' >> in thailand protesters storm a police compound where the prime minister is forced to flee. >> saturday was the deadline to fix healthcare.gov. the obama administration says it will get the job done. the u.s. a pushing north korea to release an 85-year-old american veteran. officials there say he's being held for war crimes. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera

america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. the prime minister of thailand narrowly escaping attempts by protesters to overthrow her government. police were firing fear gas. anti-government protesters broke into oo compound where the prime minister was hiding. she avoided the mob and was tape to an undisclosed location. two were killed, dozens injured. wayne hay is covering the event in bangkok. >> hopefully i can get a few words in before the next cloud approaches me. they started using weak tear gas, but they have upped the ante, the police. it burns not only your eyes and mouth, but your skin when it comes in contact. at the moment we are seeing sporadic results by the

protesters, coming towards the barriers erected outside government house. the police are firing back with tear gas bombs. it pushes the protesters back, but after a lull they come forward, trying to get close to app taggonize the police. they threw things back towards the barriers to where the police are guarding government house. protest leaders confirmed this would be a target. they wanted to topple their target and do it on sunday. to do that they must take government house. it's symbolic to seize the house of yingluck shinawatra. they are going around bangkok to other government facilities,

trying to seize them, including the headquarters of the police. we have seen over recent days that the police guarding some of he is facilities, government officers, have been very light, police presence, if there at all. they haven't put up resistance. we are seeing a different scenario today. this government, with its police force clearly wants to defend government house. it has been reluctant to use force at any stage over recent days as protesters move around to take control of officers. they want to cripple the government and wanted the workers to go home. they wanted the government to operate because they believe it does not have legitimacy to stay in office. they believe it is corrupt, there to serve the interests of

one man, thaksin shinawatra, whose sister is the leader. >> vice president joe biden heads to china this week for a meeting with the japanese prime minister. last week china declared an air defense zone requiring pilots to identify themselves. japan and the u.s. military will not comply with their request. american airlines is heeding the government's advice. the u.s. government hasn't accepted the new order, and neither have two major japanese airlines. online again. the obama administration is expected to give us all an update on the fix to the healthcare.gov website. the tech guru brought in to

repair the site will brief on progress. after government contractors fix the latest batch of fixes. the site will go down to accommodate the upgrades. the site should now work for most people. >> we are on track to have a different user experience by the end of this month. that was our commitment. >> once the site is back up, the goal is to handle 50,000 users, and 800,000 people per day. >> the white house promises to give us a smoothly running website, weeks of negative publicity has taken a toll on the president. >> it started with a promise of affordable care act. >> through the marketplaces you can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of

your cell phone bill. >> technical failures turned into political disaster. healthcare.gov lunched on october 1st, the same day stalled talks forced a government shutdown. immediately people faced long waits. website links and a host of problems. >> a lot of information i had to re-enter or verify. congress demanded answers from health secretary kathleen sebelius. >> i apologise. i'm accountable to you to fix the problems. >> adding to the embarrassment as kathleen sebelius testified the website crashed again. the president issued apologise and made promises. >> we did fumble the ball on it. what i will do is make sure we get it fixed. by the end of this month we anticipate it will work the way it's supposed to. >> november 30th is the date set

to have healthcare.gov funking. having hired contractors administrative officials say the website can handle 50,000 users at one time. the 6% rear rate was down to 1% on october 29th. now down to the wire the whitehouse pr campaign rolls on. >> we love you no matter what. >> that's it, health insurance. >> tweeting this, encouraging their son to sign up for coverage. in october, over 100,000 people managed to pick up health plans through the federal state-run insurance exchanges. that's a fifth the number the obama administration rejected. >> consumers who want benefits in time for the new year have until november the 23rd to sign up. paving the way for democracy.

half of the changes made have been approved. voting began on saturday. the panel has until tuesday to hand over a draft to the interim president. the government has a month to call on a vote for the new constitution, and egypt will hold elections next year. in july the arm your ousted president mohamed morsi. >> after a little bit of light snow around the great lakes. maine, you are getting about 3-6 inches of snow. we are now focussing on a bigger storm to the west. first it's rain in the mountains, leaving the flooding coming off the central cascades. then the wind comes in and a winter storm warning because of snow and wind in the mountains. moisture and a jet extreme

coming in, low pressure sliding down, creating billowing winds tomorrow and tomorrow night. >> after that happens arctic air will blast in from the north, cooling down from the midwest. the factors will prep the states for big storms to develop as we get a cold air mass developing for the west and warmer to the east. it's the opposite of the last 10 days. low temperatures start out chilly. 22 for minneapolis, before arctic air comes in. mild for seattle san francisco. it looks norm. it will change up as we get into monday night and tuesday. that's when the arctic air blasts in. we'll get the rain going in the mountains and initially into the rockies. it changes to snow. note the big cool down on

monday. 43 for seattle. as we time it out, it is rain for western washington. and the band of rain sags to north california, and plenty of mountain snow coming down to idaho and montana. we'll see a lot of warnings popping up. if you are travelling along interstate 90, know that you are dealing with rainfall initially. when the cold air comes down it changes it to snow. we'll monitor that storm. boy does it change things up for the rest of the state. it will get stormier for the mid west. >> they escape the war but they have to face the cold. with winter around the corner hundreds of thousands of refugees battle harsh temperatures. >> a live report from thailand where anti-government protesters

are trying to kick out the governor.

>> now back to thailand where violence has intensified over the weekend. 2,000 armed forces have been called in to protect government buildings because critics of the prime minister say she's a puppet of her brother the former prime minister who was ousted in a coup in 2006. we go live to the capital of thailand. how did the protests start, and what exactly are they fighting over? >> well, the opposition to - people actually turned out on the streets a week ago to oppose an amnesty bill that the government was trying to push through. the amnesty bill would have given the former prime minister, the brother of the current prime minister - it would have

whitewashed his corruption charges, allowing him to return to the country without facing a prison term. thaksin shinawatra is living abroad in self-exile. the protests turned into anti-government protests and have grown larger since they started about a week ago. >> forrens you mentioned her brother, and that he fled corruption charges. where did he go. does this have anything to do with why they are angry at her? >> well he has everything to do with this, in the sense that the protesters are calling for not just this government to step down, but calling for an end to what they say is the thaksin shinawatra regime. they say that he is running this government, that she is material taking instructions from him. you have cabinet ministers holding meetings with him, where he lives in hong kong and dubai.

they say effectively he's running the show and the corrupt system are still in place. particularly they are upset over this guarantee scheme, not just her critics, but international finance organizations say is bankrupting the country. the scooem allows the government to buy rice from farmers regardless of what the price is. >> thai people believe she's accepting instructions from her brother. is there any way she can really hold on to power? well, analysts thought that she would - she defeated a no-confidence vote on thursday. analysts thought that there was one option open to her, where she could basically dissolve parliament and hold elections. she has ruled out the option.

the other option was to wait this thing out in the hopes that this will fizzle out. protests have intensified. >> just like the prime minister, looks like we are in a wait and see game. >> syrians are bracing nor another winter, the third since the civil war began. 2.2 fled the violence, half of whom are children. they are preparing for difficult winter months ahead. many of the camps are in iraq. imran khan has more. >> it's early morning and the women prepare food. they've been cooking outdoors for the summer. winter has come and with it plunging temperatures and rain. . >> i make an effort to cook

every friday. with the rain i won't be able to do this. this small treat will be taken from us. >> preparations to get the camp ready for winter are under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure the camp doesn't flood. yousef mahmoud says although things are on track, there's a long way to go. >> there'll be challenges like any other program, but we'll support the international community. >> but there's a huge difference between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of having to actually live will. >> dispute conditions around the corner, children find a way to smile and have fun. >> the children are taking advantage of mild weather before the severe winter comes. it almost doesn't matter how well prepared the camp is for

winter. the one thing that the chin and the resident of the camp wants is one thing that the aid agencies can't give them - a safe passage back to syria. >> the return to syria is a distant dream. >> translation: 10 days ago it rained. the camp was flooded. my children couldn't walk anywhere. winter is coming. >> with the u.n. agencies facing a funding crisis, this camp is like many. technically it's ready for winter, but it's scant company for the people that have to live through it. what happens here next is up to god. >> from iraq to lebanon our coverage continues. zeina khodr has this report. we are at a tenth settlement in

lebanon. they dot the landscape along the border with syria. people live in miserable conditions. they may be safe and no locker have to face the violence in syria. they warn of the danger to come. you can see people barely have anything. the ground is mud, and the plastic sheetings do not provide any shelter. just look around - just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. people are worried, and they are calling on the international community to help them. the international community can only do so much. they have to deal with their economic problems. this is how people live, four to five families in one tent. people are talking about

children suffering from respiratory problems, pneumonia and social workers warn of the possibility of such diseases spreading. so miserable conditions in the next few days and weeks. temperatures will drop. it will be below zero and people have nothing to protect them from this new threat. >> a pilot and three passengers, including an infant, died in a plane crash in alaska. the plane went down in western alaska friday night. a survivor escaped and worked three-quarters of a mile in freezing rain to get help. it took rescuers about two hours to meet them. six other passengers were hospitalized. >> recovery crews search for bodies after a helicopter crashed into a crowded bar in scotland. 120 people were packed inside a glasgow pub listening to live music when a chopper slammed

into the roof. many escaped but many were trapped when the left-handside of the building collapsed. eight were killed many injured. >> merrill newman has been held by north korea for more than a month. the united states is calling for his release, saying: >> 85-year-old merrill newman was about to leave north korea after a 10-day tour in october when arrested. he's appeared on state tv reading an alleged confession. >> ..information of the kpa, attacked the communication system, killing three innocent operators. delayed munition supply using explosives obtained from

attacking the mind. he attacked the kpa... >> the statement constaining oddly constructed sentences and errors says newman tried to meet with soldiers he trained during the war. >> i asked my guy to look for families and relatives living in the dpra. i gave email addresses and names to the guide. >> the confession was written on november the 9th. the government has been forced confessions in the past. the timing is odd. >> the time they need good relations. it's creating problems in the tourist industry, at a time when the north korean government is

serious about a threat to foreign tourists in north korea. >> if he returns to the u.s. he'll tell the truth about north korea, a sign he could be free. >> walker's family is concerned that the stress of the situation will be too much more his heart condition and he's not getting the information he needs. >> an australian teenager was killed in a shark attack. he had been body boarding with three friends in new south wales. the shark bit him on the legs. beaches are closed for 24 hours. it's australia second deadly shark attack in recent times. a 35-year-old surfer was killed by a shark last week. >> after paul walker, known for his role in the street racing franchise "fast and furious" has died in car crash.

walker was a passenger. both attended a charity event. the los angeles sheriffs said speed was a factor. he was 40. >> living with aids in america. a collective brings relieve to women, helping them overcome the disease.

>> retailers in texas are getting a boost from across the border. a sales tax in northern mexico is driving shoppers into the u.s. in search of better deals. it's expected to help texas border towns like el paso. the extra shoppers are expected to boost sales by $220 million. >> and today marks world aids day. the 2014 campaign has launched in australia. this year's theme is getting to zero. organizers are calling for zero

discrimination towards those with h.i.v. and aids. one in five new h.i.v. cases are in women. as part of our series on h.i.v. and aids tom ackerman looks at how a supportive community can help the women. >> walk through the community collective and it's the first thing you see - party dresses made from pink condoms. a contrast to the cards in the corner of the room, memorial cards to the many who are victims of aids in washington. the survivors who gathered here, most who contracted aids through unprotected sex. >> five years i knew him. he knew he has infected. he didn't give me the opportunity or the choice to say yes or no.

>> lessons on dealing with denial and fears of rejection. >> a lot of people do. you feel like you do it. who are you contaminating? >> kimberley wants her face concealed because here school-aged children don't know she's h.i.v. positive. >> i don't want know kids taking them down. >> the h.i.v. need not condemn you says grandmother renae, diagnosed 20 years ago. >> people make mistakes. the choices you make does not dictate the person you are for the rest of your life. you can be a productive person without shame. >> i refuse to let someone hold me hostage for my past. when you love yourself, you don't care how either feel. >> it's a serious but not the only college that women at the collective deal with. there's dialled abuse issues.

>> it's like an onion, you peel back the layers and they need different services. >> for this woman h.i.v. doesn't stand for a deadly curse. >> i used to call it hell in a virus, now i call it heaven in view. >> actists visits, advocates and people living with the aids virus will hold a vigil. >> violent protests continue in thailand as protesters try to overthrow the government. they were met with riot ot place and tear gas when they tried to force that way into the prime minister's office. they stormed the headquarters and three tv station. stay with al jazeera for all the latest developments on the story. i'm morgan radford coming to you live from new york city.

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