... mother nature unleashing her f fury on the philippines, a massive typhoon being one of the most powerful storms in recent history, puts millions of people in harm's way. my intention is to lift up and make sure the insurance that people buy is effective. an apology from the chief executive. president obama says he is sorry to americans who are losing their health insurances despite his repeated promises that they wouldn't. what's being called landmark civil rights legislation, the senate passes a law outlawing discrimination against gays in

the workplace. >> twitter stock from 2630 to $45 a share in its first day of trading. welcome to access america. i am stiff me sy. it is one of the most powerful storms ever recorded according to initial estimates. it's battering the philippines right now. weather experts are already predicting it will cause catastrophic damage. you are looking at the first video of debris and flood from typhoon yolanda as the locals are referring to go it. these images are from a city of 200,000 people. the joint typhoon center says winds reached 195 miles an hour when the storm came ashore with peak wind gusts. here is how it looked and sounded when it hit: the

equivalent of a category 5 hurricane, yolanda is forcing people symbol shelter. listen to the roar of the wind as it intensified. about two million people live in this storm's danger zone. hundreds of thousands there lost their homes just a few weeks ago when a powerful earthquake happened but the storm is not expected to hit the capital city of manilla which is prone to heavy flooding. this typhoon is compared to camille which rocked mississippi in 1969. until now, it was the strongest recorded typhoon, cyclone or hurricane to make landfall with winds at 190 miles an hour. joining us via skype is bern schell, with the red cross in the philippines. he joins us from manilla, the capitol. thank you for giving us your

time. so, right now, what parts of the country are being hardest hit? >> well, of course, we have seen the ty off and on make landfall this morning on the western part of the country and hit by the typhoon. it went over parts. it's now in e the liolio, moving out of the country probably later in two or three hours, hitting the island later today. it has gone quickly through the country quicker than expected. it has left a lot of damage especially in the area that it made landfall. >> that's a relief that is moving quickly. do you have people from your organization on the ground in those parts? >> staff and volunteers at the red cross on the ground in all

parts affected by the disaster. we have started with those people to go out to lifesaving activities, people who have threats or first aid for those people and, of course, we are now starting in those areas getting more clear start, our assessments. >> what kind of damage based upon the kind of wind damage that they are talking about, the fact that meteorologists are saying this is the worst storm to make landfall since 1959, what kind of damage would your organization expect to find? >> i think that's definitely we will see a lot of houses blown off. this is a apapoor part of the country. we normally have to deal with what is made out of wood or palm tree. so i think those heavy winds. so we will see a lot of people needing shelter. probably see a lot of people being hit by flying objects. we expect a lot of injured

people and, of course, along the run, we will see people have lost livelihood, lost food. we have some major areas where we have to prepare for assistance. >> what kind of supplies are the most pressing need after a storm like this? >> now, in the life-saving. so, it means we have to look at medical assistance. i think this is really something what we do first that people are safe there and the evacuation and hopeful have safe shelter and then, of course, we will look to see to better shelter to provide water or food over the next coming day. >> bern schell, we wish you and your colleagues the best of luck there operating in the philippines. >> thank you. >> let's go to rebecca stevenson. she has been tracking the path of this typhoon. >> super typhoon has been making landfall in the overnight hours

of the united states but it's early morning in the philippines. they have been getting excessive rainfall, powerful winds over water. we were tracking the storm, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. we were getting wind speeds that were satellite estimated up to 195 miles per hour. now, this year alone, we have had 30 storms rolling through the pacific. eight were typhoons. of the ones that hit the philippine islands, we have had at least five and two of those were typhoon status. so as we look closely at the philippines, you could see those areas in red. >> that's where we have the storms hit. note: most of these were in the southern philippines, exactly where we are getting that storm overnight tonight. as we look at the storm system, we know it made landfall and we are expecting the track of it to continue into the south china sea. so we are going to get the full wrap around effect of the winds of this storm and a ten-foot or more storm surge north of the

eye wall. this could be catastrophic. we could see devastating damage as we get through the day today. now, as we move from this particular storm and watch it moved in to the south china sea, the next movement it will make it towards vietnam, but it will weaken as it moves across weaker waters. we have a storm system also hit the west coast of the u.s. the northwest had a mruchtery day. now we are just seeing scattered showers in its wake, plenty of snow in the mountains of idaho and montana where we have plenty of winter advisories, in the path that will be icy, snowy and blustery for montana. we will continue with cool highs especially in the northeast but dryer for the northeast england area. now, to fighting between rival faction in libya's capitol which has left 10 people wounded. >> clashes broke out in several

sections of tripoli. several buildings were hit by gunfire. among them, a radisson hotels where glommats and business travelers stay. rebel groups ended moammar gadaffi's dictatorship but that country has been plunged deeper into instability. the country has no constitution. a deal on iran's nuclear program could be within reach. john kerry hopes to broker a deal that could freeze some of the uranium enrichment activities. after the first day of talks, iran's foreign minister said a deal could be reached by friday. this is the second meeting with world leaders on this issue since august which president hassan rouhani took? >> benjamin netanyahu says he thinks any deal with iran could be a mistake of historic

proportions. kerry will meet with him in israel before he heads to geneva. the secretary of state was in jordan calling for more international aid for syrians. struggling to go cope with half a million syrian refugees. he . the americans who are losing their current health insurance plans get a presidential apology. while he was touting his healthcare plan, president barack obama promised repeatedly that no one would have to give up their policies if they liked their plans. millions of people are now getting notices from their insurance companies saying their plans are being cancelled because they don't meet the new government standards. >> i'm sorry that they, you know, are finding themselves in this situation based upon ainsurance they got from me. we've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a

tough position as a consequence of this. >> two senators are introducing a bill that would delay parts of the healthcare law. democrat joe mancien and republican mark kirk want to push back the deadline for policy enrollment, when the uninsured must sign up or face penalties. the deadline is january 1st. the bill would push that back by a year. >> gay rights advocates are applauding a bill in congress that would protect lgbt employees from workplace discrimination. this vote comes almost 40 years after the first bill of its kind was introduced. as access's mike viqueiera tells us, the battle is far from over. >> it was a major victory for supporters of gay rights but while the bill passed in the senate. a brick wall of conservative opposition looms in the houses. supporters call it a historic moment. >> the ayes are 64. the nays are 32.

the bill, as amended, is passed >> reporter: the senate passing the employment non-discrimination act. it would bar discrimination in the workplace based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. >> let the bells of freedom ring. >> was in another in a string of victory in courts and in politics for the gay rights movement. >> this is a really tremendous milestone, a day i will never forget in my service in the senate. >> every democrat voted "k yes, and they were joined by 10 republicans. some among the chamber's most conservative. >> that's a new political dynamic and a reflex of changing public attitudes. a poll taken this summer asked: should homosexuality be accepted in society? 60% said yes. >> that's up 11 points from six years ago when just 49% agreed. >> social conservatives opposed the measure. the issue exposes another fracture in the republican party, where many believe a hard line stance on cultural issues is turning off voters.

in a statement, the family research council says, enda would transfer the workplace into an environment in which certain self identifications and conduct must be given special privileges by employers and in which any moral opposition would be expressed. it includes exemption for schools and churches caught in the middle, house speaker john boehner who says he is against enda on the grounds it will lead to more lawsuits and hurt small businesses. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. >> until boehner changes course, the white house and democrats will keep the pressure on. >> some of the objections that i have heard from members in the house are recommeminisce he want opponents of other civil rights legislation put forward and they were wrong them, and they are wrong now. this is the right thing to do. >> in a statement, president obama praised the senate while blasting house republicans for standtion in the way of what he

calls historic legislation. mike viquera, the white house. >> this is how many americans would be protected. the pew center says about three 1/2 % of americans identified themselves as les intchlt ian, gay or trans gender. there are more than 8 million gays in the workplace. slightly more than half of them have disclosed their sexuality on the job. hash tag: success. twitter's stock soaring on the first day of trading. the challenges it faces as a public company. the cia paying millions of dollars for access to records. the arguments both sides are making for their actions. federal officials banning an ingredient in some food we eat. why they say it's a health threat. uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america.

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>> they say they did it because they were trying to protect my children. they didn't protect my children, they traumatized them. >> fault lines examines why so many native american kids are caught in the child welfare system. >> any time they see a social worker its like seeing a police officer. the immediate response is, "they're here to take my kids". >> from the indian perspective who sees this in terms of history, this is as about as adversarial as it gets. sglvrnlings a social media company is worth

$301,000,000,000. twitter received a lucrative welcome from wall street during the initial public offering. it tweets hash staggering. some investors scrambled to buy. others warned of a risky tech bubble. a feed after 140 character tweet, the micro blogging site is now worth 22 times its projected sales. al jazeera christian saloomy was on wall street for this trendy topic. >> a buzz. an expectation was high ahead of its first day of trading at the new york stock exchange. the stock that goes by twtr on the ticker began the day trading at more than $45 a share. it appears twitter learned a few things from facebook that had

technical glitches at the nasdaq. trade that fell below expectations. it took more than a year for facebook shares to recover their initial value. the expectation of the velocity of the earnings. the expectation is that twitter will arrive to a profitable position quickly. facebook opened and traded lower because they didn't think they were going to meet it. >> with celebrities and heads of stated among the 230 million users, investors appear ready to take a chance to the mic row blogging site even if the company has yet to find a way to make money off of its advertising. >> it got a very respected management team, guys that recognize that you can't just

stay still the investors say these things combined make it an interesting investment because it has potential going forward. >> twitter started the day up and never looked back. at the end of the trading day, shares were under $45 making the estimated value of the company more than 30 billion. not bad for a company that has never posted a profit. at the new york stock exchange. >> twitter is the latest of more than adowns internet companies that have gone public in the past few years including groupon, zinga and yelp. the search general giant says barges docked in san francisco bay will be interacting learning centers. they are still in the early stages and there are no specifics. there is speculation google might be building showrooms to compete with apple. new reports say the cia is paying at&t millions of dollars

for international records, including calls americans have made overseas. the spy agency is said to be using the data to track suspected terrorists around the globe. at&t's cooperation is voluntary e al jazeera's shiha terancy has more. >> it's a reminder the security agency isn't the only one of monitoring only ifs. for $10 million a year, ated and t searches for phone records for those of interest to the cia. officials say this program primarily monitors call data. if an international call is made to or from the u.s., some of the u.s. phone numbers' digits are masked by at&t. this according to the government means the cia isn't breaking the law. the agency is prohibited from spying on u.s. citizens in the u.s. however, it's not clear what oversight, if any there is over this program. the release of information by

whistle blower edward snowden has been marked by protests from companies like google and apple. they insist customers' information is only handed over as ordered by the courses. >> at&t has a history of voluntarily handing over in facts to the government. now it seems the company is actually making some money from sending information about its paying customers. >> an uproar over the u.s.'s surveillance operations. at&t's interest in buying vodaphone might be controversial. >> it has become al part of the surveillance state. most of the time it doesn't involve an american but that would raise privacy issues for european countries if they are going to allow at&t to control

and own vodaphone. >> a cia spokesman did not confirm the existence of the piped with at&t but insisted the collection practices are lawfully. the yia is not allowed to spy domestically on americans. the report says the cia imposes privacy safeguards to make sure the program stays within the law. the mayo clinic calls trans fats double trouble for the mart. the fda is phasing them out. this will have a big impact on the traditional american way of eating. americans prepare to say goodbye to all of this. it might prove tasty but the u.s. food and drug administration has declared trans fat an artery clogging peril and taken the first steps to ban it. >> it's unhealthy. i am glad they are doing it. it's in children's snacks like cookies. >> many americans can't say what

a trans fat is. >> i know they are not good for you. but i don't really know what they are. no, i don't know. >> no. i do not. what is it? >> the agency said banning the substance found in cooking oil and processed foods could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths. >> they are the worst fats. they raise the bad cholesterol and lower the good cholesterol. >> trans fat adorns the labels of a broad array of processed food from margarine to chocolate cake, everything on this counter. here in chicago, it can be found in this signature immediately, deep-dish pizza. >> here in illinois, a proposal to ban this substance failed two years ago but americans are eating 80% less than a decade ago anyway, the fda says in part due to local bans like places like new york and california. some fast food chains still

serve up trans fats but most have phased them out. for some americans, personal liberty is more important than health even if they can't quite define what it is they want. >> i just know it's bad. but i am not for banning it. i want to have my own choice. >> it might require a change in american's hearty appear tis. authorities are hope ing attentn will prevent the need for cardiac cure. >> seven years ago, new york became the first city in the u.s. to ban trans fats. mayor michael bloomberg released a statement thursday to praise the fda's decision. our prohibition on trans fats was one of many bold public health measures that faced fierce criticism to gain widespread acceptance and support. the fda hopes it will help americans live longer health year lives. billions of dollars of tax

refunds given to the wrong people. the new report that's putting. the woman who has been working for two decades to revitalize the motor city is seeing her work pay off.

what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online. people using stolen identities received $4,000,000,000 in fraudulent tax refunds. >> that's according to a new report by the treasury department's inspector general. the irs says during this year's tax filing season, more than 1.6 million people had their identity stolen. some of the funds were sent outside this country to actress actresses. in the u.s., they were sent to miami. a mixed picture on the strength of the u.s. economy. the commerce department says the economy expanded at a better than expected rate of 2.8% in the third quarter. >> that's the fastest rate increase in a year.

but consumer and business spending declined. all week in our special series, champions of the economy, we have been focusing on innovative ways people are dealing with tough economic times. we highlight detroit's mid town area, a bright spot in the struggling city on the brink of bankruptcies. a woman helping to fuel a comeback in the motor city. >> locatied north of downtown detroit, an area that has become known as midtown. it's detroit's cultural center, a culmination of art, music, higher education and new business in a city on the verge of bankruptcy. midtown is a hip, urban neighborhood on the rebound. but it hasn't always been this way. >> there are many like me in this neighborhood that have always seen potential here. >> for over 20 years, susan t. mosey, or as some call her, the

mayor of mid town has run a planning and developing company. she has and her team have helped seal the deal on dozens of multi-million dollar housing and business projects which includes this whole foods, which opened it's first detroit supermarket in mid town this past june. >> every week, we probably get five to 10 calls, very serious retailers, restaurant owners, housing investors. >> mosey heard from scott ruh r ruhterbush about five years ago? >> the clientele is artistics. a lot of young professionalals. >> mosey helped him through the process of opening this coffee shop, which is thriving today. >> well, it's important for us to be in mid town, you know, mainly because of sue's influence and the vision she has. >> reclaiming the rainwater. we will toilets with that.

>> when scott lowell saw potential, he turned to mosey. >> she is tireless. she is a powerhouse. she is absolutely somebody you would want to have on your side of the table when you are trying to put some sort of real estate deal together. >> he owns three restaurants, and he is in the process of renovating this apartment building that was slated for demolition. >> i see mid town as something that has got momentum, and it's great to see. >> midtown is pushing ahead. mosey has been the catalyst and her work here isn't done. >> twenty-six, that's the number of new businesses mosey says will open here within the year. commercial real estate taxes can produce over 50% of much-needed revenue for the city. it shows that's what's good for business. it can also be good for detroit. that will do it for this edition of access news. i am stephanie sy. thanks for watching.

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