[the house is voting right now on that budget deal, they are voting as you can see the votes being counted. u.n. report on chemical warfare from syria. proving to be inconclusive. and talking on cell phones in flight turning into a political football today. as dualing agencies weigh in. that compromised budget plan facing its first major test today. we want to take you live now to the floor of the

house, where the voting has just began, that deal reached earlier this week, it would prevent another government shut down and ease those across the board cuts known as sequester. libby casey is live on capitol hill, and libby, they are voting how are the votes going? and what do we expect? >> that's right. we will look for results in 20 minutes or so. we are expecting to see this pass. john boehner just a few moments ago talking about the bill. >> is it perfect? does it go far enough? no. not at all. >> so you hear there, speaker boehner saying it isn't the best, to see democrats certainly feel the same way, it looks to get enough to pass, the house will be able to go home for the holiday after that, but it will be kicked over to the senate, where democrats are strongly supporting it. even though they and the senator are saying it is

not the ideal picture, today they said they are standing behind it, and so they should be able to get just enough to get onboard with them to pass it there as well. >> and libby, speaker boehner isn't the only one who is not too happy, who is else upset? >> everybody is displeased just about the same amount. no one is loving it, it is a very mossest proposal. it isn't big in the scope. the republican arctic ocean text of this says it doesn't go far enough. swelts congressman ryan, we are also and they have been railing on the house floor, this evening about the fact that long term unemployment said to expire in a couple of weeks time, right after christmas.

so this is something that was instituted back when the recession hit, long term benefits. now congress could come in and deal with this at that point. but december 28ing is that crucial deadline. both sides have been at each other's throats how does it feel for members of congress to be getting something done? but from their own right. so congressman was on the house floor saying look, let's talk politics here, i ran for vice president on the republican ticket last year, and he is talking about how he does want to see republicans win more seats, have more cog over things so he can get more of the conservative agenda push,

but right now he is talking about just trying to get basic compromises so that we don't deal with another government shut down in january. or even next october. so this could set the picture that would allow to go ahead, pass budgets and then congress can work on other issues. over topics that have been sitting around not getting dealt with. libby casey on capitol hill, thank you very much. the white house is given americans more time to sign up for health insurance. consumers now have until december 23rd to enroll in the plan. those plans set to take effect on january 21st. insurance companies were also urged to provide retroactive coverage for people who sign up after january 1st. the report is in tonight for the chemical weapons use in syria, the

findings no direct link can be made between the attack and the victims uh it all may be a moot point. >> much has happened since the first allegations of the use of chemical reference in syria in march of this year. >> the syrian government acknowledged that it protogged chemical weapons and subsequently joined the convention. the u.n. joint division was established and continues to oversee the timely elimination of the syrian's chemical weapons program, the safest and most secure manner. the use of chemical weapons is a grave violation of international law, and an affront to our shares humanity. we need to remain vigilant, to ensure that these reference are eliminated, not only in

syria but everywhere, i thank you. >> ,n secretary, roughly 30,000 people have been killed by guns in the year since the standdy hook mags car. alga seize rah has more on what has been done to reduce gun violence. >> these are the faces of newtown. these are the faces of 20 children who were murdered in their classroom. six and seven-year-olds killed in a constant stream of gunfire. a crime that brought the country and its lead tore tears he. proked their deaths would not be in vain, the country would change its gun laws his vice president would make sure of it, the newtown families lobbied but so did the powerful rifle

association, the gun rights group won. the legislation to bring background checks banned certain assault weapons and slips that hold large amount of ammunition failed. >> he promised he would hug the families he would keep fighting but since that day there has not been a renewed push, both sides on the issue say the next election will determine what happens next. >> when you have a constituency like moms getting involved which make off majority of the voters and who care more about the safety of their children, then they do about a lunatic fringe that is basically holding the country hostage, i think you will see things change. >> thankfully they have taken their time on this, so we won't get anything tremendously foolish that may come through. we are doubly concerned about something especially as sensitive as a civil right in this country. and what that may lead to down the road.

>> in the meantime, the fight has turned to the states. even more, 14 have voted to reease restrictions newtown did have one impact, gun sales skyrocketed. no one keeps track on how many are sold in the united states, but so far 24 year, the government ran almost 19 million background checks, that's on course to beat last year, meaning there could be as many as 19 to 20 million new guns on the street so in the year that's passed, after the tears have been shed, promises made and not kept, politicians and lobbyiest look to the future and the next election, but on the anniversary, the nation will stop for one day to remember their futures. stolen forever. >> and that was patty reporting. we turn now to south africa. thousands of people waiting in long lines just to have a few moments to view the

antiapartheid icon's casket. mandela will lie in state for one more day. he will be layed to rest this weekend. morgan has more. >> right now we are outside of the union building where nelson mandela's body is laying for the second day. and really right now there are crowds outside who have traveled for as much as five hours from across the country, and they still haven't been able to get in. ma'am, how long have you been waiting? >> oh, a long time, since 6:00 i have been here. but i didn't see -- we didn't see madiba, we have to see him today. charles, you told me you traveled very far. >> we travel about -- so you have traveled since 3:00 o'clock in the morning. >> with my daughters. >> and you haven't been able to see his body.

>> no. >> what do you think they should do now? we are not sure but we are going to sleep here. >> yes, yes. >> request want to see him. >> so you are going to stay here until you see him? >> yes. >> there you have it. saying they will wait all night so they can say goodbye to the man they call father. >> flying the friendly skies is still one of the few places anywhere where people can escape those cell phone calls and people making the calls that you have to listen to. most americans want to keep it that way. according to quinnipiac university, 50% say they oppose cell phone use on planes. today weighing in as that agency reviewed lifting a 22 year ban on cell phone use in flight. >> on the last person in the world whon't ways to listen to somebody talking to me while i fly across the country.

but he are the technical agency, and we will make rules to reflect that i just got off of a flight half way across the country, i can't imagine six hours sitting nec to somebody yakking on the phone. >> well, this is the point. i think people are very very concerned about this. talking to antibrenda, you have some high flying businesswoman cutting a deal all the way between new york and california. it could be awful, but the fcc says look, the equipment is in place, so why not. and so they have launched this, the flight attendants, they loathe it, they are going to fight it all the way, they see nothing but problemmed down the road. what about people like us, people that fly on a daily basis. to get a few views on people that are flying

today to see what they think. >> i think it is anoising. you are on a flight and people are traveling quite a bit, so people want their privacy, and i can't imagine being on a plane with someone that is having a three hour conversation on a flight. and it also calls dustrags i think it is good to have the devices on, so people can handle their things but draft is already stressful as it is. >> you are using to wearing your cell phone everywhere, it returns you life, to get on an airplane and not use it it is tough. >> i hear your cell phone now. >> i know. what we are talking about here, is not turning your guise on or off when you take off or land, and whether that happens, what we are talking about is the ability to make a call on your cell phone on a commercial flight

once it gets above 10,000 feet. as the polls are shows it seems to divide opinion. >> john, if the fcc and the ftc says this should happen, does that mean it is etched in stone? and the airlines have to do it? >> they are going to rule, they want to get this out of the way, look, if this goes ahead. we may well step in to block this. we did phone the airline, and it seems like delta southwest and virgin are saying no no, all the rest are prepared to wait and see. give me a sense of how people there are reacting? there are issues and this appears to be one of

those issues that struck a nerve. s that what you found? >> totally, people are just completely against this. you know how awful it is when you are on a train, or a bus, at least on a train you can get up and move to another carriage. but for those -- no, we will be stuck at 40,000 feet in an for five hours going on the red eye, across the country, with someone yakking away it could be held in the skies. in many ways, but we will see. public consultation starts uh no. and we will know more. >> you are aviated remember of arguments for these type of debates. is it your experience, if the industry decides to do this, the cell phone industry will step up and say we can make this possible, so that you talking on your phone

doesn't drive everybody crazy? >> i don't think there's much tor done about that. i think those that done like the idea will just have to buy noise canceling headphones. as for the equipment, it is ready. you can do it now. the equipment wasn't ready then, so now nine years down the road, it is. and it is a little cell tower on the plain, not a great big one, but it is a small one. but it can communicate between the plane and the ground. that's why we have the public con summation. >> perhaps i guess we could go back to the good old days where they had maxwell smart, that is our john, he is live again, he is talking about the issue of cell phones on planes. whether or not the public likes them and based on the polls they do not.

he is live with us, tom, you are a veteran, bolls show americans don't like this, so why with we thinking about doing it anyway. >> well, you know, -- it's another -- it is a technology that we have the right to, by at the same time, if you go back i have travel add lot, i have almost 6 million air miles behind me, if you go back to the 80's we used to have those telephones inside our seats where you get the credit card, and swipe them, and bring them back in some huge telephone. probably 15 -- probably 15-dollar as minute, but we have had telephones on the airplanes before, but now what they are doing is open up every smart phone in america, to where everybody can talk. and i think that can be a true nightmare.

think i'd rather have a screaming baby beside me. you know each aaron has the right to make that decision, it is one thing, and we will see it, but it is competitive, and the -- i guess what it comes down to is not so much two leisure travel, as the business traveler says you know, i need to make a phone call, once in a while, i may have an important decision waiting for. we are seeing the texting i have no problem with the texting, i have no problems with the video. right now i think southwest announced yesterday going from two minutes aday. i think if we do it smartly, can deal with maybe there's a time limit of maybe five minutes. you have something important, maybe emergency in the family, maybe some business decision. and you need some verbal conversation.

and with the technology and the i.p. and everything else in your cell phone, they can limit and just kick you right off after five minutes. so i think there's technology out there that can make that control, but we teal just have to see. it is brand new, and we will just have to see at the end of the day, i know i wouldn't want to sit beside someone who is yapping about what they did last weekend, or what party they went to. >> and i'm glad you brought that up, i was going to ask you, isn't space a major concern? if you are in a restaurant, and somebody is talking you can get up and walk away. on a plane, the seats are sold out, you are shoulder to shoulder, you can't leave on a plane. >> yeah, you are a captive audience, and the airplanes in many cases will tell you you have to sit down. but again, i think if there's limits there, again, i would assume if you use telephones, and you have to admit, since

february 2008, when they came one this great idea, of charging $25 for your first bag. >> oh, yes. >> since then, now they are going to collect seven to $8 billion, if the airline see that they can make tens or millions of dollars a year, by using a cell phone, what do you think they are going to do? i think they probably will turn around and say yeah, let people use cell phones. all they do is chat chat. >> i was going to say, unfortunately, not enough time as well, so thank you that is tom, he is the ceo of best fairs.com, thank you. >> thank you. >> millions of packages are going to be sent oh the next two weeks and coming up, we will take you behind the scenes at world port, and show you

what makes that operation tick. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast, some rain showers pushing through orlando right now. atlanta is going to be about 56. an american auto maker making history. the newer ground general motor is making as it names its latest

ceo. we continue to follow breaking news from north korea. reporting that kim john-un's uncle has been executed for treason. live from seoul, take us up to this point? what led us to his uncle being accused of something so severe as treason? >> well, it is an extraordinary -- i should point out, i am in bangkok, so usually in seoul, but i am in bangkok for the current crisis here. but just, weaking up this morning to find out this latest extraordinary captainner the down fall and obviously the final chapter. he is as an extremely powerful figure, the uncle the husband of the former leader sister.

on the death of kim jong-il nearly two years ago. and there have been reported in the south korean media for soil time, based on the assessment, but a couple of the aids have been executed, and then we got this extraordinary development on monday, when the agency publicly said there had been a meeting of the very senior bureau of the workers party, the ruling party, at which he was public humiliated his crimes layed there, he was dragged from that meeting by two soldiers. this doesn't usually happen in north korea, this time of extremely out front envision dispatching of a very senior person. and now we have this report that from the agency that there was a military tribunal, he was accused of trying to overthrow the state and trying to stand in the way of the succession,

and one pacific alleged crime went back even before took power, which he was at a large party meeting in which he was promoted to a senior post within the party, he was accused of not applauding properly, and subsequently admitting that he felt that the cementing of his power would challenge his own political ambitions. so it is an incredible turn of events. the white house saying that it is another instant of the brutality of the regime, they have no reason not to believe that this has happened and that they are watching developements very closely. >> joining us live, concerning the news out of north korea that kim john-un's uncle has been executed. also we are learning right now that the bipartisan budget treatment has now cleared at least the first hurdle that being passed in the house. it now goes on to the senate where we are expecting the same from

washington. retail sales coming in stronger than expected. david chuter is on top of it all real money straight ahead in our 7:00 hour, you are filling in, so crunch the numbers for us, what do they mean? >> what it means is there's still great indications that the economy continues to pick up steam. another so called nonstore retailers like cataloged they jumped to over 2%, and that did not include sales from cyber monday, which was in december. awe stow parts dealers swell garden equipment stores they all delivered good numbers with sales climbing 1.8%, and they are also gains in furniture and electronic. however, there's still some caution because the clothing retailers, they saw their numbers drop a little bit, so you have a lot that sell clothe whose are nervous, and they want to see more

evidence about the economy more numbers to come in before they say, hey, everything is back to normal, and consumers are gaping confidence, in a way a lot of people are hoping. >> david chuter filling in, coming up at the top of the hour, david, thank you very much. >> you rah welcome. >> shipping activity, the number of packages that you send is a benchmark of economic group, the early indicators are that it is way up. millions of packages already being mailed in the run up to christmas. robert gray is live, robert, they are hopping there right no uh? >> they are dell, and they are also freezing. it is very cold tonight, but behind me in the building, the structure about 55,000 workers around the clock, trying to get packages around the world, we caught up with many of them yesterday, as we went behind the scenes in world port louisville. >> millions of packages, hundreds of airplanes.

thousands of workers, in a facility the size of 90 football fields and a shorter shipping season this year. >> right now these folks are taking the containers out. this is the big time. there are tons of packages, there's customers all over the world, and they are counting on us. >> this is the u.p.s. world port, in louisville kentucky. where nearly 200 cargo jets will land, load up, and fly around the world each day until christmas. it is the crown jewel of u.p.s., and the airline seasonal. it is our largest hub for parcel handling and the largest automated facility in the world. >> now, on the peek day, which is december 23rd, they are expecting to process over 4 million packages. >> nationwide, u.p.s. has hired over 55,000 seasonal workers.

and the company expect volume to be up nearly 5%. >> i fly around the world, so i am going on a trip where i will hit every weather system in the world. >> here at world port, there are five full time meteorologists. watching weather around the planet. helping to make sure the 132 million packages in the air, and on the ground, will be delivered safely the week before christmas. that product gets made in china or overseas in europe and it comes back here, and gets delivered or anywhere in the world we can make that happen. >> according to many of the employees every day until christmas will feel like the super bowl for them. long hours, precision pace, and adrenaline. >> so next week is the businessiest week here at

the world port and around the world, the ceo scott davis says he is pretty happy so far, with the uptick, in volume. he would like to see it grow, and he blames some of the lack of growth on partisan politics in washington. and we will be right back. lap

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some people had to be turned away because of the numbers the viewing continues tomorrow. but even if the scc decides to end that ban, the department of transportation saying it would not allow cell phone use on planes anyway, created division among communication and aviation experts. the house voting to

approve that budget agreement, the bill would prevent another government shut down. that legislation now heading to the senate. baites finding instances of chemical weapons use, but couldn't say whether the rebels or government was responsible. there are some 82 pages here, i have been through it as best asky in that time, they looked at seven different cases, where it was claimed that chemical weapons were used and they gave their scientific findings of what they found, and with they thought chemical weapons were used. so basically they dismissed two, and say they can't find evidence that they were use.

the one says probably, and the other two they say they have evidence that kem weapons were used but on a small scale. in five different cases this year, deeply concerning of course. whether it was the governments side or the opposition side. that is outside the reference of this particular report. >> now we have the report, what is next. >> well, i think the focus is now, things have moved on as you know, syria has said it will hand over all its chemical weapons and i think that's the focus, the separate team that is there trying to collect those. and we got to this stage. they secures the chemical

weapons they have a list that syria has. now the extremely difficult bit, they have to get them out of the country. to the port -- now that will be a really difficult operation, because they are going through areas that are effectively an active war zone, if they manage to get them to the port, then the next stage is the norwegian and danes will arrange a ship which will pick them up there, take them by ship, somewhere nell the mediterranean, and another port, and i am hearing that is likely to be in crow way sha, and transfer the chemical weapons from the north korea ow januaries to the u.s. ship, then the u.s. ship goes to sea, and it has the equipment to destroy all those chemical weapons. it is a very ambitious plan, the time lines are very tight, they are supposed to get them out of the country by the end of the year. just a couple of weeks away, the very difficult phase is coming up now.

there is word tonight that federal inspectors will be spending 60 days with the metro north rail line. as metro north all part of a overall assessment. you may recall that four people were killed more than 60 injuries when that train derailed. lisa stark has more? fatigue is a big problem in transportation, it is a 24 hour a day business. >> it is too soon to know what caused the train wreck, but if it turns out that engineer william rockefeller did nod off, nearly fall asleep, this

accident would be another in a long list. >> fatigue is an insidious instigator of accidents in all modes of transportation. >> a national safety board investigation into this 2011 tour bus crash found the driver had hardly slept in three days. 15 people died. in 2009, the ntsb say as tired trucker who had been on the road for over ten hours killed ten in oklahoma. in 2004, investigators say an exhausted cruise freight train slammed into another train releasing he that will lorrin. three died. the ntsb says pilots who had been on duty 14 hours cracked short of the runway, 13 dies. the ntsb has made more than 200 safety recommendations on fatigue. former managing director called eight challenging problem. >> it still may not be

taken seriously, by either the operators or management. there tends to be a macho philosophy of wesley power through, if i am feeling tiredly power through it. >> this is what can happen if you doze off, watch this tired trucker as he careens across the highway. in some cases note at the control, plain, even car may not realize just how tired they are. >> just like we talk about how people are very bad judge of whether they have had too much to drink, we might also be a very bad judge of whether we are too sleepy to drive. >> killing over 1500, injurying 40,000. >> dishard to police individual drivers. but the department of transportation has put in new rules, for pilots, truck drivers, bus

operators and railroad crews, requiring shorter work days and longer rest periods. safety experts say those rules are long overdue. still there is no full proof answer, the train engineer reportedly had a full nights sleep, but he was just two weeks into a new early morning shift. sleep experts say his body may not have adjusted. technology may help, everything from eye and face tracking to warn truckers they are falling asleep, to sophisticated systems that can stop or slow a train, if the engineer failed to. but sleep researchers say what also needs to change is attitudes. >> the first wish i would make is for everyone to start thinking about their sleep seriously. >> quit be a matter of life and death. the science of fatigue continues to evolve, one thing that some agencies are trying to do is not just put in rules that make sure that pilots have enough hours to sleep, but also rules

that take into account rhythms the wake and sleep rhythms of our body. that's important to make sure that a worker is truly not fatigued. >> we turn now back to our top story that bipartisan deal passing the house at this hour, this year's budget battle brings to light internal visions within the party. they have lost all credibility. they push it into the fight to defund obama-care. most of you know, my members know, that wasn't exactly the strategy i had in mind. if you recall, the day before the government reopened one of the people -- one of these groups stood up and said well we never thought it would work. are you kidding me? >> david packman is a political analyst, he is

also the host of the david packman show, animated. speaker boehner there, but this time he is animated about people from his own party. >> yeah, there's this three pronged split in the republican party, right now you have the probusiness, low tax republicans you have the evangelical wing. and then you have the tea party win, now, it is interesting what is happening with john boehner because considered to be maybe on the tea party side, but at the same time had a lot of alliances with the more mit romney pro business low tax side, but here in the situation where criticizing members of the party, being criticized by wings of the republican party is very interesting. >> am i missing something as a member of the public? are we looking at a situation where neither party really wanted to win the midterms? after all, in october we were talking about the republicans being in trouble, because of the government shut down, in knot there was that disastrous roll out. now it is republicans fighting republicans over a budget deal, who likes

who on capitol hill? >> i don't know if it is an issue of who likes who, but really now getting into the pre2014 election period, i think the obama-care is going to improve for democrats, because it is eventually going to be popular. where they need to put all their dollars into talking about how bad it is, getting young people not to sign up, we have to see how much people know, but then blocked the vote on unemployment benefit extensions for 1.3 million people who is a key thing right now for democrats. >> while these debates continue, there are real issues in the country that need to be solved. pagely the immigration bill. lebanon million people living here wondering what happening next. why can't congress get

its act together? why can't they do what they are supposed to do? >> i spoke recently with former republican congressman who actually did some time in federal prison for his involvement. >> and the problem is, a lot of money is raised for republicans, talking about how against marriage equality they are hob against women's right to choose, about their own medical procedures, they raise a lot of money based on those, but they aren't the most important issues. you aren't going to raise that much money. >> we should point out this is not just democratic verses republican, we have a divide that is taking place. between older politicians and younger politicians subpoena saying we use together not like what got past, but at least we passed something, and we dealt and compromised,

whatever happens to looking back and saying the good old days in. >> that's also a ten kennedy idea. even if you identify problems and you want to upsend the system, if you have an opportunity to make things better. how close to ragan are you on the right, and how close on the left. we are starting to depart from that, and as you mentioned it isn't so much about the traditional party identification. >> and on the issue of your age, the biggest issue facing right now, is will there be social security when i become a retirement age, and yet nothing was done about social security yet again. >> that is an issue, but the reality is that the social security numbers are not nearly as bad as republicans would make you think.

the real issue is jobs. we have real wages lower right now then when my generation started. that's a pretty unique position to be in, soy think jobs and the economy are the number one issue. and millen i wills are increasingly united that republicans lose on. marriage equality, abortion,est. fighterrer weather extremes from last year, some air temperatures were playly low, and there are a lot of changes occurring within the ecosystem. including the migration of some species never before seen in the region. the latest environmental invasion coming it of the arctic. >> for several years

scientists have been diving beneath the ocean, looking for the pink glow of a living algae. they weigh up to 70-kilos and once wrestled up to the surface, they are laying centuries of the north's changing climate. they are very similar to try rings on land. >> but the size depends on how much sunlight they have absorbed when the sea surface isn't frozen. for more than a century, as things grow up, the earth rings show an arctic ocean increasingly free of ice. >> overall, there is -- >> starting around 18:50.

which coincides with the industrial revolution, but also coincides with the end of a period that was called the little ice age. >> this is pure research. not activism, but the information feeds into work by other climate scientists that should tell us what to expect as the earth gets warmer. arctic sea ice moments rapidly, with some predicting an ice free north pole within a decade or two. at have impacts all around the world, and there is simply a sign that climate change has gone too far, and we need to take action. >> nowhere on earth is climate change more acute than in the arctic.

more research is needed but governments like can that have made cuts to science. now to ukraine, where mass protests appear to have had an impact. the government is going to sign that trade deal with the european union. last month, president victor rejected in favor of one with russia. if you are one of the thousands to join the protest movement, you can come here for warm. city hall is in revolutionary hands. the nationalists is running things organizing care, catering and the place to sleep.

all work for one goal. >> that's the removal of the president. and the european future. but who can lead a new ukraine. three main opposition parties are competing for influence. a nonparty civil union wants them to put their differences aside. >> really very -- >> all this revolutionary movement holds and people remain united a new political system, regardless of their political persuasion, they are still singing with one voice. >> this harmony request be their undoing. al jazeera, kiav. >> cotton was once king, we will tell you why egyptian cotton could

become a thing of the past, and the billest drill in the world is stuck. engineers are battled. we will dig deep to find out why. this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. he wanted to cut the growth in cost of living adjustments and others that felt that was the wrong way to go to start to cut entitlements or at least slow the growth of entitlements. both of them came to a neutral, compromised ground. this is a compromise of the sort that people have been asking for for quite some time.

the bottom line here, those conservative objections are getting some traction, but the betting is now this evening that this is going to pass the house of representatives on thursday and go to the senate the next week and end up on the president's desk, joie. >> mike, thanks for being with us. we'll follow up. ahead. the international space station marks 15 years. are we getting enough bang for our buck, or is it just taking up space? get it? >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiers the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just

in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america in trouble.cotton try is cash crop once moan as white gold in the region has seen a steady decline. only 435,000 bails are projected to be produces next year. be i the way, that is a drop of about 11% from 2012. into the cotton fields where farmers are now feeling the effects. >> has been at work since sun rise.

bigging this all day will earn her less than $5 as she explained this is all she knows. >> i have been doing this ever since i was a child. we spend all day under the sun picking cotton. >> cotton was once the cash crop in the delta and elsewhere but now the area of land is less than a quarter of what it was. the product in this field represents around 1,000-dollars in value. but the farmer will only get half of that. >> cultivating the cotton requires good irrigation, fertilizers and pest sized to keep the soil healthy. in a good year, these costs can easily be recooped but not this year. because as explained, the harvest is poor. >> it is bad this year.

the bails will end up in factories like this one. but here too, declining demand has had its effect. tens of thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the past few years, as factories have shut down. in 13 month period, cotton exports fell by more than 40%. only 100% egyptian cotton, she says demand for her product is done. so the selling every kay, if i compare between this year and the year before, the year before is better than this year. the guest is prized around the world for its

quality, but with cheap imports plummeting demand, and on going economic instability, some fear egyptian cotton might one day become a thing of the past. as we continue our look into this global market, again that's tomorrow right here on al jazeera america. the city of seattle has a mystery on its hands a project to build a massive tunnel there has been brought to a grinding stop. crews hit an unknown object. tonya is live where the engineers are sometime mid and tonya, what's the latest? that big dig is at a standstill, and it has been since friday. crews are trying to figure out what to do next, but as we have learned it is complicated. is booring machine is nicknamed birth that, and it is the largest machine in the world.

as friday you said, it hit that mysterious object and stopped. now the machine is 60 feet under ground, and 110 feet down. the plan is to send crews down to investigate, but there are some challenges, first off, it is not pressurize sod they must set up chambers and special divers or they can drill down above to stabilize the soil. now there is a lot of talk of what may have caused this, i may be as simple as a boulder, others think it may be a look into seattle's past. and also, a rail line. and a shipyard. >> there are thousands of guesses floating around, but until we get down there, and see what the actual situation is, it's just speculation and guesses. >> it is way too early for us to have any comment whatsoever.

which this going to delay the project, we don't know enough yet. >> . >> and tonya, bring us up to date, why are they building this tun snell? >> that's a great question, it is in replacement of the alaska via duct. you can see the beams behind me, it is a bridge that lloyds to downtown seattle, it is also a way to update the sea wall. >> tonya joining us live, thank you very much. that is the first one in more than 100 years. london has made laws more rigid which drove a lot of dill stillers -- the

owners have to wait another few years before they can brew and it can be called whisky. in madrid, the spirit of christmas is being celebrated on a rather unusual spot. a nativity scene has turned up in a shark tank. with figures of jesus, mary, and joseph nearby, the annual nativity scene has become quite the hit. it has been festive and a tradition at the madrid zoo since 1995. all of them by the way doing quite well. when we come back, devin has your national forecast, stay with us. coming up, a shop owner who is turning retail on its ear, why she radically reinvents her store every few weeks. also what the budget compromise will do to both businesses and consumers, plus, the come back of this, the cassette tape. all that and more, on real money.

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snow coming off lake erie and lake ontario. actually here, in parts of new york, in one location is over 40-inches of snow. we are still going to get more snow, but what is happening is a new system is on the making and is this one is coming in from the mississippi river valley, you can see the snow across the ohio river valley tomorrow. on saturday, up here in new england, we are going to get the bulk of our snow, heavy rain down here towards the south, sunday, it's going to be a little bit more towards maine as well as vermont. now, these are the numbers we think in terms of snow. upstate new york, 16 inches of snow, how about boston, and down here in new york city, about three to four-inches. that's a look at your national weather, have a great evening.

♪ the bill would prevent another shut down and ease the cuts that legislation now headed to the senate. there is word tonight. four people were killed more than 60 people were injured. the fcc voting today to continue that debate on lifting the ban on using your cell phone on a plane, but even if the f.c.c. decides to end the ban, the department