seen here since i was small, and they are still here. i don't see them moving up or anything like that. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. with a look at today's top stories. a new report, that says the nsa's someday that collection program is ill loo el and should be shut down. and it comes just as the attorney general talks about a resolution in the edward snowden leaking case. deadly violence between the government in ukraine, and now the u.s. considering sanctions. and a critical speech from iran today, the president said the country is determined to negotiate a long term deal, and rekindle a friendship with the u.s.

♪ the panel says it is illegal and should be shut down. a majority of members also say it is impossible the billions of records collected every day could be relevant to even a single investigation. here is what the white house had to say. >> we with simply disagree on the legality of the program. consistent with the recent holdings of the united states district courts for the southern district of new york, and southern district of california, as well as the finding of 15 judges of the foreign intelligence surveillance

court, on 36 separate occasions over the past seven years the administration believes it is lawful. as the president has said, however, we believes he can and should make changes. >> so the report somes as eric holder talks about a possible resolution of the case. the man who leaked the details of that program. john is here with more on what holder had to say. this is the big item on this reporting today. >> well, it's the thing that we think makes it more news worthy than it might otherwise have turned out to be. and it makes it so because the attorney general is vocalizing what may or may not be the department of justice policy.

if snowden accepts responsibility. they said look, there's no deal on the table, we aren't offering a deal here. and eric holder himself says he prefers the determine defend. but nonetheless, holder is says clemency is too far. >> right. >> that's too much. >> on the other hand, no fear no foul is also too far. when the attorney general says will engage in conversation about a resolution, you have to -- now he is expecting snowden to agree that he did wrong. but you know. >> yeah. >> if he came back here into the united states, it won't happen very quickly. talk about some kind of deal with words that are too strong, but you have to see there may well be something. >> something is cooking. >> behind the scenes. all of this in the same hour, as the man himself,

is doing a web chat online. >> yes. >> now, this was put together by the courage foundation, which is a trust. this is the first interview in quite a long time, he gave that long interview to the washington post, he gave the at terntive christmas speech, and of course he gave an interview to the new yorker a couple of weeks ago, but program the questions that were with sent in, we have select add couple of them. return to the u.s. is the best resolution for the government and me. which threw a failure in law did not cover national security contractors like himself, and it is that privacy oversight board that gave us our lead story today. that would make the decision about whether they could be changed.

>> snowden was also asked in another question, in your opinion, what is the appropriate extend of u.s. national security apparatus. this is done not because it is necessary, but because new techniques make it'ssy and cheap. and the final question from the webner is about his health if you like. and death threats made against him. >> okay. >> are you afraid if your life. thoughts. >> and then snowden replies quite a lengthy answer, which we have edits he refers to the first and fourth amendments he is basically saying he is the victim of several

outdated laws. but at the end of it he says it won't be intimidated doing the right thing, he says means having no regrets. >> turned out to be type b the answer been as far as we with could see there was only one serious question. >> which you can get in this setting. all right, appreciate it. it could be the first step in ending the political crisis that had gripped the ukraine for two months. a sports woman for a top opposition leader saying the chances for ending the violence that has wrought kiev is high now. high is the word. and this comes after opposition leaders met with ukrainian president but some protestors are

still resisting and have set barricades on fire. mike you can expand on what has been said. >> that crowd behind me is disbursing because the three leaders spoke just a few moments ago, and the words were not terribly encouraging, actually the first spokesperson that former heavy weight boxer prepared the crowd to be disappointed. he called them long hours of empty talks. he said many things have been delayed including demands that the president and prime minister resign.

basically what has come out is that the truce remain, that they keep things quiet on the streets they will consider releasing some of the dozens of activists who have been arrested in the last few days and not arrest 50 more activists they say they are planning to arrest in the next days. the opposition says 40 courts are going to be convened tomorrow to rule on some of those oppositions activist whose have been rounded up in the last weeks or so. and they took a straw poll here, there were several tens of thousands of people behind here. really just waiting to here what they had to say, waiting to see if they accepted this uhl may up the, and most of them said they did not. so it really remain as tense stand off, although to a man, every single one of the leaders asked the people here to be

disciplined, to be calm, and to not raise tensions. >> so jennifer, two questions i want to sneak in here because i lose you, first of all, there was a parliament meeting scheduled for next week, what's expected to be discussed there? >> they were pushed through the parliament last week in a hand count vote, that many here believe was illegal, and then signed into law by the president. the opposition would like to see those laws revokes, however, that parliament has a majority that favors the president, so not r have likely. >> one with more for you, dell me about this video, that apparently had gone viral of a protestor there, who was with stripped naked and kind of slapped around a bit? here it is. >> that's right. this is an indicative of

the kind of brutality that many people say they get from the police and certainly recently, has been a problem with with police, this man was with arrested at a demonstration, stripped naked and then they paraded him in front of other police, with they forced him to hold this sort of -- i don't know it is something used to scrape's here, but it is sub zero, very have cold, been sub zero temperatures all week, and the police have apoll eyed made a public apology for any misdeeds and promised an internal investigation, but there are reports all over kiev, activists being harassed by police, of anybody who has taken part in demonstrations being harassed by police, i know of one demonstrator whose car was at a demonstration, and he has been -- his parents were phoned by police, he has gotten letters in the maim, and he is worried that his driver's license may be revoked just because he was at the demonstration, that's the kind of repression people are worried about tonight.

>> in kiev, jennifer good to see you, thank you. iran crease president is calling for a renewed friendship be the united states today. resumes his international offensive during an appearance at the world economic appearance. jona hall has more on what he had to say and i how people reacted to it. >> nobody can can live on their own. no nation, no country, can resolve their problems on their own, no economic institute can grow without paying attention to social issues. no power can have permanent domination over anyone. >> i think those invest

investments in particular, would be of most interest. my guess is maybe the european companies will move first, because they have a longer history there recently. but the americans won't be too far behind. >> iran sits at the epicenter of the most complex problem as violent and fast changing middle east, a nuclear program, that further threatens regional stability, and of course the war in syria, where iran is a vital alley, yet he is not represented. asan did not offer a fast cure to any of these problems but he does seem to have opened the way, to constructive interaction with the world as he put it and to investment that he hopes will turn iran into one of the world's leading economies in a matter of years. >> which in turn, presupposed that sanctions will eventually be lifted.

that can only happen once iran reaches a final agreement. with the world powers on the nuclear issue. this then appears to have been his show of support for that process, and his belief that it can sup seed request this speech, the president shows that he is personally committed to it. can he get it done? time will tell. but this was the speech everyone wanted to see. and probably the most important speech given by a leader since the revolution. >> with that, iran has taken another step? from the cold. let's bring in a former assistance defense good to talk to you again, what are your thoughts on the speech? is he sincere about wanting to reengage with with the west or is this more of what the prime minister calls iran's

deception show? >> no, he is sincere about trying to engage with the west, because he recognized that unless he does, the irani economy is not going to improve you won't get a foreign investment, and he needs to undo a lot of damage that was done by his predecessor, that has led to the problems. i think he struck the right note, he can't go too far too fast, because there's a lot of people in iran that don't trust the united states, and other countries and think we are out to overthrow them. so i think he struck the right tone. and you flow basically he said, we with want peace with all of our neighbors. not just the nuclear issue. but it is going to be the key thing. if we get that right, then i think he will be able to move around there

the direction he needs too. how skeptical are you of this? >> i have to quote president ragan, trust by verify. that's why we have the international atomic, and so far iran has lived up to the agreement that it has made. time will tell. but i do think again, nations act in their own best interest. >> yes, they have the capability to make it. they will never take that away, because if no place else it is up in their minds. but the fact is, that by moving in the direction or pretending to move in the direction of getting nuclear weapons it hasn't enhanced their security, if they get one or two, how many does israel have, soy think he is being very very pragmatic, and wants to get the country back to where they would like it to be.

doing the stream leader is backing this. >> i think so. he recognized that at some point, if they continue on this path, the people in iran will simply say enough is enough. and act like they did back when they got rid of the shaw. >> can the west get a government in place, with asaad out of the picture. >> iran has to be involved at some point, and so do the saudis. they wouldn't agree to come this time without preconditions opinion nor did the secretary general check with the united states. but at some point, they will. it is just like if you want to -- as we wanted

to solveee yeah, we had a deal with the chinese. you know they are going to be involved, and if they are, they can ensure that you have a peaceful transition there. u.n. immediate jay tor, met with each delegation separately but he couldn't get both sides together in the same room, the head of the main opposition group says the negotiating team will have the authority it needs but serious foreign minister says his government priority is fighting terrorism. as the u.n. tries to get both sides to sit down, life is getting more and more difficult for some of the more than 2 million refugees. they fled the war torn country only to find that it is still very hard,

difficult, to access basic services like healthcare. joining us live now from geneva, good to see you again, while the focus is on the peace talks, clearly, there are so many family whose need help. >> yes, tony, this is one of the worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen in decades. so many of these have had to transform themselves into humanitarians. i met one of them in the orien clinic on this doctor and his family is overwhelming.

we need another clinic like this, another hospital. we need a hospital. >> so they are not eligible for assistance, he has no instruments beyond the basics. >> are you frustrated you can't help more. >> my abilities is less than my duty. >> the clinic privately funded but they have a hard time finding drugs. and they are overwhelmed by patients. >> most have upper respiratory infections others suffer psychological damage from the wars they fled. >> for children, they

really have a problem because of the harsh situation which they suffer. >> by day, he helps save the children of fellow refugees, by night, he tries to save his own. >> their son tried to kill himself, then he tried to kill his youngser brier. his family fear fears the r traumatized him. >> how are your brothers. >> how? >> he becomes very mean. and he -- i think -- he doesn't tell anyone. >> he understands everything we are saying, and he understands that he is sick. >> he is trying to be kind to me. and that will make me better. that's good. >> can you tell me what

you saw in syria? >> a lot of things. a lot of bad things. >> both want to father in their father's footsteps but they fear they are losing the opportunity. >> my dream is to be a doctor. >> now what do you hope? >> and go where? >> anywhere. >> back to syria? >> no. >> i don't want to die. >> he hoped his family would thrive here, but he doesn't know if they will survive. he doesn't know if the patients will survive either. >> why do you stay here? >> help me. i am trying very to leave from here. give me a way and i will give you thanks for humanity. >> to save his patients, he needs to stay. but to save his family, he needs to leave.

>> we just want the diplomates to end the war. that is a large ask, and he admits he feared his fate is to be stuck here. >> the fire started early this morning. more than 50 people lived in the building and authorities say many of the people using wheelchairs or walkers, it took five hours to extinguish the fire. republican leaders are planning their path for the coming year, up next we will take a look at their strategy and the bizarre comments from the former presidential candidate that is getting a lot of attention. and after weeks of fighting and thousands of deaths, calm in south sudan, but will it hold?

getting worse, but theyt are not getting better. generally, your chances of climbing about the same as they were 50 years ago. >> well, why is geography -- why would geography be a big factor? >> while overall the situation is stagnant, there are some very stark differences based on where you live. so for example, northern california, san francisco, and san jose, those are among the highest chances of climbing the up ward mountain ladder. and those are among the

worst, and performing far worse than a lot of the developing countries. why it depends so much on the geography, and what is going on in these particular cities and states that causes the differences. >> alley got an exclusive interview with the head of nissan, plus, some interesting thoughts about the demise of red lobster from yours truly, and i know you love that restaurant. >> i do. >> 7:00 p.m. here. >> that restaurant was a lifeline when i was in do what are. you kidding me. david, appreciate it. the heist was the biggest robbery in american history when it happened, it even became a major plot point in the movie good fellows. now 35 years later, an arrest, and new

developments out of west virginia we will have results from independent tests carries out on the drinking water there after two toxic chemicals polluted the supply, that and more in a moment. someone leaves their home searching for a better life. >> two hours in, we come upon a body. >> now, in a breakthrough television event, al jazeera america takes you beyond the debate. experience first hand the tragic journey of these migrants. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on until you live near the boarder. >> six strangers with different points of view... >> i don't believe in borders. >> our government is allowing an invasion. >> ...get to experience illegal immigration, up close and personal. >> its very overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> a lot of families that don't know where their babies went. >> i want to make sure that her life, its remembered. >> what happens when lost lives are relived.

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welcome back to al jazeera america. the massive data collection program is illegal and should be cut down. the privacy and over sight board says the program also raises concerns. they criticize president obama decision not to end the program. irang's president gave a people today, he emphasized that he is interesting in talking with the international community, and ultimately finding a long term deal on the country's nuclear program. and a fire at a resident for seniors in eastern

quebec has killed three people and left about 30 uncan'ted for. west virginia is asking the federal government for $350,000 to assess the damage from a chemical spill two weeks ago. but has beclaired safe for most residents. today, al jazeera america learns the results from our own tests on the water at a home in the charleston area. the home is owned by a pregnant woman who refuses to drink the water. without further ado, what are the results. >> the test results show the chemical is not detectable. we took statutes from here, which is just downstream from the site where this spill happened, this crew that spilled into the river, and as you mentioned we

also took samples from a pregnant woman's home, you may ask why a pregnant woman that's because the cdc just after the state lifted the ban, issued a warning saying that pregnant woman should probably not drink the water so we tested the water we didn't i should seguin, an independent environmental firm tested the water, they sent those to the lab, and again, not detectable. now the standard is one part per million, that's good news for people, and the homeowner that we tested the water whose home we with tested the water in, but a lot of people still say they have seen results like this, but they still don't feel confidentble in drinking the water, because they can still smell that sweet candy type odor when they run their sits and a lot of people say they can smell it in the air. so the results are good, but a lot of people say they will wait a while until they drink the

water. >> well the tests that we took, officials just learned about that second chemical a day and a half ago, and our tests were done several days ago. but officials say they don't believe there are high levels of that chemical still in the walter, but keep in mind, they say about 7% of that chemical was in the tank, so they believe that it was likely filtered out, and diluted in the water treatment process. but again, just to be clear, we don't have any results for that particular chemical. >> okay, jonathan martin for us, jonathan, thank you. an alleged mafia boss is

facing charges linked to the infamous heist. of a airliner. he is the only one with charged of the robbery of nearly $6 million of cash and jewels from new york's jfk international airport. it lays out charges, of murder, and much more against five men who federal authorities say are members of the crime family. it was a key moment in marry tin's mob drama "good fella's." fungny like i am a clown, amuse you. >> nobody in law enforcement was laughing back in 1978, when crooks loaded a black van with with cash, and jewelry, stolen from the airline vault at kennedy airport. investigators found the van, but not the money,

or the robbers. the fbi says $2 million, port authority says $4 million. >> it was more, $5 million in cash, and another $1 million worth of geumry. the larger cash robbery in u.s. history, at that time. the charges stemming from an't cooing investigation of organized crime and the family. and john reagan know nicknamed ba zoo. of those the only one directly linked to the airport theft. the agent was the only man ever charged until now.

he goes all the way back. he thinks somebody with inside knowledge has been talking. >> yeah, it is a surprise that he is still alive, because most of the people involved in the case were killed, bumped off, or have died a natural death, so he is one of the last. so longevity in the long run did him in. >> now his attorney says he does plan to fight the charges and he entered a guilty plea during a brief appearance in federal court. the man that believed was the master mind, died in prison years ago, he was serving time for an unrelated murder. there is a lot more here in this indictment. >> yeah. >> it deals with crimes from as recently as last summer, to as long ago as 1969. >> okay.

appreciate it. >> the republican national committee is meeting in washington this week to map out a strategy to win back the senate and the white house. it involves getting a bigger share of the female vote. which is why some comments made by a party leader are drawing so much scrutiny tonight. lisa stark is life at the site of this meeting in washington, d.c. what did former presidential candidate have to say? >> well, mike was frying to turn the table on the democratics democrats have accused rebrandings of waging a war on women, he said that many women he knows believes it is the democrats who view women as helpless, and hopeless creatures. whose only goal is to get government contraceptives.

our party stands for the recognition for one, and for the democrats want to ink as a result the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control, because they cannot control their lib bid does or their repatrol ductive system without the help of the government, then sobeit, let us take that discussion all across america. because women are far more than the democrats have played them to be. and women need to say enough of that nonsenses. >> it wasted no time in butting together a youtube video saying that the republicans have rebranded themselves, back to the 1950's. tony. >> okay, there will be fund raising on both sides of this one. i am wondering are people reading too much into

what he had to say here? >> well, we are told he has made these remarks in the past, and it doesn't move the needle like it did today. they are trying so hard to appeal to women, today they announced five new rising stars in the party, all five of them women, three of them minorities. that was the message they wanted to get out today, but what stuck was what governor huckabee had to say. >> the government as uncle sugar. a defense official dells the press that hagel will summon the top leaders to discuss the issue. he also plans to order an independent review of the nation's nuclear force.

ending five weeks of fighting that kills thousands of sols and civilians it is the first sign of real progress since the conflict began. it has been a long awaiting deal, but a huge break nonetheless, at least now those who have fled their homes because of the violence that has raged through south sudan, have some hope that they may return soon. just signed essentially guaranteed that there will be a sensational fire, there will be permission, or that both sides would allow for humanitarian aid to reach those effects. however, it will only be permitted 24 hours of the signing of that signing. despite this break through, many view that this is just a patching of a wound that continues to bleed.

a many see as a person who should be running this country. and the other tribes and other tribes across south sudan. so many view unless real accountability for the crimes committed has reached less reconsolation between both sides it is difficult to see how this cease fire would last very long. has sworn in a new interim president, who will have to bring muslim rebels and christian militias together and in months of fighting catherine is taking power after the former president was forced to step down. more than 1,000 people have been killed and more than one with million more have fled.

nearly three years after the popular revolution, the rise group says egyptian authorities have passed laws to make it easier to silence critics, five of al jazeera's journalists have been detained. two have had marry detention extended by further 15 days. they are already been detained for 26 days they are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. allegations al jazeera says are totally unfounded. on airedders from the local council. >> and the head of council have been arrested.

for news across the country, including a massive crash that was with breaking news for news the 4:00 p.m. hour, it has closed down a major interstate here. morgan. >> and emergency crews are looking other whose may be trapped. and the pile up involved at least 15 semitractor trucks in addition to several passenger cars. there's a fear that many may be pinned under those trucks. police say it wasn't immediately clear what caused the accident. meanwhile, there seems to be a very dark cloud hanging over the garden state. the re-election campaign just got subpoenaed. and that was along with with the republican party. this just days after being sworn do office for the second time. the federal suspect is for documents related to traffic lanes. now the traffic was said

to be politically motivated as a way to hurt the mayor for his lack of christie support. and his lawyer says he will cooperate with the investigation. >> meanwhile, another governor is trying to help the city of detroit get up and running again with the help of a very talented immigrants. michigan governor is now preparing to ask president obama for fifth thousand work visas just to help he is looking for people with advanced degrees. governor snyder plans to suck mitt the proposal to the white house this week. also in arizona, a passenger got up and attacked the driver of a greyhound bus, injurying 24 people. the dallas bound bus was with in arizona when a man just jumped up and starting pummels the bus' drive. the bus crossed other the highway, stopping just before it barreled on to on coming traffic. passengers tried to

restrain him, but just 30 minutes later police did catch him. the 21 uninjured passengers did get safely to their destination. >> boy, that could have been a really big nightmare. >> yeah. much worse than it was. >> okay, good to see you, thank you. the u.s. olympic team has unveiled it's uniforms for the opening ceremonies the reactions probably not what the designers had hoped for, we will check in on the social media backlash. that's next, and how some employiers are trying to get more women involved in the construction trade. blatche

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jazeera america, while women account can for more than half of the u.s. work force, it is still rare to see them in

the construction industry. more than 7 million construction workers are women. and that hasn't changed since the 1980's. the national's womens law center, say women are literally missing out. the median hourly wage is $19.29. that's double the median hourly wage for fields dominated by women, like child care, and house cleaning. and the construction industry is growing, it is estimate there had will be 1.3 million new workers by 2022. why some employers hope women will step up to meet that demand. >> she is on her own, the only woman working as a welder at this construction site. she says she is actually one of the guys, it is a boy's club after all. you can't beat them, you might as well join them. >> how you doing sea bass. >> i mean there's ways to survive in the

construction field. you just have to pick and choose your battles and you have to respect a man in this field. >> she has chosen construction because she loves the welted with, she loves to work with her hands and she wanted to be paid for doing what she enjoyed even if it meant raised eyebrows and extra effort to obtain respect. >> for women it's still a uphill battle. even though i entered the trait 35 years ago, it is all roses now it is not, on the other hand it is a tremendous opportunity. >> the city of san francisco is looking to take advantage of the boom in building through city build, in 18 week program in partnership with trade unions and construction companies to introduce people to the industry. >> this semesters class of 43 has just three women, organizers say they like to see more onboard. >> city build says it's been difficult to convince women to join

the program, sometimes they say the challenge is the woman herself, dealing with gender stereotypes or pressure from friends and family who say the work is too tough, and too dangerous. >> there is also the fear of sexual harassment. the women in construction say it's no better or worse than any other workplace. >> they are waiting for us. >> regardless, it is a tough playing field in a male dominated industry. >> try to keep your legs straight. >> construction after all, is manual labor, requiring strength, and stamina. can women with keep up? nina has one answer. we are told she holds her own, outpacing some of the men in the course's hour of physical education. >> if this is thing you want to do, you should just go for it and do it. don't let anyone bring you down. >> mary says she has no progress being the shouterrest of the class, and no concern about her abilities. >> just keep chill, do

what you have to do, put your fears aside you will make it far. >> that seems to drive these women on the forefront, recognizing that they may bring something special and different to a traditional field. >> to be the only woman, not areasonable the only woman, but the only minority, i love the challenge. the message to women who have never considered construction, we can do it. >> the pent gone is relaxing its dress code, now lit be user to wear turbans, beards and tattoos for religious reasons. roxanne that is here with more. >> the defense department is changing its policy on what people can where when they sear. the change will effect jews, muslims among others. until now they have not been able to serve if they displayed tattoos or wear beards or other symbols now the defense department says if they request it, neck wear

beards and turbines, tattoos piercings and other body art of religious nature, muslims can also request to carry prior beads. basically anything that doesn't pose a safety has saturday or interfere with with their ability to do their job. the a few received special permission to wear beards in the past, but they had to get letters of sup bort from lawmakers. we spoke to the coalition and united six, they say they welcome this change, and say it doesn't go far enough. they don't want to have to ask for per mix. tony some sikh liters are collecting signatures from congress, they want to ask the military to ease the rules even further. >> really. i am wondering if there's any reaction from individual, group groups tt

are opposed to these? >> we haven't seen any official reaction, but on social media there are a lot of different responses. some people support them, and other people oppose them, the critics say that all people should have to wear the same thing in the military. nobody should receive special preference. >> all right, appreciate it, thank you. >> you know we got our first look today at team u.s. a.'s uniforms. let's just say the reaction has been mixed at best. tony, well, it's eye catching that's one of the nicer comments. here is the male version of the uniform, what are the comments? well, somewhere in wisconsin a grandma is happy they chose her swelter design. and jeff says hey, american olympians your first grade teacher she

wants her sweater back. kind of like a christmas ugly sweater party. some people like it, someone said it looks like a christmas sweater, i like it. so tony, ralph lauren they got heat because the unican forms weren't made in the u.s.a., this time they say they used 40 domestic partners to manufacture these, so how much do these sweaters cost? some $595. $95 for the hat, but look, it could be worse. germany, definitely gives team u.s.a. competition. >> right. >> and this one is -- >> that's insane, what is that. >> this is the nor ow january curling. >> you wouldn't even put that on your table cloth. >> you request go dancing in this. >> just saying. >> i suppose, that's the curling team. >> the curling team for

norway. >> well with, that's the only time. >> this, or this? what do you think? >> that's a little busy, clearly, but it's -- made in america, you want this over the thing from the curling team, right? >> i'm definitely -- >> i would say -- i'm go for bold, but that's just me, if you want to check these out, just go to my twitter. >> your casting a vote for the norwegian gear? >> i would. >> you just want with to make a statement. >> go bold. >> go big or go home. >> thank you, the jamaican bobsled team will be fighting for the gold, after qualifying. the team said it didn't have the money to compete, but after some help from the international committee and a fund raising campaign, the two men bobsled team will be in russia, the team hoped to raise $80,000 to cover equipment, and training costs, so far, they have raised more than

$184,000. we will be back in a moment with a update on the day's top stories and then of course it is david chuter in for ali veal hi on real money at the top of the hour. coming up on real money, why it is easier to climb the economic ladner some states and harder in others. plus the cold snap across the eastern united states has been great for people, but what about the rest of us? we will look at the economic impact, and ali is in switzerland with. all of that and more on real money. there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill?

or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. states. researchers say air pollution from the factories made its way across the pat iffic, into california and arizona. the u.s. national academy of science says it makes up a quarter of air pollution. the pollution is a reminder that our demand for cheep imports has a boomerang effect. >> chinese factories are churning out the latest technology, sending it to our shores, along with something less desirable pollution. >> you see the pictures of people in budget with maths on. you don't think about what comes across an o.

>> steven co-authored a study finding that emissions from chinese plants manufacturing exported goods have been found in this is am al jazeera america. the white house has rejected the latest call for change at the national security agency. this one with came from a watchdog panel that said that the nsa collection

of phone records was both ineffective and illegal. two report also said the nsa should stop collected phone records. the white house says it will consider sanction against ukraine after a crack down on antigovernment protestors. demonstrations have spread to four other cities, president victor is meeting with opposition leaders. iranian president addressed the world economic forum. he says that iran is ready to work with the international community, and has no intention of pursuing nuclear weapons. a fire in a canadian nursing home has killed three people. police say three others were injured and 30 more are missing. the fire happened overnight tonight in a small town in quebec, 50 people lived at the home, the major says many had alzheimerss and couldn't get around on their own. the request asked for documents connected to lane closures of the

george washington bridge on the new jersey side in sent of last year. kristy's office says it is cooperating with the investigation. i'm tony harris, real money, is next, david chuter is in for ali velshi tonight. climbing the economic ladder in america. it's easier in some states and harder in others. we'll explain. plus across the united states this has not been a good day for mcdonald's, but it has been a great one for people who sell natural gas. and at davos switzerland the head of nissan reveals where the auto industry is headed and what it means for