welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. >> i want to emphasize there is not an agreement at this point in time. but the p5 is working hard. >> secretary of state john kerry travels to geneva to meet with key players in the iran nuclear talks. there is mixed news on the jobs front. and a typhoon slams the philippines leaving at least four people dead and doing untold damage. ♪

signs of promise, but there is still no deal tend to the standoff over iran's nuclear program. the un's nuclear chief is heading to geneva to join those talks. secretary of state john kerry and his counterparts are going to try to reach an agreement. phil ittner joining us live from geneva where john kerry has just arrived, and phil, the senior leaders are gat ering. are we expecting anything to happen any time soon? >> well, dell, it doesn't look like today, but it is interesting to note we have heard from the state department that secretary of state kerry has canceled his travel plans.

he was scheduled to go to algeria and morocco and he will be doing that. he will be staying here. so you have a lot of heavy hitters trying to get this started. but there is still an awful lot of work to be done. >> there are still some very important issues on the table that are unresolved. it is important for those to be properly, thoroughly addressed. i want to emphasize there is not an agreement at this point in time. we hope to try to narrow those differences, but i don't think anybody should mistake that there are some important gaps that have been to be closed. >> phil, important gaps that need to be closed. do we know what those are? >> well, there are a number of outstanding issues that apparently are on the table here on the iranian side of things.

there is talk of them stopping their enrichment program and maybe a lower grade program, and discussions on limiting the number of centrifuges they can operate at any one time. and more transparency on what it is they are up to. on the western side of things there is talk, we're hearing from inside the iranian delegation that they want the blacked bank accounts, that those frozen accounts should be unfrozen, and we're also hearing that there should be an easing of sanctions on the petrochemical sales. so a lot on the table, and as john kerry has said there are those gaps that need to be narrowed before any kind of first phase. and this is not an end game situation, this is a first phase, and they want those gaps to be narrowed so that this

process can begin and -- and we'll take it from there as they say. >> phil ittner thank you very much. before heading to geneva secretary of state john kerry met first with israeli prime minister netenyahu. netenyahu saying he adamantly opposing any deal with iran. >> the deal of century for iran, it's a very dangerous and bad deal for peace and the international community. >> mike hannah has more on this story from jerusalem. >> it has been a rocky visit for john kerriening with a breakfast meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin internet, in which netenyahu repeated his aher shun that he would not accept any deal with iran. this follows days in which there

were a series of disputes between the u.s. secretary of state and the israelis. cull min snating in saying that if israel does not reach a peace deal it faces a third [ inaudible ]. sources saying this was the language of violence and threat. and at the very end of his visit john kerry held a meeting with benjamin netenyahu at the airport. once again, iran was discussed, and once again, the israeli prime minister emerged from that meeting, making absolutely clear that israel would not under any circumstances accept the deal that may be made in geneva. >> when iran's president was elected in june a lot of people were hopeful that it would mean improved relations with the west. and while there have been some positive steps so far, there is still a very long way to go.

>> reporter: it's iran's most conservative city. it's home to more than a million people. small, but powerful. and it's also here where the president himself studied to become a clairic. since he came to office, he has used the world stage to representative the islamic theocracy he helped build. the critics have been watching him closely. >> iran's foreign policy is much more complicated than countries where the president has the power to change the policies. if you ask me about his performance over the past few months then i'm satisfied. >> reporter: and in that few months he has already done what many thought was impossible,

ended 34 years of official silence between the u.s. and iran. some are pleased. but others are not? >> translator: the u.s. wants iran to be a member of the world which it designed, but we don't accept it. the u.s. should change itself interactions with iran, and i don't think the people or the government will accept a condescending or unequal relationship. >> reporter: iran's foreign policy has not shifted with regard to his allies. while the nuclear issue has dominated his first days in office, the u.s. and its allies accuse iran of using its civilian program as a cover for a military one. and because of that international sanctions have had an impact on iran's economy.

the president's main foreign policy goal is to end them. in the presidential election he won this city, got more votes than any other candidates, and he made his intentions clear during the election process. many think he was indeed the right man for the job, but there are still many who remain unconvinced, and with only 100 days into a four-year term, rouhani will have many opportunities to try to win over his opponents. turning to the economy now, the government's employment report turned out to be an october surprise for some economists, they had been expecting much weaker job progress because of the government shutdown. >> reporter: the 16-day government shutdown was expected to dent an already weak job

market. but the latest numbers showed u.s. businesses stuck to their hiring plans. employers added 204,000 jobs in october blowing away estimates. the unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.3%, but the percentage of working age people participating in the labor force fell to 62.8%, signalling growing discouragement. >> the best remedy to address labor force participation is to grow the economy, and that's why the president keeps talking about investing in our road infrastructure, investing in our human capital infrastructure, because as we create those jobs that will come from those investments then you'll get more people back in the work force. >> reporter: the job market is still suffering from the same big issues, a lack of higher-paying jobs. >> the employment situation in

the united states is extraordinarily lackluster. for most of this year, we saw enormous creation of very low-paying jobs. >> reporter: more than 50 press release of all new jobs created in the private sector this year have come from retail, administration, and hospitality. discouraging us in for the economy. >> if americans had more income, spending would take care of it's a, but unfortunately we don't. and that's a huge problem if you are take homeless you are not going to put more under the tree. >> reporter: analysts are already expecting less than a merry christmas. some expecting this to be the worst shopping season in five years. president obama is heading to louisiana today to talk about economic development in that region. ali velshi saturday down with thomas perez, and talked about

the president's effort to work with congress on job creation. the secretary explaining he is confident the sides can put aside their differences. >> i continue to be an optimist, because i look at history. look at the aftermath of the '96 gingrich shutdown, and the american people were understandably and appropriately angry. approval ratings went in the tank, and there was a bipartisan recognition we needed to move people forward. and what did you see in immigration reform, minimum wage, hate crimes bill, so things can get done when the will is mustered, and i think that will happen now, and we see evidence of as recently as yesterday when the common sense caucus passed the

non-discrimination act in which people are judged by the content of their character and work product. and you watch the business community, faith leaders, nonprofits, coming together around the need to move america forward. eisenhower is the person who brought us the interstate highway system. ronald reagan brought us immigration reform. one of my predecessors, elizabeth dole, one of her proudest moments she would say is the passage of an increase in the minimum wage -- >> let me get in right there -- >> -- but it is going to take that pressure. >> you talked about minimum wage, the president came out with support for higher minimum wage. it's remarkable what our minimum wage is in this country, given that we are such an advanced

nation. we have a minimum wage that does not suggest we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet employers say if you mandate a higher minimum wage, you will crush the abil y ability -- we also need to create jobs, and many of the jobs we are creating are entry-level-type jobs. >> first of all nobody who works a full-time job should have to live in poverty. and leaders like jim sengal who is the former ceo of costco have demonstrated you don't have to make a choice between your shoulder and your worker. he has demonstrated that you can have a retail business model that takes care of your employees and offers a competitive product for your customers and a great return for

your investors, and i -- i have spoken to many business leaders who recognize that the increase in the minimum wage is not simply a moral imperative, it's actually an economic imperative, because when you raise people's wages, put more money in their pocket, they spend more, buy more goods, businesses have to make and sell more goods, henry ford knew that when he said his workers ought to be able to afford the cars that they make. so there are plenty of business leaders out there who understand that raising the minimum wage is an economic imperative and i believe we'll get there. >> we'll have more tonight on "real money" at 7:00 eastern time right here on al jazeera america. president obama says he is

standing by kathleen sebelius. some republicans are calling on her to be fired because of the botched rollout of the affordable care act. >> later this morning, we will post the final parity rule for mental health. [ applause ] >> now that incredibly important law, combined with the affordable care act will expand and protect behavioral health benefits for more than 62 million americans. this is the largest expansion of behavior health coverage in a generation. >> that announce suspect a bit of good news for the affordable care law, but the white house is still dealing with the technical glitches on the website. still ahead on al jazeera america, the philippines hard hit by one of the strongest storms on record. we'll have the latest next.

>> we're watching the satellite closely, because now it is moving across the south china sea. the latest coming up in bathe.

it is one of the largest and most powerful storms ever recorded and it battered the philippines, now moving towards vietnam. winds reaching an estimated 195 miles an hour. for more we turn to ted in the philippines who talked to us by phone a short while ago. >> i'm actually -- [ inaudible ] worst of the typhoon but one person was killed here in this peninsula after being struck by lightning today. he would be the third confirmed fatality. also friday the airport was shut

down, and for the past two days ships have not been allowed to leave port. what is more worrisome is the island in the central philippines, buzz the regional hub, and the power and communications have been cut off. and so it's a pretty bad situation in that part of the philippines. >> ted there were reports that as many as 750,000 people in the philippines were evacuated. do we know now whether those efforts were successful. >> we [ inaudible ] successful in how people addressed [ inaudible ] last night, thursday evening to warn residents of the area that would be directly hit by the typhoon

to leave immediately and seek help at the evacuation centers, because that would in fact help minimize the number of fatalities. but, still, in islands like [ inaudible ] which was hit by an 7.2 earthquake almost a month or so ago, some of the survivors have to evacuate again, but also there the previous storms and calamities and [ inaudible ] been making efforts because [ inaudible ] for acting too small in the previous calamities, so now he is dealing with it in a different way. ♪ i'm meteorologist dave warren. we're going to look at the satellite here from supertyphoon

haiyan. lost some intensity a bit, but still very powerful and moving toward vietnam. the wind is at 155, it's 170 miles mouth of manila. it will move across the south china sea, and by the time it gets here it is expected to have wind speed of 120 miles an hour, but the track, still getting a lot of moisture coming in from the sea there, so maybe not losing much intensity, despite it being over land. certainly it looks like flooding and wind damage will be a problem here for the next two days. and it is starting to get warmer in denver as the wind comes across the mountains, but elsewhere cooler air coming in

to minneapolis, washington, d.c., and the pacific northwest still seeing this weather come in from the ocean there. the valleys not seeing the winter weather advisory, but the upper elevations getting a little snow, and on the eastern slope of the rockies, the wind is picking up there. not a lot of rain or snow, but some is over montana. wind advisory for texas, oklahoma, and up through kansas. that wind will really start to pick up and waiting for the warm air to return to the northeast, it certainly was not there this morning. the cold northwest wind creating lake-effect snow, these streamers come off of the lake here, it could hold enough together to see some rain or

snow developing to the south. temperatures will be in the mid-to low 50s in the afternoon, but climbing by sunday and monday. upper 50s, not quite close to 60, next week our temperatures drop down below 40 degrees. dell? >> thank you. you might call it a twitter hangover. yesterday enthusiastic buyers help the stock buy some 73%. but the losses continue today. still ahead pot is on the rise in the us. up next we'll take you to washington where countless marijuana projects and products are on display.

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♪ welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines. secretary of state john kerry is in geneva and staying there. he has now canceled planned

trips to algeria and morocco tomorrow, and is going to stay in geneva to keep working on a deal over iran's nuclear issue. u.s. companies added 204,000 workers to their payroll in the last month. and in the philippines at least four people are dead after typhoon haiyan hit. it is the strongest typhoon recorded since records have been kept. the marijuana industry is growing in the u.s. business leaders are gathering outside of see at to showcase their cannabis products. alan, quite the gathering? >> it is. the second annual national marijuana business expo. and it's a sellout.

expectations in this room for the growth and the health of the business of marijuana are sky high. throw a marijuana business and conference expo, and they will come. no smoking, please, this is serious business. >> these business people are coming in from all sorts of industries and walks of life. >> reporter: you didn't have any trouble selling out this conference? >> none whatsoever. >> reporter: colorful packaging, cannabis-based hair care products, liquid gold extract, and the pipe of the future. >> this is your average vapor cartridge. it warms it the oil. this is a $64,000 unit.

in a perfect situation we have seen them pay for themselves in five days. >> reporter: that's a supercritical fluid extract for. he says he can't keep up with demand. so the super critical fluid extraction business is good? >> it's very good. >> reporter: you can talk to insurers, and bankers, willing to bet on the future of marijuana. you can learn how to grow your own. check out the best from hemp meds and dixie elixirs. >> we sell to decrete adults -- >> reporter: with sparkling pomegranate soda? >> absolutely. that's one of our best-selling products. >> reporter: this shrink bandable, pry aresy protectable herbal bend jars. at cool jars they are trying to

pioneer the ultimate secure stash. >> we can hold up to 32 ounce of liquid or power. turn the key, turn the cap, you are into it. >> reporter: it's an expo for the expanding world of legal weed, and the buzz here is all about business, or mostly. >> they get you wonderfully high. >> reporter: next year the show plays vegas with organizers expecting 2,000 people to attend. absolutely, they are take it on the road to vegas next year, and they expect more than double the attendees that they have here this week, absolutely contained giddiness in this room, dell. >> until they open the doors. alan thanks very much. well people are dusting off their turntables. as vinyl record sales have doubled so far this year to

almost 600,000. vinyl producers say indy rock bands help give records a vintage cool appeal. at 1% of british sales it's a niche market, but it's ten times what it was just six years ago. thanks for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters. "the stream" is next. for updates throughout the day go to aljazeera.com. and we continue to check on the situation in the philippines as the storm rammed ashore last night. the dow in positive territory reversing yesterday's negative trend. the dow up 93 points right now, but if you bought twitter stock you are probably not too happy. those big gains you saw yesterday are being erased today. and ali velshi tonight with the treasury secretary. "real money" tonight at 7:00 pm eastern time and he will interview the secretary of the treasury. i'm del walters in new york

city. thank you for being with us. we'll see you right at the top of the hour. ♪ malcolm x and the movement. >> black nationalism was at its height in the 1960's, the movement was malcolm x. this year marks the 50th anniversary of dr. king's "i have a dream" speech, but