a new job may be in the white house one day. from were references to washington to turn on their tv's to see what they are doing in new jersey. he said time and time again he is always some one that gets the job done. >> i will promise you tonight, that i will not let anyone, anything, any government party or any governmental entity get between me and the completion of my mission. the numbers for govenor christie are astonishing. he had 60 percent of the vote he also won the women's vote in new jersey. he was up against a female democratic contenter. content -- contender. he tied the his pa hispanic votd

did well with young people and 31% of the democratic vote. if govenor christie is not a contender for 2016 he is a politician that need to be taken seriously for the next few years. >> in virginia terry mccollof. mike viqueira has the story from virginia. >> mike mcculloff won. it had hil him winning five to e reports. >> tim couc kuchne.

wililli.and he was out spent by $15 million. he had the help of national democrats. and president obama ca campaign here on sunday. mccullough by joe biden. and not enough to close the gap. and for the economy there and in the tied water area and ham den road and virk beach and nor coming area. it's heavily depend ant on the military. not liking the government showb at all. those are two reasons why

cuccinel limit. couldn't pull it off. mcallive wa nfi. mike viqueira reporting from virginia. >> for the first time in 20 years new york city will have a democratic mayor. >> new york city voters decided it was tile for a change. electing capital saying he would build more aformeddable housing and call for well think new york citiers. those making more than

$500,000 a year to pay slightly higher taxes in order to fund pre-school programs for all children. de biasio of o says new yorkers raise to higher heights when they all work together. >> another big victory and another first in detroit. mike due gab has been located the new mayor by a large margin. he will be the first white mayor in the city for 40 years. >> former hospital ceo has been elected the next mayor of the city of detroit. he defeated the wayne county sheriff by a large margin. when he takes office in january he will become the first white mayor in 40 years. while duggan is known well around here is as a fix it man. it was got that long ago when he was the head of the detroit medical center. owe helped turn that medical center around and it was at the time facing nextal ruin.

ruin -- financial union. when duggan takes office in january he will do so with limbed power. that is because there is an emergency manager in place right now. who will be so for another year. although duggan says he is not a fan of municipal bankruptcy he has vowed to work with the emergency manager to get the city of detroit back on track. >> a mainstream conservative beat out a tea party republican in a heated primary race to fill a vacant house seat in al jazeera r alabama. bradley burn won over dean young. he will face off against burr phone leflo rest. the winner of that race will replace joe bonner who resigned in may. >> a suburb of seattle has an

unprecedented minimum wage. seatac voted for a $15 an hour minimum wage, but it's limited to certain workers. >> washington state has the nation's highest state minimum wage at $9.19 an hour. voters across the state rejected a measure t to for food manufacturers to say a product is genetically modified. if it passed it would have been the first in the nation. in colorado six of the 11 counties voting on whether to succeed from the state have voted no. voters in colorado also cast their ballots on several other controversial issues such as raising marijuana taxes and funding schools. the 55 wanted a 25% increase on marijuana taxes. but amendment 66 which called for increasing state income taxes to raise a billion dollars

for schools failed. about 60 percent of voters rejected that amendment. >> illinois is set to become the 15th state to allow same sex marriage. the senate and the house passed a gay marriage bill. once signed it will go into effect june 1 n next year. >> well the snow has been a big problem across the central plains it's the most accumulation we expect to see this season as well. you can see how the snow moved from parts of nebraska up here towards south dakota as well as into minnesota. so you need to be very square full on the roads as you go out in the morning because we are looking at those terms still below freezing in many locations. >> up here towards the north not we see snow in idaho an parts of montana, but out here toward the coast it's going to be the rain

and for seattle, that means we are going to be seeing rain through the next couple of days. >> let's take a look at the five-day forecast. >> rain on wednesday and a little harder on thursday, but on friday we expect to see pretty much the same thing it's not until we goat to the weekend do we start to see a break for you. >> a high temperature of 50 degrees. down towards the southwest. we are seeing los angeles with 845° this morning. for a high temperature today, but as we go towards friday and saturday it will dip down to the low 70s. texas we have rain here and that has been a problem over the last couple of days. the rain is going to be a major problem especially up towards the northeast and that is going to extend to parts of oklahoma and arkansas. >> for dallas how about 69 degrees and san antonio 75. rain is going to be that problem on wednesday, but things are going to clear up and the temperatures up to 72 on say the. we are looking at a few showers on the coast of the florida.

a high temperature of savannah 83 degrees, but in atlanta 64 degrees and the temperatures are going to start to drop down on friday. the sun is coming out, but a low temperature of 43. >> secretary of state john kerry addressing the nsa spying scandal. what he says the u.s. will do to calm outrage by american out lies. >> the humanitarian crisis in syria growing worse. the startling new numbers on howl people are suffering there. >> and toronto's mayor coming screen on his much speculated drug use and whether he will step down from office.

>> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 5 to 9am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the border. >> start every morning, every day, 5am to 9 eastern with al jazeera america. >> second of state john kerry is in tel aviv where he is focusing on peace talks. >> kerry will meet separately with prime minister netanyahu during this trip.

the visit follows a stop in poland where tuesday kerry addressed the nsa spying issue. kerry vowed a review that will cause a right balance between security and privacy. >> the pentagon is preparing for budget cuts. the secretary of state chuck hagel says the armed forces will adjust to tighter budget and reduced presence overseas. hagel envisions a more high-tech defense system and the u.s. will move away from a perpetual war footing. after months of trying to drum up support for new syrian peace talks be a impasse. the two size failed to agree to bringing a date to the negotiating table. meantime in syria the humanitarian situation is getting worse. al jazeera erica wood has more. >> more than 40% of syria's population relies on outside help to survive.

the refugees inside of their own country, or seeking shelter elsewhere and the situation is getting worse. the union estimates that that figure will rise to half the population in need of aid by years' end. >> it's not one single event that has caused this. it's a gradual increase because the conflict continues to deteriorate day after day. hour-by-hour. >> the two and ha half years of civil war have left many sirrians without proper san takes facilities, sufficient food or water or access to medical help. of those that have fled to neighboring lebanon. the biggest provinces which shows which sirrians are suffering the most for those that have been able to escape the violence. more than 100,000 are seeking develop at the in egypt half a million are in jordon.

lebanon has the most with 800,000 syrians and together turkey and iraq have around 700,000. the u.n. says there is a will to help those no need from outside, but it's call on both sides inside syria to allow aid in. an outbreak of polio in the northeast has made the matter more urgent. a group of doctors say it's identified 35 cases of the disease. >> it's extremely important for us to be able to get any kind of aid. food, health services and vaccinations for children so we can reach those in need. people in syria displaced or not in need of assistance are going into winter. it's going to be very cold, they need more aid and we can't reach them. >> as hundreds of thousands leave the country and those left

behind struggle to stay alive, and feed their families the human teahumanitarian crisis aps worse than ever. erica woods al jazeera. >> more than 120,000 peel have - people have been killed in syria since the conflict began. >> the obama administration las been subpoenaed tuesday over the role of the affordable care act of the. the republicans want to know how many people have enrolled using the problem plagued website. >> tom cockbur coburn is facingn cancer. cool -- cancer. the republican has a had surgery to treat prostate cancer in 2011. he is expected to return to work as soon as next week. >> a new jersey shopping plaza is set t to re-open on wednesday

two days after a gunman open fire inside of the mall. they have identified him as richard shupp. he lef left behind a note that prompted hi family to call the police. he had a history of drug problems and started firing into the control. >> the town of sanford made head headlines. now the town has a new set of the rules fo for citizen crime stoppers. >> just shy of 55,00 55,000 peoe sanford has a charm. since former neighborhood watch have you beevolunteer shot and y

trayvon martin last year. >> it left a sore and it won't heal. >> now the police department wants to revamp the neighborhood watch program. when he arrived seven months ago the program was in shambles. it was a mess. our goal is to clean that mess up by having people understand we are moving forward. and we are not looking back. tuesday evening he began recruiting volunteers. beginning next year volunteers will undergo ten to 16 hours of training and back ground checks. they will sign waivers releasing the city from responsibility of the the chief is recommending that volunteers leave their guns at home. that has upset local gun owners. >> i don't agree with it every american si citizen has the rigt

to bear arms. owning a gun is one thing, but knowing how to use it is another thing. >> you can have people that are untrained and have no idea what they are doing with a gun and it's not safe. , private resident says neighborhood watch volunteers are supposed to patrol. leave the protecting to a professional. >> if a neighborhood or community wanted a armed security you hire armed security. >> the chief hopes that by revamping the neighborhood watch program this will be a new beginning for the city of sanford. >> we learn that we need to take better care of our neighborhood, but with guns is not the way to do it. >> during the packed meeting the police department urged people to join the volunteer watch program. >> you may remember george zimmerman was acquitted of

murder charges in the shooting death of trayvon marc martin. >> a pennsylvania woman tried to poison her husband's lover. ththe high court must debate whether fed prosecutors had a right to use the international treaty to clark the woman. clark -- charge the woman. >> it's one of the biggest schoolscandals rob ford haed a - admitted smoking crack cocaine. he apologized repeatedly, but he says he will not resign. >> i floi know i embarrassed eve in the city afternoo and i wille

forever sorry. there is only one person to blame for this and that is myself. >> ford's admission came after months of deniles. last week canadian police said they had cell phone video that showed ford shockin smoking whas to be a crack pipe. >> india is reaching for the stars. where the country plans to explore and the great beyond with their first rocket launch. >> and bike sharing programs growing in po popularity. how they are expanding that program in one city to create a new ti type of economy.

could mean more indian missions to mars. and the country taking a lead role in exploration. that wouldn't be certain for at least ten months. the time it would take the probe to reach the red planet. of. >> space officals in india say everything went as planned describing it as a text book launch. >> bike sharing is a growing trend in some cities a and in se

places they are sharing their cars, their tools and nannies it's not just about convenience, but about people holding on to more of their hard earned mount. money. money. pressing her paint brush to the canvass provides an escape of >> it's a really fun collaborative environment. anything you don't need we usually put out in the hallways with a shine an say take this and make art out of it. it's not just about sharing easles a and supplies. >> the idea of being able to share and mak what you make ands really cool and i enjoy working with it of. >> at lunch time they forego the

expense of a taxi and takes a bike from the bike share program. >> since these bikes have showed up fourmonths ago they have logged a million and a half files. the sharing model works well for big ticket items that not everyone can afford, but some sometimes need access to. there are a million car share programs across the country. they are sharing power washers and nannies aen dogs. and dogs. >> any time you can save $500 and spend it somewhere else it's to your best interest to to that. >> the new share programs are making it easier to fine what you need and don't necessarily want to buy. ampapp for apartment dwellers.

they put what they want to sharon a sigshareon a sign up s. >> a spare to share founder says he is already making plans to expand the am amp app to other . sharing is not just about common sense it's a better use of collars andollars and cents. >> that will do it for this edition of al jazeera news. i'm stephanie sy. "the stream" is next. thanks for watching. ♪

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