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>> taking center table in washington yet again. president obama met with health insurance industry executives at
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the white house. the president said they want to make 2 cheer t 2 it clear to cot they have options and they can keep their health plans, but some say that the back measure goes way too far. libby casey with more on today's vote. is this a victory? the passages of this legislation. is it a victory for republicans? >> reporter: it is in a sense. it did pass senate with support from the democrats. they said it strikes at the laws very heart. house republicans have tried dozens of times to chip away at the affordable care act, but this little gain more democratic support than most. >> reporter: the republicans call the "keep your health plan"
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act an obamacare fix and say the healthcare law isn't delivering. >> now we find out it was all just talk, this is what this country is fed up with. they're tired of the talk that comes out of washington. they want to have people represent them. >> reporter: president obama announced a policy shift thursday that americans can keep their healthcare plans next year. but the house bill goes further. it let's insurance companies sell new plans that don't meet the basic obama requirements you like maternity care, and today mike doyle said that defeats the healthcare law. >> if we continue to allow private insurance companies to sell policies that discriminate against women, that set annual caps and lifetime caps, if we continue to allow all of those practices, then every american, 80%-90% said they want in their healthcare system, then that risk pool goes away.
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then rates go sky high, and you'll have raised premiums for every american in this country. >> reporter: but the 39 democrats who split from their party leaders and supported the house bill want to be on the record as voting for fixes. the white house has threatened to veto the bill. jay carney said president obama's solution is the right fix. >> what he did yesterday he can do administratively to address this party. he will work with congress t to--so congress can do what it can do legislatively in a good-faith effort to address problems to improve the implementation of the affordable care act. what he won't do is support programs that sabotage, repeal or undermine the affordable care act. >> reporter: the bill is unlikely to reach the presiden president's desk, and senate democratic members say they don't want to do anything that
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will weaken the healthcare law. the white house has said set the end of november to get the website fully functioning. >> what is next for this? that is a house passed piece of legislation. is the senate working on something, and what has the president threatened to do with any of this. >> reporter: this has put senate democrats in a tough spot. many of them supported the healthcare law but they're getting a lot of push back from constituents and are upset that healthcare.gov has been so problematic. there has been legislation that will put in law what the president has already done through his administrative abilities that is to allow people stay on their health insurance plans but not let people start new plans that
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don't adhere to the basic qualification of obamacare. watch to see if this goes somewhere, but for the house and the senate to agree on much of thing is a tall order. >> thank you. in the philippines a massive effort is underway to get help to the survives of typhoon haiyan. we're learning more about the scale of the disaster. more than 3600 people have died, 1200 people are still missing, and nearly 2 million people have no homes. aid from all over the world is arriving, but relief workers are still encountering obstacles as they try to get food and water to those hard-hit areas. craig, tell us exactly where you are. >> reporter: we're on an island part of the group of islands in the far northern tip of cebu, a
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very remote area and very difficult to get to. we spent 12 hours on a small cargo ship yesterday getting here with some relief supplies by a local volunteer group, and then traveled with those trucks across the island to here, a little sleepy fishing village called santa fe. as you can see behind me the place has been totally wiped out. we're in a resort, well, what was a resort right on the coast here, and this is indicative to what is happening thon island. 95% of all homes and structures have been completely decimated. >> are you seeing any evidence or maybe the question is to what extent are you seeing evidence of the rescue mission reaching--look at these picks, reaching where you are, and what kind of state are the people in.
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>> reporter: well, the rescue effort we're see something part of a local government initiative. not an international initiative. it's a very difficult thing to get supplies here. they have to be airlifted in or brought over by boat. that's part of the problem, for the locals when the typhoon passed through most of the fishing vessels and transportation was also damaged, so they haven't been able to eke out a living or to get off the island. the people here are quite desperate. there is no power. there is no tantation. there is very little food arriving and there is no shelter. we had to spend the night in a hut. we were lucky that we had a roof that did work. but it was raining overnight and into this morning. for those who don't have shelter, that provides problems because it gets quite cool here in the evening. during the day it gets incredibly hot. so pneumonia is a big problem,
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disease, diarrhea, these are the things that mission who is come up here have to deal with. they're in the mission that we came in with, there are a few doctors who are struggle to go able to cope with the problems that the peep here surround themselves with. and yesterday, as we distributed the food, we saw chaotic scenes as people desperate who haven't eaten in days fought for the food that was handed out. >> craig, i want to try one more. i think the windows are about to close. if it does go i hope folks will understand, but this is a week now since the storm barreled through, are people where you are beginning to think that perhaps they have been forgotten by the international relief effort? >> reporter: that's right. indeed, they have. we traveled with a convoy yesterday and it was difficult
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getting in because these trucks had to move through fallen power lines, trees across the road. it was very difficult. when we arrived in santa fe it was quite chaotic as they contributed the rice. people were fighting over the packages that were handed out. they were lined up one after the other. there has been very little food here since the typhoon came through. >> craig leesom for us, thank you for, devastating pictures craig, thank you. now skype from manila in the philippines, an international emergency respondent for the u.n. office with humanitarian affairs. you're charge of the digital relief effort. what does that mean? >> hi, tony, yes, my responsibility has been sort of how we as international
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community handle, bring together information to give a better picture to help responders who are in country. now the digital side of it is working with external groups, mostly international volunteer tech-enabled groups trying to undertake activities such as mining and social media, and other sources of data to try to ament existing services that we offer to the humanitarian community in hopes to give a better picture and better understanding. as craig mentioned, to become aware of where the needs are needed the most. we're really working with the digital humanitarians abroad to try to augment the response. >> that's terrific, so we're into the first week of this. how is it going, and what are the challenges you're
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encountering? >> reporter: well, as craig mentioned challenges in country to a high degree are logistical issues, and as we'll start to see trying to get a handle on what is or is not the needs since communities are so heavily affected being able to understand what was needed was difficult to get clarity on. it's something that we're working very hard on trying to get an idea of who is responding in country. then for us on the digital side, those who are producing novel technologies, companies that are stepping up like esri and google, trying to make sure that the efforts they undertake are in coordination to groups like the u.n. or the government or civil society so that what they do helps us in some way which
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then in turn helps the effected population here in country. >> andre, you're describing a back and forth communication, so what are you hearing from the people who are reaching out to you? if you get a moment to have a conversation with them that's not about do this, go there, there is help for you there. what are you hearing about conditions on the ground and any distribution bottlenecks. >> this is a significant. they're trying to get a picture on that. what i'm here something there is a large group of international responders coming in, and we get
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the aid in to the people who need it the most in the areas that are most affected. >> best of luck with your efforts, andre, disaster responder and information management for the u.n.'s office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. thank you for the time. what was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned violent. armed militia fired on demonstrators. over 20 people are dead and hundreds more have been wounded. we have more. >> reporter: the message of the march was simple. get out. people heeded the call to protest and demand m militia groups leave. as they approached the headquarters of the brigade they
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were met by bullets. several people were killed. dozens others injured. >> i saw scenes of total chaos at the hospital both in front of the hospital, with lots of military, with lots of armed men trying to divert the traffic, and the safety was reflected inside the hospital where i saw lots and lots of armed men running around totally overwhelmed with what happened today. it was unprecedented. >> reporter: rival armed groups have been fighting with each other, and this is the first time civilians have become the target. >> they started shooting. look, this is the blood of libyans. i say to the national congress you traitors. to you government, you traitors. where is the army? where is the police? >> those questions reflected frustration ca with the governm. >> any interference from the government will have bad consequences as the forces could
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open fire on people exchanging shots. >> reporter: the militias began as local rebel groups who fought and overthrew muammar qaddafi. but they've grown in size and influence under a weak government. they so far refuse to disband or join the national security force despite the december deadline. once hailed as heroes, many libyans say their country is so lawless. al jazeera. >> more tonight the u.s. government is offering $10 million in reward money to find anyone involved with the bengahzi embassy attack. it went out in january, and security concerns prevented the department from discussing it sooner. arraignment today for a
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michigan homeowner accused of shooting a young woman at his door step. he will appear in court this afternoon. he said he only acted in self defense when he shot renisha mcbride, but some believe race was a factor. bisi, live for us in detroit, a lot happened in this case. will you give us an overview of what happened. >> reporter: 54-year-old theodore waf er if convicted of second-degree murder could face up to life behind bars. wafer told police that he felt someone was trying to look in his home when renisha came knocking on his door after being involved in an accident. he said his shotgun accidently
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went off. this decision comes 13 days after the shooting. when the shooting originally happened there were relatives of mcbride's. they came forward to the media and they basically said that they felt this was a case of racial profiling and draw comparisons with the trayvon martin case. but the prosecutor, prosecutor tim worthy here made it clear that race did not play a factor in her decisions to more forward. >> it's always interesting to me what the public makes their decisions on when it comes to one way or another. we have the facts and the evidence, we make our decision on that and on that alone. in this case the charging decisions has nothing to do with race on the party. where it goes into the case, i don't know, i'm not clairvoyant. >> reporter: not long after wafer was arrang arraigned, mcbs
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parents spoke out and believe he is a monster and hope he spends the rest of his life behind bars. >> did wafer at this point expressed regret over what happened that night? >> reporter: you know, he has not come out formerly and apologized to the parents. through his attorney we do hear that he feels very regretful, but as it stands right now the attorney feels what happened that what happened that evening that wafer was justified. >> bisi onile-ere for us in detroit. bisi, thank you. >> meteorologist: hello, i'm meteorology kvin corriveau. this is going to be a big weekend for a lot of people. let me break it down a little bit on what we're expecting here.
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the storm we're monitoring. we have rain showers and clouds across this area and this low pressure that is beginning to develop across northern colorado. a cold front extended here. we have also air tight pressure here out here towards the east. we have a flow that is coming in from the south. this is warming up the warming part of the central united states. what is going to happen is this system every day is going to start to make its way east on saturday as well as sunday. we are going to get some very strong winds here across the central plains pushing up into parts of ohio, indiana, illinois and the great lakes. that will cause problems at the airport. then that's saturday. sunday we'll get into the severe weather action as that system slowly makes its way here towards the east. we're looking at snow in the north, northwest. we're looking at very strong winds as well as severe weather. that is all happening saturday, sunday, as well as monday.
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we'll bring you more details when we return. >> thank you. still ahead on al jazeera america. more trouble for toronto's embattled mayor. the city council take his power away. and why there may soon be a baby boom in china.
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>> toronto city council voted overwhelmingly to strip their troubled mayor of some of his power. rob ford has admitted to using crack cocaine and public drunkenness. >> reporter: it has never happened before, toronto city councilors stripping its mayor of power, although they've never had a mayor of admitting to smoking crack cocaine and public drunkenness.
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>> obviously someone else steps out of line like i have, it's going to affect councilors and the mayor, i think for years to come. >> reporter: in fact, when it came to a vote just the mayor and his brother, a councilor, opposed the motion to limit his powers. with almost unheard of unity, the councilors told the mayor his apology for his behavior is simply not enough. he is now mayor in name global >> those powers have been withdrawn from the mayor's office. >> reporter: rob ford has always been colorful and controversial. he came to power promising to cut spending and taxes, and he has. but his behavior has cost him much of his authority, and many of his loyal supporters, too. this woman voted for mayor ford three years ago, now she's part of a campaign to make him quit.
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>> it only took a year and a half before i realized what a terrible mistake i made. and in the last year his behavioral was so unacceptable that i had no choice. >> reporter: almost no way to displace a toronto mayor between elections. but thanks to rob ford there is talk of changing the law. >> there was never a mayor who would be doing cocaine in his office--allegedly using cocaine in his office with potentially privates in his office, assaulting his own staff. you never looked at things like that. >> reporter: mayor ford said he will go to court to get his powers back and next week councilor will try to strip him of his office budget and his ability to hire and fire staff. the only way for this to end is for the mayor to say he's resigning, that's not something that he's even contemplating. >> one day after he said he wanted insurers to be able to keep their current health plan,
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david s schuster is covering for ali velshi. the insurance industry has real doubts as to whether or not they can allow people to keep their plans without raising prices significantly. does the president put pressure on those executives at the white house today? >> reporter: we understand that the president offered two lines of thought. first empathy, yes, they know that if you allow the cut rate plans to continue where people pay very little money, people who are genuinely healthy. if you don't raise their premiums and the insurance companies don't have enough money to cover the people who are part of this new exchange, the people who are sicker and older, we get that, the president acknowledged it, but the right asked for patience and reminded the insurance company saying the white house put everything it has into convincing younger people to join in over the next several
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months, and if, in fact, the comes come in like the white house wants. and yojanet yellen testifien front the senate. we're seeing another stock market rally today. >> what else are you working on? i know that's not the entire show. >> reporter: i know you love glen miller, the big band from the 19 40's. "i got a gallon in kalamazoo." one of your favorites. we have another story from kalamazoo, and it's free college educate. people will have their instate education paid for. it's a great story that a lot of cities will emulate. we'll sing that song for you, tony harris, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
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>> that is a great story. how old do you think i am, glen miller. that's "real money" right here at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. let's go to sports. >> reporter: jonathan martin has kept a low profile but no longer. jonathan martin was in new york city meeting with nfl investigators concerning the team's bullying scandal that has engulfed johnny martin and richie incognito and the desiree dolphin organization. martin was swarmed by reporters, and we'll have his comments coming up later in sports. derrick rose will likely miss tonight's game with a sore right hamstring. rose was held out of today's shoot around after missing two
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days of practice earlier in the week rehabbing the injury. the team has taken a cautious approach with rose after he missed all of last season recovering from knee surgery. in other nfl news, mike mccormick has died at the age of 83. he was inducted into the hall in 1948 after a career mostly with the cleveland browns. they call mccormick the finest offensive linemen every coached. and he was instrumental in bringing the nfl franchise to charlotte. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america, one man's story of finding a son through foster care. i'm here to make the connections to your money real. real money with ali velshi next on al jazeera america
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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. sheer a look now at top stories. we have breaking news out of indiana. ball state university is asking students to stay in a safe place. there are reports of a possibility gunman on the campus in munsey. now police are on the scene and trying to secure the area where the gunman was last seen. again, that is a lockdown at balance state university in indiana. a michigan man was arraigned in court on charge of second-degree murder, manslaughter, wafer is accused of killing a young black woman. the woman was trying to get help when she was shot. people in the philippines are still reeling from the
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devastating affects of super typhoon haiyan. they've been able to get running water restored in some areas. and it is now saturday morning in the philippines. more than a week has passed since typhoon haiyan hit i, and people are finding ways to survive amid the devastation. >> reporter: the scene may look chaotic, but in the end this deep well accessible to all is one reason why this city is more resilient than others. drinkable water, which they have in abundance. the water in the sanitation systems here were not affected by the sandstorm surge that deprived so many other coastal towns in the affected area. nonetheless the city has been ruined by haiyan. hundreds of people flocked to
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this street so they can plug into generator power. they've even come from other towns to charge their phones. this hospital is the only one of three that is fully functioning. everyone has been working around the clock to get it cleaned up so it could deal with victimming of typhoon haiyan. only the patients with the most injuries remain a week after the storm struck. hospital administers told us that they took in three times the number of usual patients at first. the electricity they have come from two big generators, but it's not enough to bring the hospital to capacity. they can't even do blood tests. >> electrical, plumbing 1234 one of the main problems is damage to the power station that supplies electricity not only to
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this province but others to the north. it will be another week before the company that runs it can even predict that it will be running again. many of its workers have been affected by the storm, too. >> our employees are affected. >> reporter: power lines are down everywhere you look. more than a thousand poles that helped up the power lines across the city have been pulled out by the shear force of the winds of typhoon haiyan. it's workers like those behind me who will have to work hour by hour, day by day to replace them, and that's not going to be an easy task. >> reporter: getting back to normal is going to take months if not years, and it will take millions dollars, far more than they can afford. >> the disaster in the
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philippines has prompted an outpouring of support from filipino communities. they are collecting money and goods to send overseas. one barbershop in little manila neighborhood will donate all of supplied's proceedings to the red cross. he said he felt he had to do something. >> sandy was hard enough just without power. we had the normal luxuries of running water, but to have nothing, no sewage, and then you have to scavenge for stood and everything you own, which is probably not valuable at all. and you lost it. i can't put myself in that position. >> offering free shipping on packages sent to the islands. healthcare dominated discussions in the white house. president obama met with executives from the health insurance industry.
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the president said he and the executives want to make sure that all americans get the kind of affordable care that they deserve. that meeting took place hours after the house approved a bill that will let americans keep their insurance plan, but the white house said that the measure could undermine affordable care. =fplt washington state's insurance commissioner, commissioner, it's good to see you. tell me, this is--i'm curious about the stand the state is taking and that you're taking here. tell me why you don't think the president's proposal is a good deal for the state of washington? >> principally because it's disruptive to our insurance market. once you allow the creation of two-folds of people who have signed up, one with the affordable care act, one with their existing plans that have been continued for an additional year, you wind up with risk being sheared between two pools,
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and its likely the higher risk will be the affordable care act pool, and the lesser risk the extended pool, and the health insurers with rates all around a shared single pool. >> you're familiar--i'm sure you're familiar. i don't know why i'm asking if you're familiar with the bill that was passed today in the house. what's curious with that bill it will allow people to buy exchanges in the future that are outside the exchange. is that part of the disruptive affect that you're warning us? >> i think the legislation, the president, if i'm not mistaken, has indicated he's going to veto. what we're focused on is what the president announced yesterday. that proposal may work in some states where they've had problems with the facilitated exchanges. but for the state of washington we have a functioning exchange.
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people are getting signed up. they won't have problems accessing healthcare coverage. it's a different scenario for the state of washington. it actually move washington right along the path that president obama wants us to go. >> i think we thanksgivin thinkt commissioner kreidler. appreciate it. thank you. china announced today it's easing it's one-child policy this week's rulen of the communist party with sweeping changes it has had. generations. >> this is basically amounts in future if either member of a couple was a single child themselves, then that couple will be allowed to have more than one child. but given the one child rule
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watt sewasset in 1979. before it was a poor country and could not forward to care for its population, but now it's the opposite problem with an aging population. also they would do away with forced labor camps. it has been abused by local officials to throw anybody into a labor camp that didn't agree with whatever local policies were going on. i think both of these reforms, though, are a way the ruling communist party can show people that things can change without the need of political change, too. >> last month a florida teenager in foster care made headlines
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when he asked someone to give him a home. he's expected to have a permanent home by christmas, but many teens in foster care don't get that kind of a happy ending. >> he's known as mr. travis for the boys he has fostered. >> to still ignite that hope. it seems that their hope has died. we want to reactivate their hope that they can achieve some success in their life. >> 40-year-old travis davis said he found his life purpose in fostering boys. he has optimism where others have fear bringing a challenging teenager into their home. >> i deal with each child as an individual regardless of their past when they come into my home they have a fresh start. >> patrick came to travis' home when he was 14 and had lived in 12 foster homes.
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>> i was getting frustrated, and i was searching for that family that i didn't. >> reporter: patrick's hope for a home is one shared by thousands. according to the administration, in 2011 there were more than 153,000 kids between the ages 12 and 20 in foster care. 26,000 had aged out of the system. a lot of people don't want teenagers because they figure you can't shape them. that's not true. >> so we need these forever families that are going to be able to say i will take you unconditionally. >> reporter: travis said adoption was never the plan but when the family expressed interest in adopting patrick, he is now 20 and a college student. >> oh, i'm here to push you up and get you back on your feet, and it feels good. >> reporter: travis and patrick share their home with foster
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kids. patrick knows how lucky he said. of the 80 kids that he has fostered, patrick was the only one who ended up being adopted. >> a major blow to corn growers. american refineries may be using less ethanol in its production. proposing reducing the ethanol requirements for fuel. three months ago the epa hiked the rates. this comes days after the associated press exposed dramatically negative impacts of ethanol production. if this proposal goes forward it would be a big win for the oil industry. and there is dismal news for the post office. it was the seventh year in a row that the post office has reported a loss. it is not all bad news. revenues from packages have risen 8% earlier this week. postal service announced it will
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start making sunday delivers for amazon.com. the man in the middle of a football scandal speaks to the league. >> reporter: we have more from san francisco, we have that story coming up. retirement. whether its bail-outs or bond rates this stuff get complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. determining using some sort of subjective interpretation of their policy as to whether or not your particular report was actually abusive, because if it doesn't contain language that specifically threatens you
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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.
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>> thousands of people are taking to the streets of san francisco. we don't have a live picture--ugh. the mission to help make a dream come true for a young boy battling illness. maria, when we spoke at 4:00 p.m. eastern time a lot had happened for this kid. you know, it's a couple of hours later, and a lot more has happened with this kid. will you walk us through his d
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day, please. >> reporter: there he is live. we have live video. >> this is terrific. >> reporter: yes, he's receiving the key of francisco. >> so let's leave this picture--let's here applause. i want to hear a little bit. can we hear a little bit of this? okay. [applause] he's working the gum. so maria, there he is. >> reporter: he's five-year-old. he's battled leukemia for the last three years, and he loves batman. his number one wish, tony, was to be bat kid for a day. so his family turns to "make a wish" foundation. they made a request, and this request spent viral. thousands of people are helping him make this dream come true. so they went throughout the
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entire city of san francisco. there he is. he's right there dressed in his bad kid gear. >> leather down. >> yes, and this is his bat mobile, the lamborghini, no less, and he's accompanied by batman who is a volunteer. we want to show a little play by play of what he did. first this morning he helped a damsel in distress. >> that's not a good look, well, he needs to get to the spot. >> yes, he has got to save her. so he ends up saving her along with batman. and then we have a message from the police chief saying that the riddler is downtown at the vault. there he is, the riddler has explosives with him and those explosives will go off in 12 seconds. >> now that's scary stuff. >> reporter: there he goes, and he locks them up. >> mission accomplished.
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>> reporter: mission accomplished. >> well done, well done. >> reporter: and there are thousands of people that are in city hall right now that were just--just cheering this little boy-- >> let me ask you something. there has been a big international response to this kid. >> reporter: yes, there has. on facebook you have all these messages from kids and adults, go, bat kid. a little girl from italy, and another one from switzerland, and this other one who says princess in chicago loves bat kid. he has thousands of responders on facebook. he also got a very special congratulations today. >> way to go, miles. way to save gotham. >> reporter: and the best part of this, tony s that miles is in remission after three years of battling leukemia. >> what a wonderful day for that kid. everybody turning up, showing out and creating a day this kid
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will never forget. maria, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. ♪ >> not so pleasant story surrounding the miami dolphins for the last few weeks. mark morgan with a day in sports. >> reporter: yes, finally starting to progress quickly and we're going to keep everyone updated. miami dolphins jonathan martin was in new york city today meeting with nfl investigators concerning the team's bullying scandal. the controversial has engulfed richie incognito and the entire dolphins organization. the session breaking up in the last hour, martin emerged to a swarm of reporters and spoke for the first time since leaving the dolphins. >> today's meeting consisted with my commitment as a player to the miami dolphins.
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i do not intend to discuss this matter publicly at this time. i do, however, look forward to speaking to stephen ross and the dolphin's organization. >> that is the owner of the miami dolphin. that meeting reportedly will take place later this week. >> reporter: while the playoff picture is taking place, some head coaches are under fire and may be on the hot seed. we have a look at some coaches who may have reason to have to look over their shoulder. >> vikings earning a playoff spot. this season the vikings have already passed that loss total. the revolving door of three players has not helped their case. >> they have surprising 10 and 6 last season. they had playoff expectations this season. they haven't been the same team. they have the second toughest schedule coming up the rest of the way. the chance of fraser getting a
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new contract probably aren't very good. >> reporter: the buccaneership has been taking on water for much of the year. public viewed the former starting quarterback josh freeman might have former rutgers coach looking elsewhere next season when you combine that with the 1 and 9 record. >> this team was worse off than they were when they hired him. really high expectations for this season this season and they haven't gotten it done. what might save the coach is he has three years and $9 million left on his deal. do the bucs want to pay off that money to bring in a head coach and start over? >> expectations are always high and this season could be the make or break season for jason garrett as cowboys' head coach. the cowboys are battling for first place in the nfc east but history has not been on their side. posting the 5 and 3 mark after
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taking over for wade phillips. since then he has yet to report a winning season. if the boys don't get over the hump this season it's tough to see jerry jones bring garrett back. should the cowboys miss the playoffs it will be for the fourth consecutive season. and surprising 4 and 1 start miami dolphins coach philbin had his name in the running for coach of the year. now the team is under 500 and could be the richie incognit incognito-martin saga could change that. >> head coach of the miami dolphins, somewhat of a control freak wanted to control what went down in that locker room and the counsel that richie incognito was a part of, these are philbin's guys that were the
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leaders in that locker room. >> thank you so much. many professional sports teams are giving back to the community, and the fans--holding the come to our house thanksgiving dinner serving meals to central indiana shelters, and many of the pacers players as well, and this organization has been holding this event for 16 years. now in other nevil new nfl . now 650 men, women and children were served by the pacers earlier this week. we mentioned this earlier in the hour. mike mccormack has died at the age of 83. he was inducted into the hall in 1964 following a tenured career mostly spent with the cleveland browns. he was called the finest defensive linemen he had before
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coached. indeed. he was largely responsible for bringing the franchise to charlotte. >> an apology to abraham lincoln. 150 years later. the pennsylvania newspaper is retracting its coverage of the gettysburg address. at the time they called lincoln's words, quoting now, silly. now the paper says sorry in an editorial. the paper said seven score and seven years ago the forefathers of this media constitution brought forward a judgment so flawed so lacking in perspective history that it would bring cannot remain unadressed in our archives. tuesday will be the 159th anniversary of lincoln's famous civil war speech. people with big idea of how to help humanity are coming up with creative ways for start-up
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cash. katherine barrett was there when they tried to beat the clock in seattle. >> reporter: this is a little like the reality show shark tank where hopeful entrepreneurs try to persuade people with deep pockets to invest in their businesses. the difference is the competitors being fast pitch ready not only motivated by money. they're interested in raising funds for projects to improve society. each finalist has five minutes each to share they have pitches and contestants have spent months on this make or break moment. >> every year in washington state we receive more than 2,000 refugees. >> starting a cooking school to help refugee women by training them for food service. >> i feel happy because i like
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to cook. >> i fell in love with the idea of working with refugee women and focusing on the assets that they bring with them, their strengths. >> reporter: she hopes to raise $75,000 for equipment and maybe a salary. there are both non-profit and for-profit groups here. they're vying for grants or investments. >> hundreds of people gather for an evening that says we're about social impact and social change and they get a chance to connect it and be exposed by all of those people. >> reporter: some were started by high schoolers. >> we're be address bid a 16-year-old, give it up. >> imagine our future powered by human footsteps. >> reporter: others by college students. one targets school truancy. >> i'm asking to you rally around the concepts that students are part of the solution by supporting thank you. >> reporter: the panel of
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judgments decide who gets the big checks. there are many winners and all gain connections free consulting and visibility. >> $10,000 goes to project fees. >> i think it makes a huge difference. there were 600 people who paid a lot of money to come to this event. that's our market. >> reporter: by evening's end this room is buzzing with the heavy plenty of ambition, donation, innovation and hope. katherine barrett, al jazeera, seattle. >> how good is that, fund the future. kevin is up next. >> reporter: coming up on "real money." obamacare confusion as insurance companies are put on the spot. we'll tell you what it means for you. plus the small city with the funky name and the promise for people who move there free college tuition for the kids. all that and more on real money.
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>> hello again, unfortunately i have bad news for you.
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we have bad weather coming into play, and it's developing starting tonight going into tomorrow all the way through monday. let's take a look at what is happening. across the four corners region and that will get stronger as it makes its way over to the east. this is going to be bringing in warm temperatures up towards the north, and that will be part of the fuel that is going to give us severe weather later on. right now this is what we're dealing with. memphis is at 60 and atlanta still quite cool at 54 degrees. right now we're looking at that area of low pressure. what we're going to be seeing is very windy conditions over the next day pushing through the area, and warming up this region here across the central plains. that is one of the elements we need. as we go towards fume things are going to be getting windier and we'll see these temperatures move towards the north. memphis is now going to be 70 tomorrow.
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you can see the impact that we'll have therefore chicago, 59. saturday, the plow pressure moves east, and its like putting your finger over a garnett hose. also if you're traveling we're talking about chicago, st. louis and oklahoma and even dallas you could be seeing delays at the airport here. i'll bring you more in the next couple of hours with a look at your national weather. we have headlines can tony coming up right now.
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>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's stories an update. ball state university in indiana remains on lockdown. there are reports of a possible gunman on campus in munsey. the police are on the scene, as you can see here, and are trying to secure the area where the gunman was seen. a michigan man was in court today facing numerous charges including second-degree murder, manslaughter and possession of a firearm. wafer is accused of killing a young black woman. the woman was trying to get help when she was shot. >> the bill is

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