>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're following for you. the talks continue in geneva. will the new participation of five foreign ministers seal an iran nuclear deal? the pleas to release an elderly american held in north korea. and reaching out to the hopeless with necessities to make life just a little bit >> secretary of state john kerry heads to london tomorrow. the goal to stop iran from

developing war heads. that's something that the britisthey wantto avoid in the . >> what does this tell us about the state of these negotiations? >> reporter: well, richelle, the indication that he's flying out of here to go to london is adding to a growing sense of pessimism in geneva that counters the early optimism. there is also a little bit of color as well when it comes to secretary of state kerry. apparently he ducked out to buy some chocolates for his wife for thanksgiving, take that as you will. the p5+1, all the u.n. security council plus germany, all went

behind closed doors. william hague said this is not an easy process, and it is far from a done deal. >> we're not here because they're finished. they're here because it's difficult, and it remains difficult. there are narrow gaps but they are important gaps. it's important that any agreement is thundershower row, detailed, comprehensive, and that it is a deal in which we can all, and the whole world can have confidence that it will work, and it will be observed. >> reporter: and that's just the thing. they don't just want a deal here in geneva. they want a dole that will work. apparently there are some very strong sticking points. while they may be on the one yard line they're not in the end zone, yet. >> tell us what these sticking points are, what these gaps are in.

>> reporter: well, the gaps as we understand them are primarily at least on the p5+1 side of things two issues. that is the heavy water nuclear plant in a place called iraq in iran. that can produce by-product plutonium is a grave concern to the international community because that could easily be used in a weapons program. there is an outstanding surplus of uranium that iran already has. we hear that the iranian delegation is concerned that there needs to be some language in any kind of agreement that assures their rights to a nuclear program, and these are the obstacles somewhere someone, some party is digging in their heels, and they're not there yet. >> they, indeed, are not there yet, phil ittner. thank you so much. in pakistan thousands gathered for an anti-drone rally

this morning and they blocked one of the main roads leading into afghanistan. the road one of two that nato uses to carry military supplies between the two countries. afghanistan's loya jirga co convened in kabul again. they're considering a deal that allows the u.s. to stay in their country until 2024. the at this hour kish ambassador to egypt has been expelled by cairo. a spokesman said the turkish government has been working to undermine egypt's interim government. turkish president responded by saying, i hope our relations will get back on track. it's been two weeks since typhoon haiyan swept through the philippines where the number of casualties has now reached more than 5200. countless families have been torn apart and millions of children have lost their parents. we have reports from tacloban.

>> reporter: it is rare to see caesar smiling these days. the seven-year-old says he misses his families. his parents and siblings died when their house was swept away to sea. he swam for hours until he was rescued. he is now an orphan. his grandmother is unconsolible. >> it is hard. painful. i should have died out there, not my grandchildren. not them. they had their whole lives ahead of them. >> reporter: the destruction is unprecedented. more than 90% of the people here are now homeless. and as the philippine government focuses on millions of families and urgent needs such as food, water and shelter the united nations says that children are picker at this vulnerable. more than 4 million have directly affected. most of them living in disaster zones, at the risk of

exploitation, abuse and trafficking. aid groups say they must be given priority, but recovery will not be easy. most of the schools have been destroyed. so organizes are setting up play centers which is crucial to provide normalcy for thousands of children across the philippines. here they are taught songs about living in a happy home. a brief break from a harsh life in an evacuation center. many of these children have witnessed the devastation first-hand. >> health, nutrition, clean water, sanitation, protection. get the schools up and running because children are the future of the philippines, an we need to take care of these children now so they can be resilient. >> reporter: rebuilding the environment again may take some time and social workers hearsay

these are children forced to deal with grief at an early age and they need protected before all of their childhood is lost, too. al jazeera, central philippines. >> the wife of an 85-year-old u.s. war veteran is begging for the release of their husband. he is being held in pyongyang on unknown charges after entering the country. they working with the swedish embassy to resolve the issue but cannot comment further. president obama used his address to tout the ways the american economy is improving. >> our business versus created 7.8 million new jobs in the past 44 months. another 200,000 americans went back to work last month. the american auto industry has come roaring back with 350,000 new jobs, jobs selling the high tech fuel efficient cars that the world wants to buy, and

they're leading the charge that has added a sector since the 1990's. >> the president highlighted that the u.s. has reduced its dependence on foreign oil for the first time in 20 years america is producing more oil than it buys from other countries. the u.s. department of housing and urban development said the number of homeless has declined since 2010. florida still has one of the highest rates in the country, but thanks in part to a miami-dade homeless trust things are beginning to turn around. the state has seen the biggest drop on homelessness nationwide. more than 600,000 people living in shelters across the country, survival is a daily struggle. the homeless have to protect themselves and their possessions as well, this is a program that is trying to help.

>> reporter: as nightfalls on chicago the city homeless find anything they can. there is always fear that their few possessions could be stolen. brian is among more than 2,000 homeless chicagoans getting free backpacks to hold everything. >> there is a bunch of compartments, i can put my blanket there and it's waterproof. >> it looks the same. >> the city packs is the brain child of a businessman ron kaplan. >> we're going to give everyone one. >> using money from a family foundation he partnered with high sierra to provide the packs. he started giving them away last year at chicago churches and expanded the program this year to boulder colorado. >> living in chicago and seeing people on the streets with plastic bags and inadequate means to carry their stuff safely, i just said, wait a minute. shouldn't it be a backpack for these people or some device. >> reporter: these packs were

designed specifically for the homeless. they're extra large and weather resistant. in here is a rain passenger sh s detachable. and this is worn around the wrist so it cannot be taken while the person is sleeping. >> reporter: this version in maui will be made in a lighter color to defect heat. >> of the hawaiians was larger and bigger was critical for us. >> thank you in. >> reporter: by the end of the year city tech hopes to have 5,000 packs on the backs of the homeless, they'll expand to maui next month and boston and texas next year. it's been a month since he got his city pack. he said since then he no longer has to side his belongings to

prevent theft when he rides his bike to the soup kitchen or the library. for son that is a bit of security at a time when he has little. >> in honduras the presidential election is set for tomorrow and the race there is razor thin. the wife of outest leftest leader is running the nationa nationalist party. the campaign has been led by a single issue. it has the highest homicide in the world. >> reporter: like many hundre hs he's waiting for more information about the killing of

his father. a man was killed out in broad daylight. >> this case has not been investigated all. it's supposedly under a special agency. they have not called us or told us anything. >> reporter: honduras ex-owner general said iex-attorney genert could only investigate oh 20% of homicide. a broken justice system-- >> rule of law i, we don't haven objective attorney general. we don't have a national human rights commissioner who can carry out his functions. >> it's not just the justice system at risk but the judges themselves. the united nations expert

express graven concern when the congress dismissed four supreme court judges after they ruled a law unconstitutional. in some are targeted. more than 60 lawyers and judge versus been killed here since 2010. there is little faith in those tasked with protecting the population. this year 1400 police officers have been suspended over alleged corruption and ties to organized crime. these problems go back a long time. what we're trying to do is get on the right path and make sure that these people who feel frustrated and scared will have a better tomorrow. >> but for today the government has deployed a new military police force to deploy the most dangerous cities. >> an organization that is above the law. an organization that is heavily

armed is acting against the population and against its citizens. >> reporter: a stark warning for those demanding answers and justice from their country. adam raney, al jazeera honduras. >> oh move to limit how much top business managers get paid, and the new automobile in san francisco. that's coming up in al jazeera america. >> a tiny american dream, al jazeera america presents... tiny: a story about living small premiers tomorrow 9 eastern.

>> in switzerland ceos may soon have to take a pay cut. it's the fair pay or 1:12 initiative. it would change the swiss constitution and cap salaries at 12 times the wage of its lowest paid workers. detroit is the heart of the american auto industry, but the future of the hybrid and electric vehicles may be somewhere else entirely. san francisco has become the hip new hub for experimentation. melissa chan has more. >> reporter: welcome to silicon valley. sure you've got people on facebook, but you've also got this, an all electric creation. it's a different type of tech start up. it begins production on its first 1,000 motorcycles next year. >> right now it's a really

exciting moment in hardware because there is a new hardware start up revolution going on in the bay area. >> reporter: the company caught the attention of investors including former executive from chrysler. they're challenging industry conventions in both design and electric battery development. start ups like these, just three years old, has come up with high-tech innovation that will have real application for the entire motivat motor industry. tesla has led the electric pack. sales have skyrocketed but they have had unexpected issues including battery fires and a federal safety probe. still there is no doubt that the company is energizing electric entrepreneurs.

>> tesla proved that electric vehicles had a place. >> reporter: motor heads here have come up with crazy creations. >> we are a start up vehicle company and creating a self balancing electric motorcycle or two-wheel car. >> reporter: it drives like a traditional car but balances with two gyroscopes. the nimbleness of a motorcycle that can slip lanes and slip in and out of traffic with a normal steering wheel. they hope to have it recognized as a separate vehicle class. such innovation versus not only caught the attention of detroit, detroit has come out west. ford's lab opened last year. >> we needed to be in silicon valley to have access to the talent base and software, but also to be able to partner with companies and really just experience working in a different way than we

traditionally work in dearborn. >> reporter: the electric scooter type would hardly appear to change transportation, but younger drivers would prefer alternative transportation rather than bumper to bumper roads. for now, companies here have more modest designs. but if the future is electric it looks bright in silicon valley. al jazeera, san francisco. >> students in at atlanta college are taking an unique and provocative approach of doing body image. we have this very interesting story from atlanta.

>> reporter: showcasing the nude chiseled physiques of some of america's top athletes, it carries the tag line bodies we want. the edition sparked a conservation between editors campus newspaper. >> these are ideal, perfect fess seekphysiques, and we wanted to cater to something in our campus. >> you have different types of bodies and people who are struggling with internal issues that affect their bodies. we wanted to have that conversation. >> reporter: the history compl y black college are taking a bold initiative. not just posing nude but

revealing their personal stori stories. >> one person talked about them reclaiming their body after sexual assault. another talked about being an athlete and an recognize i can't. >> substance abuse. >> it's something that i dealt with since i was 18. i'm not 30, i thought it would be something that i would have to confront some of this stuff of my past. >> i was considered the chunky kid growing up, but also with my skin, not more so skin tone but having the nervous habit of picking my skin. >> reporter: morehouse faculty was hesitant about students posing nude but then quickly got on important after realizing the impact it could happen. >> i think it's the main thing being comfortable with who you are and then decide who you might be if you want to make a change. but that should come internally. you should not be making those changes because of forces the

outside. >> i want students to pick up the edition, and know that it is absolutely okay to talk about their bodies. it's absolutely okay to talk about their struggles, their flaws, their triumphs, victories they've had over their own bodies. >> reporter: with more than 60,000 online views, the most provocative issue ever is now it's most popular. jonathan martin, al jazeera, atlanta.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories that we're following for you. secretary of state john kerry is in geneva to hammer out an agreement on iran's nuclear program. the high level talks include the foreign ministers of russia, china, germany, france and britain. thousands of pakistanis rallied this morning for an end to u.s. drone strikes. they also blocked one of the two main roads n.a.t.o. uses to

bring supplies to afghanistan. >> meteorologist: well, it's a beautiful day across the northeast. high pressure is in control, but that cold air is pushing on in out of canada. we're looking at mostly clear skies across much of the north central plains all the way into the west. but take a look down across the pacific southwest and back into portions of new mexico. this upper low heavy pressure drawing in quite a bit of moisture off the pacific ocean, so some areas are going to get hit again and again. particularly across phoenix. if you're traveling along i-17, it's all snow for you and the winds are gusting quite a bit across the region. we'll have to deal with this system quite a bit, not just today but as we head on into tomorrow. it will ring wind, rain and snow across the highest elevations we'll see the snow but we'll also have to deal with the rain

across phoenix. as we head on into tomorrow it will push just a little bit further bit into the east. we'll have to deal with snow, rain and icy conditions across much of new mexico, on into eastern portions of texas. we've had reports of accidents yesterday, even this morning across portions of texas. this picture coming out of wichita falls. we're looking at quite a bit of thin eyes coating the roadways because of this area of low pressure, all of this moisture streaming into the east. some of the areas that we're concerned with, santa fe into albuquerque, into lubbock, and into an lean. it only takes a little bit of ice to cause horrible conditions across the roadways. look at temperatures. right now at 38 degrees in albuquerque where the wins are gusting. 42 in el paso, but that cold air will continue to play a major

role as we track into this afternoon and into tonight. plaque ice will continue to be a problem. even as we push towards portions of oklahoma and nebraska as well. richelle, back to you. >> thank you. if you were asked to name the heart of canadian culture, you may say toronto or vancouver. but here the art is incredible. [ drum beats ] >> reporter: up here a barren land, no trees. where the winter lasts eight months and the wind blows all the time. it's the land of legends where the sparseness of life inspires

art. >> this lives beneath the ice. once someone falls into the water, it will pick up the person and carry it back down to the ocean. >> reporter: cape dorsett clings to a rocky shoreline. in 1959 a government official started a cooperative society to encourage and pay local inuit to make art. for 54 years former nomads have earned a living as artists. they are printed and sent south for sale in shows across america. >> i mostly work on my imagination. that for example, i was trying to make it flying birds, but it looked like it was walking, so i said it was a walking bird. i enjoy drawing that one very

much. >> reporter: today's you sculptures carve with power tools. their work is contemporary, not folk art, but a statement from the cusp of change. polar bears dance, fish sport human skulls, and men and machinery take on new form in stone. >> it's always modern. when you walk in and look at the art on the wall, it is new, it is raw, it's provocative. troubling sometimes. other times just joyous. >> reporter: in canada's north, a hunting and gathering lifestyle has given way to settlements and supermarkets. think of art, then, as a principle from the past to the future, but also as a welcomed source of income and pride in a community in need of both. >> thank you for watching al jazeera. i'm richelle carey. "inside story" is next.

updates throughout the day you can always check out our website at www.aljazeera.com. immigration system. what is in the pipeline, comprehensive, piecemeal or nothing. i'm ray suarez, and that's the "inside story." ♪ >> hello, thanks for joining us for this edition of inside story. speaker of the house john boehner said it this wing. immigration reform is not dead in the house of representatives. but, he says, comprehensive,