. a federal appeas appeals rulings revamped the rules of stop an frisk. the judge hearing the case ruled in august stop and frisked violated the constitution but the appeals court has removed the judge from the case saying she ran afoul of the conduct of junction. >> outrage for justice for a 16-year-old girl who was gang raped. the punishment for her attackerrings cuattackerscut the station. we have more. >> anger against sexual violence spills onto the streets. these people are protesting the lealenient punishment of the men

accused of gang raping a teenager. at the office of the inspector of the police where they have a petition that has been signed around the world by 1.2 million people. >> the petition demands for two things. one is immediate arrest of the perpetratoperpetrators and and e disciplinary action on the police. >> shortly after the attack three suspects were arrested. the police decided to punish them by making them cut grass at the station and then they let them go. a few days ago the inspector general of the police say they were arrested. but today it's a different story. >> i'm aware that the countries are looking for them wherever they are and they should be arrested. this protest is not just about the lenient punishment for the

men that raped her. but stopping the widespread cases of rape in this country. activists say 1:3 women in kenya stand the risk of being raped. most of the rape victims in kenya suffer in silence. it was not until october three months after she was raped the story got out. outraged by her suffering one of our doctors decided to contact this woman. a journalist with the nation's newspapers. >> at times i get really frustrated. i have talked to everybody one - everyone and every time i talk to the police in the town where she was attacked. they say, oh we have not yet found these people. >> she is now in a wheelchair. the injuries to her spine may never fully heal. activists hope that her pride will change the way the police react to rape and sexual

violence in this country. >> as mohammad said in his report, what happened to liz does not seem to be uncommon in kenya. how widespread is this kind of thing. the activists that i spoke to say it's very widespread often times the police don't punish the men responsible. those guys had to just cut the grass. one report that i was looking at shows that 30% of girls under 18 have suffered sexual violence. >> and some thought that the police were not helpful. and 40% say the police were reluctant to record statements. moments ago i spoke to a woman's rights activist in kenya. the woman that began the petition calling for the attackers to be punished.

there are many reasons why the men so often go unpunished in kenya. >> there is so much stigma around rape and violence and a lot of victim blames that goes on. a lot of cases go unreported. between 55 and 95% of cases go unreported. you can imagine what that means for justice or for the perpetrators to have been taken to courts. second of all when they are reported the police often have a very dismissive or casual attitude and they ask ridiculous questions such as maybe you were asking for it. or why were you out late? >> how is that going to change? >> we are going to address it in a variety of ways. one is putting pressure on the relevant authorities such as the inspector general so the police are there to serve the citizens

and protect them. and not to take rape cases lightly and treat them as criminal offences. >> does liz's case point to the wider problem of a certain image that men have of women that they don't see them as equals in kenya. >> it's symptomatic of a greater issue and the inequality that exists and the attitudes that women and girls are not valueded equally with the men and boys. and i think that is a very big issue. and tony, kenya does have laws to protect women, but often times they are not implemented. i appreciate it. an important report. >> thank you. >> it's taken 18 months for the democratic republic of congo to put down the rebellion of their soldiers. 9 governmenthe government soldie taken a key town from the fighters. we have this exclusive report.

>> day breaks, it's time to fight. the volume of rockets fired at the m-23 rebels boosts morale. but the soldiers have a long way to go. the rebel fighters have a 23-kilometer stretch of road surrounded by hills and bush. at the edge lies the last long over the strong healed. hold. i'm cleaning my gun because i want to fight m-23. they are not strong our mission is to chase them over the border. thank you. >> they don't know what resistance they'll find on the way. but they soon find out. some are te fer tied. terrified. but most just keep moving forward.

between fire fights they are well received in the villages. beatrice thing thinks things art to get better. >> if the government takes back the area our relatives can comee back. under m-it's very tough. it's time to resupply and the confidence grows. and then another gun battle. and again the rebels flee. they were trying to defend this bridge and they tried to burn it to stop tanks from passing. but the strategy fails and the advance gathers mo momentum. on the outskirts of the town, there is just a handful of rebels left. [gun fire] they are seen off by a blast of heavy machine gunfire from the

soldiers. finally they have reached the town. the town is disserted and there has been a bit of fighting. they have taken the last rebel strong hold. it doesn't mean they can't fight in the hills and cause more trouble but this is the last town they have control of it. minutes later the street is flooded with delighted residents. the rebels were not popular here. people say they stole, killed and raped. and after more than a year of living under their rule there is a sense of relief and celebration. malcolm web al jazeera in the democratic republic. >> iraq's prime minister is in washington. he is asking for help. he wants america's support in dealing with the violence in his

country. >> the ladders that they are using to get to their ignore igt goal are sectarian banners. and propagation of the division amongst the iraqis. we will remain united because we defeated al qaeda previously. according to u.s. h officals 600 iraqis have been killed in violence this year. the president says it's america's interest to step up. he met with joe biden today and president obama tomorrow. >> food stamp cuts happen tomorrow. 23 million households rely on supplemental food aitd. aid. it will take them back to where they were before president obama took office. we learn about the impact of the cuts and more that could follow. >> for two hours each week this

food charity is the busiest place in ousle yu.y, kentucky. the income in this county is the lowest in the u.s. >> zblivelt ant the -- and the foodbank is busy at the end of the month. rose works 30 hours a week at a private charity to earn her benefits. under the supplemental aid program. it's commonly known as food stamps. it's just ati assistance until n get back to work and get a job and be financially independent again. >> rose is among a 43 million american that shop for groceries with a benefit card. she will have to stretch her groceries further when it drops too $1.40 a meal. in a place like this you might

expect that barack obama's agenda would have a lot of appeal. not exactly. once staunchly democratic they gave their republican owe bone t mitt romney 70% of their vote last year. they have been voting for republicans since 1976. they include frida. she says the hunger here is genuine but it's been made worse from generations of reliance on the welfare. >> i am talking about 45% that don't work with their families. >> we have a lot of parents that are ofte on drugs and though get their ssi and food stamps and cash them in at the store buying soda pops. >> she says cutting food stamps

will help the needy and including seniors. some people think they are trying to live off the system. it's going to hurt them tremendously. >> the u.s. house of representatives has voted to cut billions from food stamp services over the next few years. of those voting yes are most of the republican congressmen who represent america's hungriest counties. >> for a broader look there is more to this story than just food stamps. you know tom, tony i this there is no doubt that low income americans will feel a temporary eferkt wheeferkteffect. there could be a wider economic eferkt too. eferkt -- effect too. the changes is going to mean 48 million americans have

$16 billion less in their pockets over the next three years that is according to the enis at thcenter of budget and . >> it's going to be stores and gas stations where americans shop. they are brace bein bracing thes as the u.s. is struggling. the maximum food stamp allotment will drop by 5.4%. that is $36 per month and you add it up and come to a total of $420 a year. that is a lot of food you can't buy when you are on a tight become. budget. it matters not only to those families but it matters to all of us. because according to moody's an

annananalitics. it's the multimye multimy multi. the money goes towards the salary of the check out person and the security guard and the store where the state your full name is spent they get to pie money to buy more goods so they can sell to us in the future. food stamps can have an immediate economic stimulus effect and that is what is going to be taken away by tomorrow morning, friday. these reductions are going to hit everybody where it matters most e. i, in the pocket book. congress is discussing the farm bill. 0 percent of the farm bill is made up of the cost of the food stamp program. nine house has cut food stamps by 40% and the senate wants to do the same thing making the

exact same trimmings. >> the only thing that will save this business is if the low income americans use their own money to replace what they are not getting in food stamps in food. that of course will help the stores but it will hurt poor people very badly. >> it sounds like you asterty. >> and no time for the congress to act it's happening tomorrow. >> there is much more to come on ththe impact of the food stamps cut. and the top of the hour with sex "real money" with ali veshi. >> how a terrible boating accident with spine injuries to walk again. and boston strong. came in last night with another championship. beabean town still celebrating.

actually abusive, because if it doesn't contain language that specifically threatens you directly or is targeted towards you specifically, they may not consider it abuse. they may consider it offensive. and in that case they just recommend that you block that person. >> i don't want to minimise this, because i mean, there's some really horrible things that are on line, and it's not - it's not just twitter, what has happened through social media and the anonymity of the net is that you see websites, hate-filled websites targetting all sorts of groups, popping up. there has been a huge number of those that exist as well.

nearly killed a woman in miami it gave doctors the ability to do the first nerve graft. >> it was supposed to be th an enjoyable day boating in the bay. >> the dor doctors were not word about saving her leg they were worried about saving her life. >> the injury was so severe. i refresh she was coming here in shock. she was in the brink of pretty much collapse. as the police chief he has found him 1e6 ihimself in the scenario countless times. >> seeing your daughter in that state. i have spent my entire career helping families through this entire thing. i never had to look at my own.

it was devastating. >> once she was stable stabiliz. the boat has severed the largest nerve in the body. they wanted her to the be the first person in the world to under go a nerve graft. >> to have a chance to do something extraordinary and do something bigger than myself was a great feeling. >> the plan was first to take the standard approach. it was going to be difficult to find dow donor nerves to cover t lark of an area. >> we took cells that werites ws lated from her nerve to give her more nerve material. it's been two weeks since she under went the nerve regeneration surgery.

the doctors stay it will be -- tease it's a long way for wheree nerve has to go. the nerves grow about two weeks a month. this will give her sensation back in the leg and will hopefully give her mode of row could yocould yourecovery. >> it's too soon to determine how her leg will recover. >> i take every day as a gift i guess and try to get through it the best i can. she is a pioneer in nerve surgery. doctors hope it will be a break thank you for people with spinal cord injuries. they hope to one day use the same surgery to cure pa pair p .

>> it's been nine years since they have been in the playoffs. making the trip to the post season may depend on the productive and flamboyant play of their point guard. >> you can say ricky rubio has had the world at his fingertips since he was a kid. he is more than a basketball prodigy. you can all him a an artist. he has no rules our boundaries and like many works of hart sometimes you have to look at it and perceive the vision. >> was there a pass or play you have had where you surprise yourself. >> some of them. it's something like i said i

have been found sharing the ball. and sometimes i'm looking for my teammates. but it's something that comes with what i do. >> ricky some may think you were born with a basketball in your hand, but when did you first pick one up? >> i don't remember. but my mom told me when i was three or four years old. it was something i grew up with. i was trying to play all the time. >> ricky has been a professional basketball player since he is was 14 years old in europe. it was a while new world when his plane touched down in minneapolis. and he stepped to have as a rookie for the timber wolves. it was unbelievable. i couldn't imagine anything else any bitter. bit -- better. i came here and everybody was ready to watch knee. and actually i had fun playing. and eub yo's arrival into the

association marked a new era for basketball. for saunders he is the key to a team that can end minnesota's play off drought that dates back nearly a decade when saunders himself was a coach. >> are there any mayers that you played with other keached? rchlts. >> it's funny you say it's making you nervous you remember when we had these highlights and video play book and i had a pure memory and my idol growing up. i had clips of him at lsu. i gave him a 60 pin clip to watch. because he is ver is a little be him. >> while ricky's passioning skills and defensive ability has led him to be one of the league's leader in steals. his new boss wants him to take a page from crystal petes book.

>> your greatest strength blb your greatest weak rns if you can't control that. he is extremely unselfish and is a facilitator. and wants to get everybody else involved. but that is like miss down fall. >> how do you feel about the the national players. >> when there is a mistake made and they are frustrated and whatever is being said in their native language is not being said in english. many teams we don't know what they are saying. from the looks we have an idea. >> it's fun to watch different things fromme from everywhere. and playing request with guys from russiand a america and spain and every where. >> it comes with not the same one but every one has his own style. of music or whatever. >> have they adot p any of your music or style yet? >> not yet. >> in minneapolis.

jessica taft al jazeera. >> and now to hockey. the colorado avalanche goalie has won seven of eight games. >> i. his big over the adversary may have nothing to do with hockey. a blustery day outside 69 home o69 -- ofthe hoped home of the . >> dark cloud varlomov spent the night in jail and was released this morning on $5,000 bond. in an daiflt his girl froanld says on monday he kicked her in the chest and stomped her on the ground and dragged her before her a.t around told her if they were in russia she would beat them even more. they would after no comments on be this until the negligence is

kuehne included. varlomov has been released and allowed to valve with the team. a rush yawn sports official says cities a conspiracy to keep varlomov off the olympic hockey team. for his part his agents says he is completely innocent. >> we have one of the best goalies in the nhl facing very serious charges. >> all right, michael, appreciate it. >> the rain may scare away the trick or treaters tocht. tonight. kevin is back with the forecast. this is al jazeera america.

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>> hello again. earlier i told you about the severe flooding in texas we are concerned about arkansas and law louisiana and mississippi. we have rain up to the great lakes. in the rain up to the north the major problem is the wind. we told you last night the winds are going to be 40 to 60 miles-per-hour bindz. winds. most of it is going to be across the great lakes and western new york and parts of pennsylvania. the rain across the coast. we have had rape in new york.

it's been vairly light. di -- fairlylight. we think over the next 24 hours we'll be on the edge of the rain. and most of the rain will be up in parts of the north. albany and new ma'a new hampshid maine. you you can see at 9 cloej in the morning we will get a shower in parts of manhattan. and the temperatures are coming down. tomorrow looks like this 72 degrees and ha heavy rain and look at the temperatures. down to 53 degrees and on monday a high of 48 degrees. heustsd you will be drying out and a temperature of 0 and as we go towards say the. a high of 75. that is being look at your natl weather. tony has your headlines coming up right now.

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