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united states, in civilian medical intervention forces. >> dr. jack chow, andrew, gentlemen, thanks a lot for your help. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey, live from new york. here are the top stories - tens of thousands fill the streets of new york - one of several cities taking part in climate change marches. a peace deal in yemen. it has not stopped the violence.
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refugees flood into turkey, the number topping 70,000. mission to mars - n.a.s.a.'s spacecraft to reach the red planet tonight. thousands of demonstrators in the streets of new york city - all in the name of protecting the environment. look at the crowds. organizers say 300,000 participated in what they call the people's climate march, the biggest of its kind, and one of similar marches around the world. as i said, the organiser said 300,000 - do we have an official number on the crowd? >> we are going by the
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organiser's number. a lot of people - 300,000, as estimated by the organizers seems small to them. just to give you an idea, the staging area for the march along central park west was 40 blocks long and it took four hours for the march to pass through the start behind me, and you just missed the last of them going through. a huge crowd - young, old, black, white, native american - people from all over the world who came out to make this the largest mobilization ever. the last record set in copenhagen. no matter what the official number is, it's clearly above the past record. >> they were impressive scenes this we were looking at, as you were talking. did people say why they came?
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>> it was a broad and diverse coalition of groups. leading the march you had the people on the front lines of climate change - you had intig nal groups, coast -- indigenous groups, coastal communities - a lot forms in the wake of hurricane sandy, because they saw the devastation that that caused along the shore lines of new york and jersey. they said they are real people feeling the effects of climate change, in terms of that erratic weather. they want to send a message to the politicians that they are impacted by this now, and something needs to be done about it now. there's a lot of other groups taking part. labour groups is another - not a group asserted with environmental causes. one of the groups i spoke with said at this point it will cost
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us more and hurt the economy more. we are looking for green jobs, buildings and sol ughts -- solutions. while the new york city march may have been the largest, it was not the only one, in london 40,000 marched past big ben holding signs. man asked for carbon use to be put into the budget. france - marchers took to the streets of paris to call for cleaner features. many said the cause was in the political, they wanted to raise awareness. in germany, 10,000 turned out marching past brandenburg gait to make their point on climate change, some dressed as angela merkel to draw attention to the
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need for more action. today's march comes two case before the united nations climate summit in new york. on tuesday, 120 world leaders will gather to work towards on agreement that will address climate change. we'll have more on that coming up in "the week ahead". that is at 8:00pm eastern, 5:0 pacific. >> let's go to yemen. houthi fighters have taken over several buildings and the police station in the capital. smoke is billowing. the group wants involvement in the government. a peace deal wokered by the u.n. -- brokered by the u.n. was signed, but there's word that houthis will not withdraw their people from several cities. >> yes, it's too early to gauge the reaction in sanaa. let me give you more from the
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deal. the important point is the cessation of hostilities. it is short on on detail. nothing was said with regard to when or how the route yes would pull out from the capital. now they control the ministry of defense. the army, tv, radio station. nothing was specifically and clearly said about this situation. under which the deal has been signed. there are some broad term talking about the need for the government to own back all the weapons and territory upped its control, for the groups to stop carrying articles and security to be in the hands of the central government. all of that is generally mentioned in the security matter. it is short on specifics. also, there'll be a special
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committee appointed in the next few weeks to go to the north and deal with the statistics of the ceasefire. so itself it is subject to negotiation. >> heavy fighting in syria has made many residents flee over the border to turkey. turkey says 70,000 refugees crossed the border, most ethnic kurds. they began to flee when islamic state of iraq and levant captured several towns. in turkey, the country's president assess the government will not give details of this weekend's dealt. the 349 turks held hostage. recep tayyip erdogan met with the families, saying there are things that we cannot talk about. the hostages were seized in iraq in june and returned to turkey on saturday. the u.s. says other countries have joined the fight against i.s.i.l.
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u.s. ambassador to the united nation, samantha powers says france, germany and others are an board. >> secretary of state john kerry chair d a meeting in new york, 40 countries spoke of our effort, including france, which announced it had conducted air strikes. saudi arabia, which described the training facility provided for the moderate opposition, and a host of other commitments, including germany, which broke with tradition to provide weapons and equipment. >> samantha power there. afghanistan names its next president after months of negotiations. in a power-sharing agreement, former foreign ministers ashraf ghani will be the president, and abdullah abdullah will be the newly created position of chief executive. secretary of state john kerry released a statement saying
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this: jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: the two rivals, now partners. side by side they sign a deal giving afghanistan a unity government, with the president sharing power with a newly created role of chief executive. it took weeks for the men to get to this point. >> may god bless you, always success and prosperity, so you can be in the service of the african nation and complete the jobs we couldn't fulfil so we can continue with a happy and steady life. >> the two men's parties will share ministries and government positions. >> today a mixture of the good and bad news. the good news is there's an end to a long-time political crisis, but the bad news is a huge set back to democracy. >> for some, the unity government is not the answer they were looking for.
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>> we are disappointed. it was not our vote that decided this. they could have made the deal six months ago. >> the political stalemate hurt the economy. one of the president's first tasks will be signing a security agreement to allow u.s. and n.a.t.o. forces to remain and afghanistan next year. >> the new government will face a number of challenges. afghanistan is dependent on international aid. corruption is widespread, and the extended political process left many suspicious of politicians. they want a government that will unite them and put the economy back on its feet. joining us from washington d.c. is the deputy director for the stin son institute in south asia. jennifer's reporting - i'm not sure that you heard this - one of her gets said some see it as
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good new, bud bad news because it's bean at a setback for democracy, what's your take on that. >> it's not often that there's good news coming out of afghanistan. >> that's true. >> it's not a perfect deal, but it's important that the loser, abdullah abdullah, who came in second, well - coming to a crossroads and deciding he wanted to press and mobilize his constituency across the nation, or to take a role in the government, and a piece of the pie. looks like he has done so. the deal is likely it stick in the near term, and there's a face-saving measure, in which the results have been deferred. they'll come out because it allows him to join the government. all in all, it's a disappointing technicality, but a positive outcome. >> both candidates come from
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different ethnic groups. how might it play into being a stabilizing force in the country. >> one of the interesting things that was not remarked upon was that both groups, both candidates made efforts to reach out to the other candidates, constituencies. there's a basis for this to work, and these national unity governments can work. this is not a constitutional arrangements that an arrangement that is conditional upon ashraf ghani, the new president. the other is that this is happening in the context of budgets that will shrink. both of those things make it dave to see this working well in the near to long term.
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>> what is on the line in this does not work? >> well, from the perspective of the united states, but i think also our european allies and the afghan people, there's a lot at stake. afghan stability matters for the afghans, and matters more widely for the future of militant groups that have or may take shelter in the region. and a fractured central government, one that is driven to infighting is much more likely to lose significant parts of territory and create safe havens. from the perspective of washington it's a significant concern, and from afghans, after decades of turmoil they won is government that works. >> and you say a government that works, what further changes need
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to happen to have a government that works. no longer candidate, what do the leaders need to do? >> well, like most political deals, this pushes some of the difficult issues into the horizon over the next couple of year. after a couple of years there'll be a grand lawyer jirga to consider chance to the constitution, in the near term there are two things that ashraf ghani noods to do. one is that he needs to conduct a conciliatory posture towards abdullah abdullah, to give him powers and discretion in implementing the gander of the new government. two, as a team, they need to adopt a conciliatory and outreach of posture to their neighbour pakistan. if pakistan feels the arrangement and kabul is not in its interests or problematic, they can expect pakistan to be a
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trouble make are in afghanistan. no one wants that, they have a key domestic political agenda, and a key agenda with their neighbour next door. >> a lot of incentive and motivation for this. thank you joshway lit with the stenson institute. pope francis called on muslims to turn their backs on extremism. he praised albania as an example to the world. he received a warm welcome to the state as pope. still to come - residents of sierra leone have been ordered to stay in their homes for three days. they are waiting to see if the lock down will be lifted. sanctions imposed from russia appear to be working. it's not stopping russia from
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pro-russian separatists and forces are firing at government forces, despite a ceasefire that is two weeks old. there's a buffer zone, but the ukranian government says it will not go ahead with the plan until truce violations cease. we have the latest from donetsk. >> reporter: the ukranian military is claim toing have lost two -- claiming to have lost two soldiers, eight injured as a result of firing from the separatists positions. the separatists saying that the ukrainians have breached the ceasefire agreements on six occasions, including yesterday, saying they were responsible for blowing up an industrial explosives factory in separatist-held territory. all not looking good for the memorandum signed in minsk early yesterday, in which both sides agreed to create a buffer zone
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of 30km, where heavy artillery pieces were removed, and the intention to withdraw foreign fighters and equipment. a reference to the russian forces, alleged fighting in ukraine, that moscow has admitted, but only here in a voluntary capacity. ukrainians have some foreign fighters in their midst. the situation summed up by n.a.t.o. military commanders, who said the ceasefire in ukraine was a ceasefire in name only. >> across the border in russia, thousands are protesting escalating tensions. thousands marched though moscow showing, "no to war", in relation to believing what was russia's role in fuelling the conflict. >> russia is finding ways to fight back. peter sharp has more from
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moscow. >> russia is fighting the sanctions for fruit and vegetables. counter-sanctions banned the import of all food from the united states and fresh fruit from europe, where russia was the biggest importer. at this agricultural exhibition in moscow, they are seeking other market to fit the gap. this belgium fruit exporter is frozen out the russian market. >> we blame a little our open european politicians, which intervene in russian politics, where they shouldn't do that, to all personal opinion at least. >> what countersanctions could russia call on, it could close air space. it could bankrupt the smaller carriers. russia loses out on overfly fees of $300 billion. it could cut off gas supplies. shutting it down would be costly. gazprom sold gas worth $70
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billion. it could ban car imports to the west. russia is europe's biggest car market. car manufacturers could supply markets in other areas. moscow is the financial hub of russia, this is where the money men confront the challenges of sanction, and the future is not looking good. translation: i believe in the medium and long term the ruble will fall. the russian currency does not look strong. the economy is not developing. >> all the indicators are predicting a rough ride ahead for the russian economy. the country's annual inflation rate is running at 7.5%, and the value of the ruble dropped 14% since jan. and there's a dip in the oil prices, and it makes up more than half of russia's oil
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revenues. the advice from the finance ministry - don't panic. >> reporter: certainly no signs of panic among the civilians of moss sow. >> i don't feel it. unless the food prices increase, it's hort to surprise us. the effect of a falling currency are beginning to hit home. the russian tourtists. more than 130,000 holiday makers were affected by the ruble falling. russians are urged to take their vacations at home. it's the third day of sierra leone's lockdown. officials are deciding whether to extend it. residents have been ordered to stay in their homes to combat the spread of ebola. a new treatment facility was filled with activity as doctors worked to treat victims of the
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disease. >> reporter: of all the people who caught ebola so far during the outbreak, more than half died. medical staff take no chances. even in hot and humid conditions, full protection suits are warn. >> the isolation unit are important. at the moment there are a lot of cases or suspected cases in the community who, if they are not isolated, could potential lites affect those around them, their family. >> reporter: the medics are working at a new unit an hour from sierra leone's capital freetown. it has space for more patients, but is at full capacity. >> the place is very warm. some patients feel very uncomfortable. we try to console them. >> patients who test positive are transferred to freetown's
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only treatment center before it opened three days ago. the closest facility was only five days away. >> it was important to have this. we only have two treatment centers in the country. again, we used to move the patients from freetown to those areas. >> one rights group called the shutdown a publicity stunt. health workers who have been going door to door say it's been a success. >> we have been visiting houses. people come and listen to us about ebola. they promise us they'll put it into effect. >> reporter: the ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,600 people in west africa. when it is contained the u.n. says the effect on countries
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like sierra leone will be felt for years to come. >> as of september 18th, the ebola outbreak killed 2600 people, and infected thousands more. liberia is the hardest hit. half of the confirmed cases are there. and under 1500 died of the virus. you see here where it's concentrated. >> the agricultural industry has been hit hard by the floods. in the bread basket area, crops are under water, food prices are rising. this report from southern punjab. >> reporter: it's a terrible year to own a cotton factly. first, the rain, heavy and out of season. if knocked the plants around and damaged the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit, washing away a third of the crop, taking with it 40% of the business's
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profits. >> translation: because of the damage, we are getting less raw material. the flood is costing us a fortune. the factory is barely running 12 hours a day because we don't have enough cotton? from the air we see the extent of the damage. farms, factories and villages damned when the government diversed to rural areas to protect the major cities. around 700 square kilometres of agricultural land is under water - fruit, vegetables rice and sugar. prices are going up and the worry is there won't be enough to feed people. this farmer, also a lawyer and politician, said the cost of some food items have doubled, even tripled. >> from the farms to the markets, the food stuffs are not coming. crops are destroyed. this will have a demand and
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supply impact. in the short run, 3-6 months, we feel there'll be a 20-25% inflation in the food basket. for tenant farmers they have nothing - no crops or home, and are living an irrigation dykes waiting for the water to revealed. the landlorded it's the worst flood he has seen. >> translation: labourers are in crisis, their families are in crisis. we need a huge compensation package from the government, then we can rebuild the houses and infrastructure. if the government doesn't help, we'll live hand to mouth. >> all across the province, the flood turned farms into lakes. so far many people, there's nothing they can do, except see if there's anything worth
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catching. still ahead on al jazeera america. indigenous leaders gather in new york to make sure natural resources are protected. we meet a woman who travelled to the u.s. from the amazon. and a live report from the streets where tens of thousands of protesters turned out. the incredible journey continues... on the edge of eighteen only on all jazeera america
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welcome back to al jazeera america. here is the top stories - there's no stop to the violence in yemen despite a peace deal. the fighters took over several key government buildings, and are asking for a new government with more representation. afghanistan has announced the next president, following months of political negotiations. in a power sharing agreement, former foreign ministers ashraf ghani will be the president and abdullah abdullah, his rival, assumes the newly created
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position of chief executive. more than 300,000 people participated in the people's climate march. it's the biggest event of its kind, one of many similar marriages around the world. >> while world leaders meet at the u.n. for a summit on climate change, indigenous leaders will be there taking part in the first world conference on indigenous people. among the concerns, keeping natural resources intact. we caught up with one woman who travelled from the amazon to make here voice heard. >> it was a journey of 3,000 miles, from her village deep in the amazon rainforest, she has come to new york city. she's here to ask world leaders for one not so such thing, to leave much of ecuador's billions of barrels of oil reserves in the ground. >> our people believe petroleum
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is the blood of our ancestors deep in the earth. the earth is our mother. you are taking the blood from the mother, creating on imbalance. >> her village is home to 1,200 people. for a decades-long battle. it has second ecuador's government from opening it up to oil facilities. >> they want to bring that model to the rest of the world, putting the battle on the front lines. >> we have a proposal based on scientist reports staying 50% of petroleum reserves need to stay underground. what are we waiting for. >> you can begin with us. we have been releasing for years. we don't want petroleum exploration of our land. >> reporter: she shared her
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struggles with other indigenous leaders from around the world. center south dackt christopher gibson, to the navaho, and native hawaiians. they brought gifts and stories. leaders combined gifts during a water ceremony, water was blessed, drunk by all and poured into the banks of the hudson river. >> reporter: from here, they will take their message to the united nations and demand real access on climate change. this woman will represent her tribe at the u.n. >> the more of indigenous people that can be seen and heard, we don't know. the state will open up their eyes and ears, and listen and hear. >> it's a message indigenous say they have spent generations
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trying to get across, a change that must be with them. >> we have time-tested experience, and a relationship with mother earth. it's hoping that the other world will catch on to that. >> catching on before it's too late to combat climate change. >> joining us live on set is tom, the executive director of the indigenous environmental network and an organiser of the people's climate march and we appreciate you hopping over to the studio. 300,000. those are the numbers you are reporting. how did you make that happen? >> we have been part of a massive movement to bring front line communities to the forefront. when the call was to have an action like this a couple of days before. the summons to world leaders to
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come toot on tuesday -- together on tuesday, 23rd, we were ready. it's hard work, and involved different movements from peasant to small farmers to indigenous people, environmental movements, and here in new york city, a lot of the communities impacted by hurricane sandy. and people... >> it's an interesting mix of people coming together for a common cause. >> that's right. and it's demonstrating, you know, what is going on throughout the world. people are demanding change. >> as cailin's story mentioned, it's about not just being seen, but heard. how optimistic are you that this will translate to policy changes? >> well, definitely it's a change. being indigenous of the north, north america, and our work with supporting and voices of our
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indigenous brothers and sisters in the global south, it's a challenge and a half. there's a long history of human rights violations by the developed countries, and starting tomorrow, the u.n. is having a world conference on indigenous people. the lifting of indigenous voices and the rites of indigenous people is critical. we like to see a positive opportunity here, with what happened today, you know, and our organizers, with this organising of the people's climate march is looking at 310,000 and about 200 - 2,028 people throughout the world. >> what is on the wishlist if you had the ear of people that could make these things happen. what is on your wishlist? >> my wishlist is that the
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audience, people throughout the world see that we have to wake up, and our message, like what we did in the water ceremony, in addition to demanding real chance and action on addressing rigorous targets to redouse the greenhouse gases, and by the bench mark years, 2020, those are issues where we have to keep 80% of fossil fuel in mother earth. deeper in that is a relationship with the sacredness of mother earth, what that moons, how we walk and consume and are addicted to energy. this is something that we embraced the concept of systems change, not the climate change. >> are you optimistic? >> i'm optimistic. >> i know you are today, because there was 300,000 people. >> before this, i'm optimistic because we've been part of this massive movement.
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the world social foreman in tunisia - that was the first time that there was space opened up for addressing climate justice, and that within the regional social movements, in addition to civil society coming to articulate our concerns and issues at the united nations climate negotiations. look what happened in copenhagen in 2009. there was a wake-up call there. something was not going right. concern about the corporate take offers of the united nations -- takeovers of the united nations, takeovers. that message was strong. something is happening not only here, here in new york city, but something that reflects throughout the world that people know that something is wrong, that weather patterns is unpredictable. there are hurricanes and tornados, and things like that that difficulty which, you know,
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we need real action here, and people are starting to wake up. that is what has given me positiveness. >> i hope you have a productive few days here. >> i hope so too. one of the critical things is the market systems that really are alarming to us as far as a solution, where it concerns privatisation of the mother earth and the sky. one of the messages is we don't want it w.t.o. in the sky and atmosphere, we want emissions to cut at the source. >> a lot of allies in the city with you. >> definitely. >> thank you for coming in. we appreciate it. >> thank you. the summer's conflict in gaza lasted 50 days, claiming the lives of over 2,000. and left many buildings damaged. residents are facing a housing
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shortage. al jazeera's charles stratford tells us israel will not allow cement or building materials into gaza. >> reporter: this man guides his 3-year-old son through the rubble of what was their home. they stayed in a u.n. school during the wore, but had to lee -- war, but had to leave when the school was prepared for students to return. >> i was so shocked when we returned here. we are worried about what we'll do when winter comes. >> he says he doesn't have the money to rent an apartment. there's no electricity or running water. for the time being he prefers to stay where his house once stood. across the road corrigated iron cab juns have been -- cab juns have been instructed. each as a tiny kitchen, bathroom and two rooms. 100 have been built, nowhere near enough for tens of thousands left homeless.
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families that apply are assessed on a case-by-case basis. >> translation: i'm not optimistic about getting a caravan. if i do, it means i won't get a house for a long time. >> it's been almost a month sense the ceasefire began, and there's no sign of rebuilding going on here or other neighbour ads across gasza. the people say they feel neglected by the government and the international community, and there's little hope that their lives will change second. >> getting building materials into gaza has been delayed or weeks, because israel says hamas may use them to rebuild tunnels. the u.n. says an agreement with israel and the palestinian government has been reached. the deal is not only dependent on israel, but unity among the factions of the palestinian government. >> there'll be no reconstruction if the national consensus government is not in gaza, if
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there's no reconstruction, there'll be no stability. >> the u.n. says the war left 100,000 in gaza with nowhere to live. >> everybody is concerned with gaza, and to achieve the peace here is to reconstruct the demolished houses. >> reporter: this man has no idea when he'll have a home for his family. he and tens of thousands of palestinians like him, have little choice but to seek shelter wherever they can. still ahead on al jazeera america - why there are growing forwards in california, that the disease valley fever could be on the rise. n.a.s.a.'s major mission to mars set to reach a major milestone tonight. details ahead.
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an unmanned spacex rocket carrying thousands of pounds of supplies blasted off from cape canaveral bound for the international space station. >> 3. 2. 1. engines ignited, we have lift off. the first 3d printer in space was part of the cargo. the rocket is expect to arrive on views, the first of 12 missions planned by spacex. which has a contract with n.a.s.a. as one takes off, another is scheduled to arrive on morse. if all goes as plan the major explorer will begin to orbit mars. jacob ward has more. >> reporter: mars is a desolate place, distriped of -- stripped of life by the sun.
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the satellite will find out, arriving at the red planet before 10:00 pm eastern on sunday. there are many complications to sending something to mars, not the least, the incredible amount of time it takes to get there. what is difficult about this mission, is how close the spacecraft needs to come to the planet. it's unbelievable. it's like shooting an apple from someone's head. a bullet would, in fact, take over 700 days to get there. it has to be in the perfect position when it arrives. that is a shot. people have messed this stuff up before. in 1999 n.a.s.a. lost a 129 million satellite, the mars climate orbiter. the lockheed martin engineering crew discovered they'd been working in pure units of measurement, and the rest of the team worked in metric. they came in too close, 36
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miles, or 56 kilometres above the surface, ploughing through the atmosphere, shooting out beyond the planet and is probably circling the sun, probably burnt out. may haven will -- maven will come in higher, it will enter orbit the at 236 miles, 380km above the northern poll of mars. it will burp the engines, fire them up, brake for half an hour, causing it to whip out in a 35 hour capture orbit, where it boom ranks out and back, before re-entering orbit for 4.5 hours. it will do that crazy thing again and again to test out instruments and make sure everyone is comfortable, and then will spend a year orbiting mars to grab the data it was
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built to acquire. it will be a delicate and dangerous dance. it's no joke. the entry point here is close. the satellite will cabinet a lot closer to the surface. at the lowest orbit until zip down to 75 meals. if you see it on the surface, you will see it go by. being that low is really cool. it let's maven take a sniff of the gases and ions. it will sample them. at the furtherst point from the planst, it will take big images. if it goes well, we'll walk away knowing what happens with the upper atmosphere of mars, with the rafages of time, and hopefully what happened to the water that scientists believed
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covered a huge portion of the surface. it's a lonely mission to a lonely place, and give us a sense of what it would take to live on mars, but what the universe will do to our planet when we are ghosts, billions of years from now. fascinating. 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern california, where firefighters struggled from a week to bring it under control. more than 5,000 firefighters are working to control the fire, a man suspected of starting it is held on bail. two other fires were all or mostly contained. the spread of wild fires has been linked to the drought. the fires could be contributing to a disease called valley fever. melissa chan reports.
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>> reporter: the sun beats down over the parched land in the third dry year, and the weather brought unexpected consequences. for virginia, it felt like the flu. then she started walking slower, feeling confused and was unable to communicate. >> we were discussing a relative son who plays baseball, and she said, "don't he play booseball", i said i don't know, dear, what is booseball. we thought she had a stroke. >> it wasn't a stroke, it was a disease caused by a soil fungus, a growing problem. >> it appears in the american south-west. and what is troubling is the number of cases have shot up from 2,000 in 1998 to more than 22,000 in 2011. >> the window out here picks up the dust carrying the fungal supports. with one breath as you walk by,
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it's possible to contract valley fever. >> one airborne support kicked up from the soil can cause valley fever. climate change and a dust bowl spread the infection. most vulnerable are migrant farm workers. for some it comes and goes for others, there are no symptoms. for the unlucky few, it becomes a life-long illness. >> somewhere around 3% of all patients infected will go on to develop chronic infections, some have chronic lung disease. it is disruptive. they lose a lot of lung tissue. valley fever is responsive to fungal therapy. it requires two antifungal medications for severe cases.
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virginia's ordeal lasted 7 months. >> you have lost permanently 10 pound in body weight. it's mostly muscle. she's nowhere near as strong as she was. you get confused sometimes. >> at least i know when i get confused. that's good. >> they still wonder where she got sick. she is tired much of the time. for her, the battle with valley fever will never be completely over. for the past two weeks al jazeera america's documentary series "edge of 18' put cameras in the hands of high school seniors who are about to enter the next phase of their lives. in this episode alex gibney, producer, works through issues with the teenagers. >> i was okay, everyone hates me, maybe i'll kill myself.
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>> during the bowling situation, i started getting threatening message and things about me on twitter. i'd walk down the halls, people would whisper, stare, law. it's when i went into a really super deep depression. my thoughts were literally like how would be the easiest payne freeway to end my life? -- payne free way to end my life. >> kids are kids. you can see they lack a certain perspective and wisdom, but their sophistication about the world and emotional strength is profound. >> i don't want to tell my family i was rented from chapman. i don't want to tell everyone i had a dream to get out of the valley and start a life away from here. but my dream kind of shattered. i just - i feel so utterly
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alone. >> we are not doing enough to make opportunity possible for these children. this, i think, is one consistent theme. it breaks your heart. one of the issues about education that we learn is how important the role of parents is. >> through in process i have kind of been at it on my own. i don't have mum at the ready to be on me about deadlines and fees and all this other stuff. >> maurice, you got a month from now. you will be graduating and you need a plan. get your life together. at some point in your life. you'll realise that maurice is in charge of his own life, and hopefully it's not too late when you realise it. >> getting the kids prepared for college. not only in a technical sense, but an emotional sense. when they learn to divorce themselves for parents, but need their love and affection. >> catch edge of 18 tonight on
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the celebrated icelandic artist returns to iceland, travelling the planet documenting landscapes that are fading away. we have more. >> reporter: documenting the lives of those whose words are rapidly changing, and the unforgiving landscapes they inhabit. icelandic photographer has spent the last three decades going back and forth to the coldest places on earth. >> i can't paint. it's horrible when i draw or paint something of .
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my paintings are my photographs. i thought this is fading away. it's disappearing. i have to document it, and do it the way - like how i paint it. >> reporter: in doing so he has won dozens of awards and at times risked his life. waiting to catch this hunter, he knew things had gone wrong. >> he had lost all the bullets on the packet. we were on the ice, far away, no bullets and three polar bears around us. we had to fight back the weather, and the ice was cracking. >> reporter: this exhibition is special. being in a relatively small space, he had to choose the images carefully. these, he says, are his favourites. icelanders say he has ion a
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spotlight on the -- shone a spotlight on the country. >> he's one of the best photographers. and has been for three decades. >> praise that is difficult for rex to take as he sees his work as a blessing and a duty, in the face of climate change abroad and at home. >> iceland is kind of something like you have a nose on your face, but you don't see it unless you look in the mirror. i see it more in other countries than here. it is changing in front of me. >> a counting prospect for a man connected to this region, as he watches and captures it melting away. car enthusiasts are wrapping up a parade. they were driven to towns and cities. the oldest car was a scoet us
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sports car made in 1923 - the most expensive, an award-winning booing arty. produced before world war two. i'm richelle carey, "real money" is next. i'll be back for another hour at 6:00 eastern. thanks for your time. keep it here. america might have to fight i.s.i.l. without one of its vital allies in the region. i'm taking a close look at turkey, a big power of the country that plays a pivotal role in the middle east. dark money in the midterm elections, how some non-profits can spend big bucks but keep the real
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