o. >> you are using up all your storm budget. you have to send all your state workers home early, so a lot of government departments closed down, a lot of businesses close down as you suggested. but then beyond that, you have the homeless shelters and stuff like that, they need to be kept open. the money is very very tight. but as you alluded to, the really big one is these businesses have been closed down. they will be closed tomorrow almost certainly, and that is money that will never be spent here again. if you are intended to spend money in boston today, yob won't spend it the same day on monday as you would on the last day of your holiday. >> take care, stay warm, see you tomorrow. tracking all this, you have been talking about

this for days, the convergence of these two storms, i haven't been outside, is it snowing in new york yet? >> i was just outside, even though the radar is showing that the snow is coming down here, it isn't snowing here yet. what is happens because we are right on the line, it is called vegra, which means it is evaporating. that won't last very long. as you can see, let's go back 12 hours ago. that has been effected boston. that's why they have so much snow. also parts of long island, the snow totals already are fairly impressive. here in massachusets, which is right to the north of boston, eight-inches so far, benington county vermont, 5.8. southern hawaii 5.4, and here just up state new york, they are already received 8.8 inches of snow.

now, a lot of calls here, we are conditioned about these pinks along the coastal regions. these are the blizzard warnings that are in effect. now we are talking about cape cod as well as coastal maine new hampshire. gusty winds plenty of snow, and driving in this situation is going to be dangerous. 24 comments until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> okay, kevin, thank you. with the northeast bracing for this blizzard, the medal of new york city's newest mayor is already being tested. it is his second day on is job, and moments ago he assured the residents the city is prepared, with a focus on the homeless. >> working with the department of homeless services we have doubled outreach efforts to reach unsheltered new yorkers to make sure that they

are offered every opportunity for shelter. shelter capacity is available it will be expedited for anyone in need. if anyone is in danger, anyone will intervenes. >> checked in on a few of the shelters to see how they are preparing for the storm. >> on a normal night, thousands of people sleep on the streets of new york. >> i just can't sit back and wait for the city to do anything for me, i already know the situation i am in. >> as new york bases for temperatures high winds and heavy snow, the city anden no profit organizations are scrambled to provide shelter for the homeless. according the the coalition for the homeless, 60,000 people have no place to stay on a given night in new york. the fastest growing segment of the homeless population is children. >> there will be at least 22,000 children who will sleep in shelters about 10,000 homeless families. in the system today,

every day anywhere from 100 to 150 families show up at the -- intake center at the new york city path center, seeking shelter. so it is a problem that's been growing over the last several years and certainly is not diminishing. >> this storm is a storm within a storm. >> organizations that help the homeless, say resources are already stretched very thin. new york has received requests for 100 fow thousand winter co coats but only 22,000 have been donated. >> imagine trying to do anything in the nec few days without a coat. people, families, are only sending some of their kids or maybe none of their kids to school, because they don't have warm enough coats. so the i can sixes are very real. there's choices between paying their bills and buying a coat. >> hard choices some who have slept on the streets this winter know families too well. >> it ain't good. it ain't good.

>> a door is open. you don't have to be cold. you can go somewhere. >> but for those who call them home, it's a storm that has to be weathered every day. al jazeera, new york. >> new york city's new mayor, pledged to fix the inequality he says has turned new york into the tail of two cities that has caused the homeless population to raise, is joining me to discuss this, the executive director at homeless services united. good to meet you before we sat down here. from your perspective, i know you are kind of excited aability what you heard from the new mayor in his speech yesterday, and members of the team as well, tell me why you are an ped about what is possible? >> i was heartened to be

at the inauguration, and hear our three city wide officials talk about homelessness and poverty, in a very public way. >> it had been addressed before? >> certainly not on the first day of his election or inauguration, and certainly not in the level of players that we have who are committing in a very public way from day one of their job. >> yeah. >> to take this on, and to solve it. >> what did you hear specifically that heartened you? >> i think just the example that our new public advocate, proud this on -- coats up there to the platform with her, and acknowledged the plight of her family as well as the 10,000 homeless families. and her commitment to work on that. and scott stringer, his commitment to look at his -- using his powers to analyze how we do spend that $1 billion better, and then certainly, the mayor both when he was a city council member, and then as a public advocate, has a long commitment to working on homelessness. he issue add report when he was candidate, so we

have a track record, we have the public commit innocent today, i think it is a cause for optimism, and i think new york is in a good place today. >> you think this is eminently fixable? why? i think the problem is not intractable. i think there are steps we need to be taking. i don't think everything is fixable in the first day or even the first 100. i think very some shorter term solutions that we as my coe lotion and also other co will legislations that or on homelessness. believe that the mayor can be taking steps to alleviate this problem. >> let me stop you there, and ask you, so i am the governor, and you are the new mayor. of the great city of new york. day bun, what are your recommendations. >> well, the great news

for the governor is they have a relationship, and even better news is they also have a relationship with the feds. they both have a background in working in d.c. two good news is they have the relationship and they need to talk dollars and policies and need to figure out how do we use this money to create a us howing subsidy for. >> a housing subsidy? >> a housing subsidy. >> that specific. >> for the 51,000 homeless people in new york city. >> is that in place now? so you are talking about something new that's not in place now? >> it is not in place now. previously the city had housing subsidies. two last one we had ended in march 2011. the -- and in order to make a housing subsidy work, we need the players to work as a team, and the good news is they have that relationship, you saw it yesterday at the inauguration, you look at their history of working together, that's the first place to start, is to have that relationship and the commitment. >> is the money there to do this?

i don't know how much money is in the budgets of the various players. in your work is the money there? >> i think we can't afford not to do this. we spend $1 billion, about $1.2 billion on homelessness. we can be doing better with that. we have looked at how we spend the money in the past, and have developed better programs. we need to do that again. we have people that work on this that have a long history. half of the city council is new, we have about 21 progressive city council members. in really developing sound policy. >> i just met you, why have you taken this on? you told me you have been doing this kind of work for what 20 years in. >> i have. i started in san

francisco. this is important for me because i am a new yorker. i can't walk by neighbors, my and no on a night like tonight they don't have a place to sleep, may don't have socks. i can't know there's probably 4,000 homeless youth that are afraid to come into the system because there's only 300 youth bids in the whole city. and they would have to go into the adult system. i can't fathom how that can ever be something that's okay. i'm not quitting on this issue until this is solved. >> boy, did you start to -- had a moment there, kristy, it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> she is the executive

dreck tore at homeless service united. >> how, kerry's task could be complicated by accusations surrounding this week's release of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. let's go live now. to al jazeera's nick. what does secretary kerry think is possible that he can accomplish on this trip. >> well, kerry and his aids are seriously lowing expectations and to answer that i will quote you back his words today. he said all i am trying to do is narrow the gap on the guidance for the frame work of the talks. so basically nowhere near any kind of agreement. all he is trying to do is get the two sides to agree on what they will talk about in the future.

so this is clearly very difficult. he has been here ten tames as secretary of state. and the palestinians but he is increasing skepticism. especially as we heard today. i know that you are committed to peace. i know that i am committed to peace, but given the actions and words palestinian leaders, there's growing doubt in israel that the palestinians are committed to peace. what is kerry is asking is to consider concessions and hard decisions that they are going to have to make. one thing he is pushing them to concede are settlements. settlements inside the west bank, the palestinians hope is the

heart of their future state. we went into one of those settlements and also into the palestinian villages at the doorstep last month the israeli military bulldozed his house. >> this is the epitome of degradation, they must think we are animals. otherwise they wouldn't treat us like this. >> about a mile away, israel is building. these foundations are homed for settlement. so they are cheap, she moved here because the streets are quiet. as you can see, we are mainly a few hundred feet from the house that was demolished. >> the family has lived here for generations. israel says they don't

have the required building permits, but he argued israel is trying to encroach on palestinian land. >> number two? >> and number three settlements. >> do you feel like you are surrounded? >> absolutely. zero chance of fining an independent state? >> practically, the settlements are occupying everywhere. >> israel says it has the right to build settlements on land. the pace of that building has increased dramatically. on 227 settlementments and outposts. >> in a good day we can see the and i. >> the u.n. calms these

illegal, but it is like small town u.s.a. >> my kids have to go and play at friends houses, they can tell me who they are going to, and go and play at someone's house without me going. >> but she isn't just here for the neighborhood, she bleeds god wants her to be here. >> god gave the jews the land, it was given to the jews, so it's important for me to live here. >> and as she walks home, he gathered his family of nine. not enough room here for everyone. >> so he vows to rebuild the destroyed home, but has no power to stott israel from destroying it again. >> and that was al jazeera's nick shiver reporting. at least six people were killed and dozens more injured. today's attack took place in a hezbollah strong hold. the area is just a few miles from where former lebanese finance minister

died in a car bombing just last week. al jazeera has more on today's blast. >> a populated commercial area. the scene in the lebanese capitol. >> the explosion this time, a car bomb, in the heart of beirut southern suburbs it is a strong hold of hezbollah, with members are fighting inside syria, on the site of forces loyal to the president. h invest a big battle. they were perpetrating trying to incite violence among the people. lebanon is no strange tore fighting. just days ago, former finance minister was blown up in beirut central district. he had lobbied for an establishment. kim canned in a bomb

attack in beirut in february 2005. and before the senior military commander was shot to debt near his home. and before that a suicide bombing outside the embassy. >> there are certain parties that stand before this, they don't want them to be part of this government, and i believe this would open the way wide for the -- to destagize the situation in remember noll. >> no one has claimed responsibility yet, but it is yet another indication of darker days to come. >> 2014 is starting with some good news, still ahead we will check in with the folks from real money for a look at some of the best signs yet, of a come back. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of

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the road running showst signs of strength and heavy industry, jobs much more atop the hour on the program. he is sitting in for ali velshi. david, good to see you again, happy new year, my friend, what positive numbers did we see today. >> very happy new yeaher to you. >> thank you. u.s. factory activity held near a 2 1/2 year high in december with new orders climbing to their highest in 3 1/2 years. both constructions and manufacturing got hit hard, and that is making ways on the labor front. the number of fist time jobless claims fell last week for the second week in a row. >> that is good news. >> but, but, a negative day for stocks the dow sliding what 135 points?

seems like investors are trying to take a profit. saw gains last year 2308 loy rag very negative economic report. the success of stocks was great, but start today not so good. but again, one of the things that is so intriguing is that stocks witness really good, bonds were horrible. possibly the worst returns for bonds in a decade, and that ice because that making money, when you are try to make money on a fixed income investment that's harder when the federal reserve acts to keep interest rates lower. i know that you are -.

>> something called wearable technology, a number of analysts say this will explode even more than the smart phones. >> yeah. >> and even in your socks. all kinds of things to make your life even more interesting. >> can't wait. real money top of the hour right here on al jazeera america. >> thank you, tony. >> a family spokes man says former first lady barbara bush is doing great and responding well to treatment for a respiratory related illness. the eight-year-old wife of former president george hw bush. this is the latest in a series of illnesses including heart surgery in 2009. that set back comes just four days before the couple's 69th wedding anniversary. that's on january 6th. still ahead. despite new talks government shoulders are

preparing to take back a rebelled controlled city by force. also the passengers that were stuck in that ice are safe and sound, the rescue and a look at the mission that brought them there in the first place that's coming up.

p preparing for a brutal winter storm. parts of massachusetts could get up to 14 inches of snow, can you believe it. they say the will bring the colder in years. >> talks between israel and the palestine januaries this morning he met with the prime minister. believe six people were killed in the explosion in a hezbollah strong hold in beirut. dozens more were wounded. after a former lebanese finance minister was here, in a car bombing in beirut. the u.n. has called for an immediate cease fire in south sudan. the ruling parties

embroiled in a power struggle, fighting has killed more than 1,000 people peace talks are underway why they try to keep the peace on the streets. >> the rebels around the town of -- the original headquarter of the unity state. on the side some 200-kilometers from the capitol, the government forces are fighting the rebels about ten-kilometers out of town. now in the past few hours the chief of sudan defense forces this is the top military man here in south sudan has spoken and he has stated that her forced to retake from the rebels by whatever means because the rebels have expressed interest in moving forward.

that is fors will continue fighting until they have the strategy town. now p it is has declare add state of emergency. that this has tock done to give the governors and the local government as well as the military a free hand in dealing with the rebellion. since the state of emergency was declared a wartime covenant. >> a update now on a group of american missionaries frying to escape the violence in south sudan, we told you about them yesterday. brad and kim campbell, their two daughters and at least ten orphans in their care. yesterday, i spoke with a mother of one of those missionaries about what they are going through

right now. >> i have talked to brad often, sometimes two or three times in a day. since all this started, but their spirits are up, they are feeling homeful but they are also struggling with not enough food and water, not much good sanitation. he explains many me earlier how this got to be so out of control. when they showed up at the u.n. base camp, there were about 6,000 people and once they got most of the people in they decided they had room for everybody, so they had provisions for 6,000 peep. and the next -- by the next day, there were between 20 and 30,000 people there. >> oh my goodness. >> and they don't have provisions for that. p today the family is

still trying to get the orphans out of the country. in egypt, our colleagues are spending their fifth day in detention. producers are being held in a prison outside of cairo. remains at a cairo police station all three are expected to face further questioning this weekend. al jazeera is demanding the staff be released immediately. it's been a violent day in iraq. there has been a series of car bombs. one explosions -- injurying over 30 -- meanwhile -- the air strikes taking control. >> all 2013 of the most violent years in the country with over 7,800 civilian deaths. >> the president -- they want.

>> . >> that will pose a threat to afghanistan. >> we have to do everything that we can in order to see that it is signed. but at the same time, we have explained to our afghan friends that unless we resolve these differences. the united states of america has no choice but to not continue its commitment. something we don't want to do, but something that can't be totally ruled out. >> mccain says those deals could be signed too. they would all have to leave at the end of this year. 52 passengers were rescued today from a ship that's been trapped in ice off the coast of antarctica.

they had been stranded more than a week. the chinese ship was able to get close enough to help. morgan, if you would, fill in the details in. >> absolutely. that's right, these 52 people were stranded during a research trip to antarctica, and they have been stranded since christmas eve. let's take a listen to what they had to say just moments before they were rescued. >> the chinese ice breaker headed over to check our held pad. if all goes well we will be out in an hour. >> and off they were the helicopter you see landed on the ice, but not once but five times. but amazingly crew members were able to send out these from the deck of their ship, which they dubbed the media hub. there you see them right here, all -- the wires

the tri-pod in the corner and a report fresh the guardian newspaper sent out the very first photos from this very photo hub, not only. >> walking on to this chinese helicopter. and this this photo, where people are actually standing arm and arm, stopping the ice to actually flatten it around their ship, as they prepare to evacuate. of course, today's rescue was a very lucked silver lining after their hopes were completely dashed on monday when the rescue teams tried multiple times to reach them. they even got as close as ten miles but they were set to turn right back around, here they are safe and sound, the lat photo uploaded showing them looking out on the horizon, over the ship, heading to safety. that's terrific stuff. glad to make it back we were going to follow the story until there was a

good outcome, we have one. >> we sure do. >> the scientists pulled off had to cut their expedition short. the mix was to build on the research of another explorer that braved the cold 100 years ago. jacob word is with us, what were the scientists doing at the edge of the world? they were taking measurements they wanted to compare the findings. that that crew is the one that could have used a helicopter rescue, even a hot meal much less an internet connection. what happened during douglas' trip. >> it is one of the most horrific and brave stories science has ever

known. two companions left their base catch, to map part of a 2,000 square mile slice of antarctica, and they walked about 300 miles on foot. they set out from their base catch in november of 1912, got about 300 miles out. and then suddenly, on december 14th 1912, bell grave one of his two fell flu a yeah vases and died. taking a slay dog and all of the food. at that point, his remaining companion have to turn back and try to get home without real food. they get a little ways and kill and eat the dogs and over the course of that time, they poison themselves slowly. xavier goes mad, having too much vitamin a from eating these dogs, he goes mad and dies in his sleep. lawson is then by himself, and walked for weeks in the freezing cold, trying to survivor

as best he can, his feet come apart at 1 point, truly some of the most brutal stuff anybody has ever survived. finally he gets back to the base catch, five hours after his ride home to australia has left. so he was then stuck there for a whole another year. so as nice it is these guys got survived and they were only stuck there for -- stuck there since christmas eve, that's a terrible fate, but man, it is nothing like. >> his feet came apart, just the visual of that -- so this is such an amazing story, has there been a a film or something a documentary. >> there are wonderful books on the subject, and certainly everyone knows the expedition was similar, but just the sheer bravery of someone who would wake up every morning and say okay, just another ten days of walking. soky get back to this frozen hut i am hoping to make on my own. and he is alone the whole time. >> what a story.

good to talk to you, what a story. >> yikes. >> coming up on al jazeera america, 2013 was a disaster. of admissions, when it comes to crack cocaine and other scandals but now there's something toronto mayor will tell you about that east next. >> all that coming up on al jazeera america.

police in california have awreged a suspect in the killing of a priest found dead in his church yesterday.

police believe freed was killed after he held mass on tuesday night. released shortly before midnight. sergio garcia, the young undocumented lawsuit graduate who time add lawsuit seeking acceptance to the california law has won his case. garcia worked his way through but was barred from getting a professional license, because he isn't a legal citizen. today's court ruling mean homicide question begin practicing law immediately, and the fight for gay rights and the nfl threats to steal some of the spy lite from this weekend's football playoff games. the kicker for the minnesota vikings says he was cut for being too outspoken. john henry smith is here now. >> criminal is one of the best punters in minnesota vikings history, if not the best.

so it was surprised when the only team he had played for cut him provision the team. he has written an article that confirms what he believes as suspected that the vikings cut him because of his outspoken same-sex marriage activist. he names just fired coach, and current general manager as the cowards the bigot is his former special teams coach mike. in the article he alleges that frasier and spielman asked them to be not quite so outspoken. >> i would lake to know what is in that statement, you can make an argument, the vikings can, just to sort of sort out the story here, that

his per forman wasn't up to par, what's the evidence. >> there is evidence to that effect. certainly clue we in his last year back in 2012, his net punting average was 17th in the league. they would certainly argue that he was very cuttable, on the other hand, his average last year the guy that replaced him out of ucla, as you can see by that graphic. >> so we can talk about someone being outspoken, but maybe give us a flavor of what we are talking about. >> he worked very hard for working against marriage amendment acts in california, of course the famous proposition eight. he also used his twitter feed to voice opposition to people that opposed same-sex marriage, and he wrote a very colorful letter got a lot of air play around the country.

well he went to camp with the raiders but thin he got cut before the fist game. is certainly seems to be on the speed dial of some. he has argued he has been blackballed. so maybe there's evidence that the blackballing is there. >> okay, appreciate it. >> you got it. >> despite repeated calls for him to step down, the reported crack smoking mayor has put his name on the ballot. earlier today saying just filed my paperwork for the 2014 election vote. al jazeera's has more on

this scandal. >> if you have had access to news anywhere in the world, then you should know this man. toronto mayor, robford. >> can you get off my drive way? >> in an explosive year of revelations he went from being an of course szczur tax cutting crusader to being a worldwide sensation because of this. yea, have smoked crack cocaine, but no, do i? am i an addict, no, have i tried it, probably in one of my drunken stupe fors probably about a year ago. >> his behavior catapulted fronton to the world stage and made ford one of the biggest news stories of 2013. i'm sorry for how i have been acting. it is not indicative of

my position of mayor. >> hey, man, i got what you asked for. >> hey. let's do it under the desk. >> despite all the bad press, he refused to step down, even if it met counselors taking away all but the most symbolic of his powers. counselor it was not the reason -- it was not because of stress, it was sheer stupidity. >> now robford has announced his intention to run for re-election as mayor of toronto, later this year. global audiences may wonder why they would re-elect him. >> everybody drinking, everybody doing things, and they catch him and they make so much publicity. >> he has a common touch with the people. >> it is this common

touch that will give him another chance after running one of the fastest growing cities. al jazeera. tony, the commission is called mars one. some 200,000 people applied to go, between the ages of 18 and 82 years old. all over the world, and they all uploaded videos, these are some of them, take a look. i am young, good health. >>ly be a great teammate. ly be able to cook, clean, fix, build stuff, cut people's hair because i'm also a hairdresser. >> we got married at the museum of science, i was a molecular chemistry

major. >> let one of those four spots by filled by an older guy with a big imagination. let it be me. >> so who made the cut, son 270,000 america. 52 from russia, 62 from india. how does this work? well, in 2015, they start training the crew. then they send a rover unmanned mission, in 22 they will sent some cargo, then they will depart in 2024. and in 2025 they would land and then they would live in these kind of devices that they have and they use these for life support. >> they look like pods. >> they are. they are life support pods. supplies everything in there. now chrisics say lit never happen, it is way too ambush, i spoke to the founder of the group, that says sure, there are hundreds of thousands of hurdles to overcome, be uh the only way to do this is by starting and

there will likely be a reality show that comes out of it. >> back on that big winter storm. al, you probably heard the old saying of cats. >> and real money. >> coming up on real money. stocks dropped and bonds stunned but that was then, now we will talk about rebalancing your 401 k to make change in 2014. plus, a brave new world for marijuana sales in the mile high city. we will take you there and the technology you can take with you on your body. all that and more on blatche blatche h

the world leader ofcome exports in agricultural products. >> more on this story from western ukraine. >> in some ways

agriculture hasn't changed much here. many still work the fields by hand, and most are still poor. the soviet union's force collectivization program was supposed to modernize farming. but it contributed to a famine that killed millions. when the soviet union collapsed in 1991, the transition to private farming met productively plummeted first. but now it is booming. >> look where we are now, this was an old farm, and now it is one of the most modern complexes. it would be act 60 laters in europe. the sanitary conditions also legislative much to be desired so milk can't be used to ex-opinionsive products. still the country has a lot of potential.

>> and many here believe with better integration and closer ties to europe, ukraine can truly become a regional bread basket. who owns that soil is a big obstacle. >> land is always a problem here, because there's no clear owner ship. there no clear right to buy or sell, which makes it difficult for people to invest. >> that makes projects like this expensive. the weak banking sector charged 25% interest, farming companies would like government reforms and some outside help. europe is more preferable for us in a financial sense, because we may for development, for invasion we need to be financial resources. the resources are very expensive. >> europe is already ukraine's biggest customer, ukraine could sell even more. the u.s. is the largest

grain ex-porter, ukraine will be number two, and that's producing about 50% of its capacity. so ukraine has the capacity to almost equal u.s. exports. >> uh be it will take a lat of change to make it competitive. well, it is a busy start to the new year, zoo keepers are taking the mammoth count of counting their creatures. eventually they will get to their latest edition, a silver back gorilla. last year's round up counted more than 1900 animals across more than 800 species. ehlo, again, earlier in the hour, say there wasn't snow, as this snow

has gone down to the south, this is what it looks like provision the of our building. you can see the snow moving side ways. it is snowing outside and things are just going to get worse. let's take a look at the radar. the band has moved down here, and now into the atlantic. most people here around the northeast until tomorrow afternoon. that means accumulations are going to rise. already we are up to a foot of snow in eastern parts of massachusets. this is the problem we will face all through the next 12 to 24 hours. wind chills will be a major problem. coastal flooding and of course flight cancellations. so the blizzard, that is the big problem, and that means, of course, with he be seeing the very windy

conditions because the area of low pressure will be parked off the coast, and it is going to be bringing those northeasterly winds in. notice these gradients when these get close, 45 mile-an-hour winds expected here. down here towards new jersey, delaware, maryland, it could be about 30 or so. we are talking about big brocks there. temperatures are coming down so the temperature you have will be the highest temperature that you will have for the next 24 hours. here in new york, at a 25, portland is already at minus 5 degrees when you factor in the very gusty winds i showed you, boston now feels like minus 18. hire in new york we are at 11, new york we will be waking up at four-degrees with the wind with chill at about minus 5. stay safe.

this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at tonight's top stories. millions in the northeast are preparing for a brutal winter storm as kevin just mentioned. more than a foot of snow in the for cast for some areas. then there are the temperatures. dropping to single digits, or even colder in some areas. new york city officials are trying to make sure all of the city's homeless have shelter. secretary of state john kerry arrived in the middle east again today trying to broker a deal between israel