>> i have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country. >> the u.s. diagnosing its first case of ebola this morning. health officials are trying to track down anyone who came in contact with the patient. >> i wish to god you protected the white house like you're protecting your reputation here today. >> the head of the secret service faces blistering

questions about lapses in kite house security. >> they could be the biggest protests in hong kong. you are looking live at thousands in the streets threatening to take over government buildings. >> more recovery of bodies from japan as the new videos show the dangerous gas when the volcano erupted. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. going concern, a man in dallas has ebola. it's the first case of the deadly virus diagnosed on u.s. soil and the first outside of africa. health officials are scrambling to find anyone who may have come in contact with the man. >> the c.d.c. saying the infected patient arrived from liberia last week. he is in the hospital as are the paramedics who took him there. >> we have team coverage

tracking the story. robert ray is a at c.d.c. let's begin a heidi in dallas. do we know anything more about who this patient is and how he got ebola? >> that is one of the big questions still unanswered at this point. we do know the man has family in dallas. whether visiting the family or coming home to the united states, that is still unclear. perhaps the biggest question of all, stephanie is why is this man who went up the ramp of his own volition seeking treatment, why did the hospital merely turn him around with and the bites that day. he was with his family for three days while contagious. at that point, he was admitted to the hospital. this man has a slightly better than 50-50 chance for survival. >> the first patient diagnosed

with the ebola virus is being treated in dallas. >> the patient exhibited high fever, nausea, vomiting, g.i. issues. >> the patient's name is not released. it is not clear whether he is a u.s. citizen. >> we're hearing that the individual was a traveler, then that they might live here. all of this has to be investigated. >> we don't know how he was infected. the c.d.c. said he was not a health care worker. the man left lieery i can't on friday, september 19, arriving in the u.s. the next day. on wednesday, september 24, the man developed symptoms. friday, september 26, he went to the emergency room, got antibitics and was sent home. on sunday, september 28, the patient was admitted to the hospital and immediately isolated. doctors say there is very little risk of the virus spreading to people who traveled on the plane with the patient. >> the likelihood for this

individual to have spread it on an airplane are basically zero. he had no symptoms while he was traveling. people are not contagious until they are symptomatic. >> the health officials are tracking down anyone who had close contact with the patient after he developed symptoms. in the ambulance that took the patient to the hospital, it has been quarantined, roped off are red tape. the three paramedics who treated him are under observation. >> i spoke to all three paramedics. they seemed lee latched and didn't have concerns at this point in time. >> the public in dallas is express be concern and walking through this emergency room last night, it was very quiet, hardly any patients at all, which is very atypical of the situation here. the hospital administration says that it's still business as usual, except for this quarantined patient at the hospital and express confidence that this virus will not spread.

>> have doctors at the texas health presbyterian hospital given a reason why the patient was sent home after he first visited the e.r. >> i did ask them that. they said that because when this man arrived on friday he was showing non-did he say script symptoms, flu-like symptoms which seemed like he was like any other patient in the emergency room and he may have overreacted. they did not know at that time that this man had just traveled from west africa. whether the correct questions were asked or procedures followed, all of that is under investigation by the hospital administration. >> reporting from dallas, thanks, heidi. >> robert ray is outside c.d.c. in atlanta. the feds don't seem all that concerned about this virus spreading beyond dallas. >> indeed, good morning, dell, they are not concerned.

at least that's the perception they're trying to give. at a press conference yesterday, the media was briefed by a doctor. before that, he spoke with president obama where he explained to the president that they have it under control. that's a line they've been touting for the past couple months. he made it clear to the general public to ebola is not contagious via airborne, but bodily fluids and close contact. the c.d.c. along with a treatment facility in omaha, nebraska successfully treated four patients from west africa brought over in the past couple months. their confidence levels of high that this new patient in dallas will be treated appropriate in the isolation unit. some of the things the doctor said yesterday really interesting. let's have a listen. >> it is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual, a family member or other individual, could

develop ebola in the coming weeks, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >> you heard it, no doubt in his mind. that's something that the doctor has been saying about how they're going to not only curb the infection over in west africa but if it landed here on u.s. soil. it is good to note that the two aid workers brought here to the hospital, dr. kent brantley and nancy writebol have recovered fully. they're out. as a matter of fact, yesterday, nancy writebol spoke to the media. we're going to hear more from her in the next hour, the 8:00 a.m. hour, but they are confident, c.d.c., that they're going to get this under control. >> there may be skepticism on the part of the public, after all, the world health organization saying it is ok to fly in and out of these regions. what about the man getting the

experimental drug zmapp. is he going to get it? >> there's no chance that zmapp will be injected into this dallas man's body. it is no longer available. there are no more doses worldwide. the company in san diego, bio pharmaceuticals l.l.c. is trying to make more, but it's a very lengthy process to create this experimental serum, so no chance, but they're going to monitor this patient, make hurry his organs working, keep him hydrated, perhaps a blood transfusion is in his future. we'll have to see, del. >> robert, thank you very much. >> coming up, we're going to talk to infectious disease expert during about the case in the u.s. >> secret service director julia pearson is apologizing for a major white house security breach and says it won't happen again.

testifying before lawmakers on capitol hill, she said a comprehensive review is now underway 12 days after an iraq war veteran jumped the fence and got to the east room. we are in washington. despite the director's assurances, we're getting details of another stunning security breach involving the president. what are you hearing? this is an incident that occurred a few days before that white house security breach, according to the washington post. it was during a presidential visit to the centers for disease control, a private security contractor armed with a gun who had been convicted of assault and battery stood arm's length from the president. >> another secret service breach, the washington post reporting during president obama's trip to the c.d.c., an armed security contractor with a criminal background stood just inches from the president in an elevator. that incident taking place just

three days before the september 19 white house break-in. >> don't let somebody get close to the president, don't let them get close to his family. >> this was a stunning, outrageous disgraceful breach. >> that blistering criticism was aimed at julia pearson. she was called before a house oversight committee demanding to know how a war veteran, omar gonzalez jumped a white house fence to run across the north lawn and enter deep into the executive mansion. >> i believe that you have done a disservice to the president of the united states. >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. this is unacceptable and i take full responsibility, and i will make sure that it does not happen again. >> is that vow did little to reassure lawmakers. gonzalez entered the unlocked front door of the white house,

overpowered a female secret service agent, ran to the staircase lead got to residence and into the 80-foot east room where he was tackled by an off duty armed agent near the green room. >> to the american public, that would be half of a white house tour. >> the hearings revealed other troubling details, including that before he jumped the fence, white house guards recognized gonzalez from an earlier incident, where he was stopped with a small hatchet outside the white house. >> we all are outraged within the secret service of how this incident came to pass. >> as for omar gonzalez, the man who ran into the white house, he was indicted on charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. today he will appear before a judge here in d.c. in u.s. district court. >> meanwhile, lisa, members of congress are calling or miss

pearson to step down. has this been picking up steam over the past 24 hours. >> she had very little support it appeared on that hearing in capitol hill from both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats, very very critical. one democratic has lost confidence in her ability to run this agency. so far, the white house is sticking by director pearson, white house spokesman saying the president has confidence in pearson, that she has taken responsibility for what happened and promised to ensure it never happens again. as we hear these new revelations coming out, it seems every day, it will be interesting to see if the white house continues to have confidence in director pearson. >> lisa stark reporting from washington. >> we'll speak with a former home land security official calling for a culture change in the secret service and congressman steven lynch will join us. he has called the security breaches disgraceful. >> president obama set to host

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house today, expected to discuss a number of issues, iran's nuclear program, the peace efforts and fight against isil. benjamin netanyahu called isil and hamas "branches from the same tree." >> the air wear against isil intense filing, dozens of coalition airstrikes hitting targets in iraq and syria. >> heavy ground fighting on the border with turkey. that seems to be the major focus now. >> that's right. we are talking about a massive border between syria and turkey. what has been happening is that turkey has tanks along this border, ready to go, and it will decide later this week if it will send troops into the fight. meanwhile, tuesday was the biggest day yet in the air war with 24 airstrikes in iraq and syria, including the first strikes from great britain. the royal air force is aiming at

targets much further south. peshmerga forces have retaken several iraqi villages and a strategic border crossing. this video is from kurdish fighters, heavy shelling and gunfire erupting this morning as kurdish forces try to protect a town. isil's advance has forced so many people to free syria that the united nations is now saying a neighboring countries are overwhelmed. >> isil forces advanced in northern aleppo and over 160,000 people, mostly women and children fled into turkey in just a few days. their fear was so great that many people crossed heavily mined fields to seek ref final. >> more international aid is needed to deal with all the refugees in turkey, lebanon and jordan. more than 3 million syrians have

registered at refugees. >> those images staggering, thank you very much. >> in afghanistan, seven people were killed, 21 others wounded in a pair of suicide bombings. the blast struck two buses carrying military officials in kabul. the bombings come one day after afghanistan and the u.s. sign a deal allowing american forces to stay in the country. the taliban has taken responsibility for those attacks. >> those protests in hong kong are growing and expected to only get bigger today, china celebrating its national day. tens of thousands of demonstrators gathering in civic square, the main protest site, hoping today's protest will be the damagest demonstration so far. we are with the protestors in hong kong. >> 65 years ago, the people's republic of china was founded. he probably never demanded one territory today would be demanding democracy. they are rejecting reforms that

would allow beijing to vet candidates for the 2017 chief executive position in hong kong. many people here fear such a system would allow only pro beijing candidate to say run, the same people who would not have hong kongs interest at heart, allowing beijing's authority to extend into liberal hong kong. many protestors willing to stay on the streets until demands are met, until those electoral reforms are scratched, further testing beijing's patience. >> let's go to andrew work, on the streets of hong kong. he is the editor in chief of hong kong newspaper, the harbor times. he joins us via skype. thanks for your time. have the protests been escalating? describe the turnout and atmosphere. >> things were pretty big and hairy sunday night, then got quiet and then bigger and bigger and bigger.

today, it was the biggest yet. the mood is festive. there hasn't been trouble of the tear gas variety since sunday night, so people feel good about the statement they're making. >> i understand that you were tear gassed. have you seen a change in the reaction by police in the last 48 hours? >> absolutely. yeah, i got gassed three times on sunday night. that was the big turning point. a lot of people that weren't necessarily planning to come down dropped what they were doing and came down. people said it was unacceptable for hong kong people to be gassing hong kong people. that galvanized people. since then, the police have gotten smarter and completely withdrawn. unless you're at the police headquarters, it is hard a find a policemen now in this huge swath of hong kong occupied by protestors and families and senior citizens. >> andrew, pivot your camera so i can see around you.

tell me exactly where you are everyone hong kong. >> i'm in the heart of central. behind me is the standard charter building lit up and the famous sbc building. you can see one of the depot stations that the protest organizedders have set up. they've got the umbrellas. this is the umbrella revolution, because people use them to repel pepper spray on the front lines. they give out water, food, very well stocked, very well organized. if i swing around a little bit more right in the background, if i can get it where to go, you can see a big building on just up here with the lights going up. that's the people's liberation army headquarters in hong kong. so this is -- >> the people's liberation army has a barracks there, but they have not been dispatched. are you getting any other information on whether they could be or will be? >> there are rumors that people are seeing this or that. we just broke a story about

armored personnel, heavy personnel vehicles on a facility on the other side of the harbor close to the second and third occupy site. there are vehicles, but they seem to be on stand by. the p.l.a. are nowhere to be seen, even with the protestors overlooking the court yard, we saw two guys doing a regular patrol and a cat. a cat. >> sounds like that festive atmosphere is being maintained. it is about 7:30 at night there in hong kong. appreciate it. >> as you see those image, it's a amazing what technology can do. here is a demonstrator right in the thick of things talking about it. >> he is a journalist, but doing a selfie live shot, so we're able to get a view from the ground there. >> more bodies are discovered in japan at a volcano that erupted

saturday. a hiker was shooting this video as he tried to outrun it. >> there is a risk of severe weather in the midwest today here in the united states. >> we turn to nicole mitchell. >> it's that storm system that's been slowly pulling into the midwest after causing problems in the west. you can kind of see that spiral in the atmosphere, that means it's wrapped up a most of developed area of low pressure. the heavy rain with this, iowa is already getting it, rough commute in dough money as we head out. continuing to see the moisture, cold front, a lot of cool air behind this. i'll have more on the temperature changes later. as the system progresses along, becoming a firing line for some of that severe weather, anywhere from nebraska, kansas into missouri, that would be the core of that. that could be the core between these two fronts where we have the heaviest rain. with the cooler temperatures could be wintery stuff especially in the higher

elevations. this moves into the great lakes tomorrow and friday. back to you guys. >> ebola is diagnosed on u.s. soil. >> health officials promise they will keep the virus contained. we'll talk to the infectious decease specialist about the chances that ebola can spread beyond just one patient. >> a los angeles suburb rocked by tragedy. the town's mayor is shot and killed by his own wife. why she is not facing charges this morning. >> caught on camera, a bus and a car colliding, what the bus driver was doing right before it that kept the patch safe besides being tossed around. >> $3.5 billion is the big number of the day. >> there are new financial ties between doctors and drug makers.

>> today's big number is $3.5 billion. the federal government says that's how much drug and medical device countries paid out during five months last year to help professionals and hospital it is, to help promote their products. >> doctor nationwide made $380 million in speaking and consulting fees, but some

criticize the data for apparent inaccuracies. >> 64 -- >> 64% of the payments are not connected to any specific doctors or hospitals. >> that man who flew from liberia to dallas has become the first diagnosed case of the ebola in the u.s., health officials working to identify those who had contact with the patient. >> they say those on the plane were not in taker, it can only be spread through bodily fluids or animals. an infectious disease specialist joins us. doctor, thank you. a lot of americans feel that this is a little too close to comfort. how would you put them at ease? >> the risk of transmission is very low to anybody who was on the flight with this patient. you need to be in direct contact with bodily fluids in order to be infected and patient was not symptomatic on the plane. the patient was in contact with

just his immediate family and health care workers. those are the people the c.d.c. will be investigating. >> you understand the cause for concern on the part of the public. in two months, we talked about it probably wouldn't reach u.s. soil. what steps will the c.d.c. take to contain the virus? >> they will identify every person who's been in close contact with this patient. all of those contacts will be put in isolation for 21 days. if any of those people become symptomatic, they won't be able to transmit further. essential le, we put a ring around this to stop it there. >> this patient was allowed to fly from west africa in the middle of an ebola outbreak. would screening make a difference? >> they are screening for fever at the airport. he didn't have a fever, wasn't symptomatic at the time that he left. it takes sometime to develop symptoms. are we going to see more cases like this? that's possible, given how this outbreak is exploding in west

dribbing kago are doctors and medical experts telling the public everything they need to know? are there risks we are not told about? >> the two things that concern me about this particular situation, number one, the patient presented for medical care two days before he was hospitalized and isolated. this is basic medical school teaching, you see a patient, they have a fever, you ask them have you been in contact with anybody sick, have you traveled. this is the basics. either question should have picked this up. we've become too reliant on lab testing and radiology and doctors need to spend time talking to their patients. >> all they need to ask was did you travel to west africa and they might not have let him go. >> we've sustained so much in funding cuts to the health departments and c.d.c. in this country and they are our first line of defense. >> thank you. >> new photos from nasa showing

what was once the fourth largest lake in the world all dried up. >> nicole mitchell has a closer look at this. >> good morning. these are images from the sea on the border. you can see the original images shrinking down from the early 2000s to now because of irrigation projects and diverting that water. you are looking at things like global warming that have really changed the shape of that lake, so almost dried up, and it was once considered the fourth largest sea in the world and now is almost gone. as we continue to the united states, they'd be happy to offer a little bit of water from iowa with areas of heavy rain and still just slight chances in the southeast. we've got a lingering boundary here. the temperatures much cooler behind this. i'll have more on 10 and 20-degree drops a little later. back to you. >> ok, nicole mitchell, thank you. >> as you saw from john's

report, syrian refugees fleeing isil. >> many are women and children. why they are making the dangerous escape now after staying behind through their countries civil war. >> the head of the secret service, lawmakers blasting julia pearson about security lapses that could have put the president's life in danger. >> what i saw was a gun, his actions and his threats reinforced that. >> the florida man accused of killing an unarmed black teenager over loud music takes the stand in his own defense. the one phrase he repeated as he made his case. >> a proposal in thailand to keep a close e. eye on tourists. the country may issue wrist bands and curfews for visitors, one of the stories caught in our global net.

>> you're looking live at protests in hong kong as tens of thousands have gathered.

there is cautious optimism that things will stay that way. so far, peatful. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in this half hour, dangerous traps set by the man accused of killing a state trooper. he's now in the run in the pennsylvania mountains. what search crews found searching for him. >> the long term effect of concussions on football players. >> in our next hour, one malunder one roof spanning two cities with two different pay scales. we'll talk about a place where minimum wage could depend which side you're on. >> a patient with ebola is in isolation in dallas this morning. it's the first case ever diagnosed outside of africa. health officials are searching for anyone who may have come in contact with the patient. three paramedics are in isolation amid concerns they may have been exposed. >> demonstrators in hong kong are stepping up their campaign

for democracy as china celebrates national day. they will occupy government buildings if hong kong's chief executive does not resign. >> the most intense day of airstrikes on isil, two dozen strikes hitting targets in iraq and syria, including the first air assaults from great britain. peshmerga forces have taken several villages in northern iraq back from isil control. bernard smith joins us live from a turkish border town. there has been increased fighting just over the border from where you are this morning. what more can you tell us? >> we are a few hundred feet from the city, the large town behind me, there's been steady mortar fire all morning, plus gunfire. we've heard it for the last four or five hours, most centered on

the east of the town. we also heard from activists, spoke to activists still in the town, very few left, but they believe there have been a couple of u.s. airstrikes, as well, but for a period of time, stopped some of the mortar fire coming from the advancing isil forces. they are only about a mile or so away from the southeast and west. they're very, very close and those u.s. airstrikes if that's who they were have not been able to stop, it seems, that isil advance. >> there's been increasing pressure on turkey to join the fight. could that change anytime soon? >> turkey's parliament votes on thursday on a couple of motions that will allow its military to take action in syria and iraq. the motions will also allow

foreign militaries to use turkish military bases. there's been pressure from the u.s. that they should be allowed to use an air base from which the u.s. can launch attacks on syria and iraq. that may come to fruition. turkey itself has been very worried about taking direct action in syria, because it's on the border with it. the u.s. is 6,000 miles away, but turkey is next to syria and fears if it takes action, it will be exposed to isil retaliation inside turkey. >> meanwhile, how are syrians coping with this latest fighting? >> we've already got more than a million syrian refugees in turkey. we've seen this morning yet more of them crossing. a lot of people had been holding out, hoping things would calm down. they didn't. in fact, the fighting

intensified, so they bring everything they can, all of their belongings they bring with them. they don't want to be here. sometimes they try to go back. the kurds have to stop them, because it's not safe. the kurds don't want the refugees here, either. >> that fighting has sent nearly 200,000 people into turkey desperate for protection from isil and the airstrikes. >> nick schiffron has the story of two women searching for safety amid the endless siege. >> in this war, the most common victims are syrian women and their families. every day, thousands flee to

turkey. if you're syrian and three years old, your countries been at war every day of your life. they escape from this city. isil is near their homes and airstrikes strike nearby. three quarters of the refugees are children and women. the family bring what they can carry. for the 4-year-old, a bottle of water and a backpack shaped like a doll. >> her sister is strong, troubled, but no tears. >> her brother has seen too much to hold back. their mother tries to stay strong, but it's impossible. isil terrifies her. >> i'm not afraid of the shelling, because we are already dead. we are completely destroyed. i'm not afraid of death, i'm afraid of them.

>> as they leave the border, eva grabs her little sister's hand. they've lost three homes in two years. they walk to an uncertain future. >> i don't feel anything. what can i count on? even my husband has gone back to fight. i have no place, no house, nothing. >> she and her family will now live in her brother-in-law's house. it's not much, 20 refugees to two rooms. she criticizes the u.s. for standing on the sideline for years and then launching what she calls ineffective airstrikes. >> it's been four years. our houses are destroyed, so are our children's future. they're giving us hope, but nothing else, just hope. there's nothing being done. >> this war's created the largest refugee crisis since

world war ii. it's create add generation growing up way too fast. even the strongest can't bear to watch. nick schiffron, on the syrian-turkish border. >> nick will speak with members of the free syrian army, what they're saying about the fight to save aleppo. >> images were stunning. >> the secret service with another laps during the president's trip to the c.d.c.2 weeks ago. a security contractor with a gun riding on the elevator with the president. the man is a convicted felon. the director saying mistakes won't happen again. >> throughout my career, i found that government agencies and private sector organizations were at the top of their game become complacent. the secret service would benefit from expanding use of new technologies to assist them.

>> todd kyle joins us live from washington, d.c., a senior advisor with a private security firm. thanks for being with us. people i talk to who watched yesterday's hearing said it was about as bad as bad can get. what is your reaction? >> i think the secret service is a world class organization and the men and women of the secret service do a great job day in and day out. like many organizations at the top of their game, the secret service become complacent in learning about continuous improvement, about finding ways to do what they do best even better. >> how does that happen, when it has long been assumed to the secret service was the top security, that getting to the white house was the most impossible task in the world, not in the united states, but the world? >> i think there are some definite cultural and management

issues within the secret service that need to be uncovered and examined and find effective responses to those weaknesses. >> it's long been assumed that getting into the white house would be difficult if not impossible. yesterday, we find that the front door wasn't even locked and that the lock in place was an old-fashioned dead bolt. >> i think the critical thing here is to look at the layers of security that surround the white house. it's not just the physical barriers, fence and the lock on the door, it's about other things that are visible and invisible to the public. there was a chain of fallure to allowed that man to climb the fence at the white house and get inside the white house north portico. >> five rings of security were broached. how concerned are you, because this is your field about the safety of the president and the first family. >> i think the secret service does a tremendous job, but clearly there are some management and cultural

weaknesses within the secret service that need to be uncovered, and identified, and then appropriate solutions found and implemented. >> todd, thank you very much. >> police say the mayor of a small los angeles suburb was shot and killed hi busy wife. overnight, we are learning she was reds from police custody. >> will there be criminal charges? >> that's something the l.a. county district attorney's office is considering as they look at the evidence. this may be a case of self defense within this domestic dispute. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon at moyer's home in bell gardens, 10 miles south of los angeles. police say he and his wife were having a heated argument in their bedroom when their 19-year-old son stepped in and got into a physical fight with his father. that's when the wife pulled out a gun and shot her husband several times. >> it's a tremendous tragedy.

i'm going to miss him and i think everybody in the community is going to miss him a lot. >> it's tragic that domestic violence has did away with our friend. domestic violence is not acceptable. >> police have not yet released a motive for the couple's initial argument. now he and his wife are both in their 40s, the two dating since high school were married in 1986 and have two kids. >> california's governor signed off on a law expanding gun control. family and law enforcement can now temporarily take away guns from people found to be dangerous to themselves or others. police were unable to seize guns from a man who later went on a shooting siege. >> a trooper was shot during a training exercise, tuesday at a training facility near philadelphia. he joined the state police in 2012. the shooting is under investigation.

>> the manhunt continues this morning for 31-year-old erik frein, accused of killing a state trooper last month. police found two pipe bombs in the poke co mountains. both worked but weren't active but could have been detonated by a trip wire. they say it is only a matter of time before he's caught. >> we continue to take your supplies and weapons stockpiles while you are no doubt weakening, our troopers' resolve is very strong. we are not going anywhere. >> he has been on the run since september 12. he killed corporal by ron dickson and wound another trooper. >> the defense has rested in the second trial of the florida man accused of fatally shooting a teen after a dispute over loud music. >> dunn had been convicted of murder before. we have more. dunn taking the stand on tuesday, what did he have to say? >> he frequently uttered one

phrase, in fear for my life. michael dunn repeatedly used those five words on tuesday to try to convince a jury that he shot and killed the 17-year-old in self defense and not because he was angry about loud music coming from the teen's car. >> michael dunn's story has not changed since he first stood trial in february for killing 17-year-old jordan davis. he maintained tuesday that when he told a car full of teen to say turn down their loud music at a gas station parking lot, davis threatened him from the back seat. >> something something cracker, something white boy, i should f.ing kill that fing m.f.er. >> according to dunn, he pulled a weapon. >> i saw the barrel of a gun. he popped his door open and he said you're dead. >> what was your state of mind at the time you were firing the gun? >> i was in fear for my life. >> he is on trial for first degree murder now because a jury deadlocked on that charge at his

first trial in february. however, he was found guilty of three counts of second degree attempted murder because he kept firing at the teen's red s.u.v. as it sped away. >> why did you do that, sir? >> they were still a threat. you fire until the threat is no longer there. >> many wondered why dunn didn't calm the police afterwards. he testified that he didn't know he had shot anyone until he read the news on his cell phone hours later. >> why didn't you call the police at that point? >> i couldn't tell you. we were -- we had so much fear. >> despite dunn's claims, police have never found evidence of a weapon in the s.u.v. that the teens were driving that night. dunn faces 75 years in prison for his february conviction.

if a jury finds him guilty of first degree murder this time, he faces a mandatory life sentence with no parole. >> a colorado judge has approved the u of a closed circuit t.v. camera during the trial of james holmes, the man who admitted opening fire inside a colorado movie theater. the jury will not be shown and the camera will not move or zoom in without permission. >> defense psychologists saying the suspect who confessed in a murder case was not mentally capable of understanding his rights. police say that pedro hernandez admitted he choked a 6-year-old boy in new york city in 1979. the judge is looking whether to admit the confession at evidence. >> a scary accident in spokane washington, a driver running a red light set himself on a collision course with a transit bus. police say no one was seriously hurt. he complemented the driver who

they say was traveling at a safe speed and that likely helped protect the passengers. >> let's look at other stories caught in our global net. in thailand, visitors may be given wrist bands following the murder of two british backpackers later this month. they would have a locater with your hotel information. >> that's going to raise privacy concerns. >> marijuana has actually been prohibited in jamaica for over a century. according to the gleaner, they are trying to decriminalize pot and clear criminal records. they say small time offenders would have been doing time. >> who would have thought people from jamaica would go to denver to study pot. >> plastic or paper in california, plastic no longer an option, governor jerry brown signing a bill that makes the

golden state the first to ban the use of those single use plastic bags. the question i have always asked was if it is so bad, how did we go away from just using paper? >> this has a lot of critics. some reuse them for trash and now will have to buy trash bags. that controversial decision in california. >> a tough question for parents coming up, what if my child wants to play football. >> there are disturbing, troubling head injury stats that may have parents thinking twice. we'll talk to a neurologist. >> proof that there is power in numbers. how massive tiny creatures in the deep sea of actually affecting the motion of the ocean. yeah, i rhymed. >> this brack bear just hanging out in new jersey. where he caused animal control

to break out the tranquilizers.

>> it's time now for were you ever today's discoveries. tiny sea monkeys making big waivers in the ocean. >> researchers are studying brian shrimp to see how waves and currents are affected. they rise up during the night to feed before sinking to darker democrats during the day. >> the creatures traveling together had a powerful affect on the motion of the ocean. they actually move the water. their power is almost as strong as winds and ties. >> 70% of of football players showed signs of degenerative

brian disease. among former nfl players, that jumped to 96%. dr. david langer is the chief of neurosurgery here in new york. these numbers go well beyond the nfl. what we saw happened at michigan state, he was put right back in the game after he was leveled by an opposing player. is there a problem with the culture of football. >> that was michigan, not michigan state. they would be very angry, you mix those two colleges up. first of all, there's no question that when a football player is injured like that, that they need to be out of the game. when you read through and when you watch the game, i think that there was obviously communication problem and he was in for one play. i don't think there was any resultant hit, but in general because of the information that you've just described, there's been really a quantum shift in the way that football players

are being managed after a head injury. in the old days, i got a singer. >> a little salt under the nose. >> there's been a recognition that that's just not appropriate. >> c.t.e.'s found in the brain of a player who committed suicide and a player who killed his girlfriend and himself in 2012. how concerned should web that what's happening on the field is affecting life beyond the field of play. >> there's always these -- a lot of of it is circumstance until you're looking for causality. there are a few players, maybe there are other things in their lives, genetic or environmental factors leading to this. as the data continues to increase, as you see more and more players, not just football, there used to be in boxers, we all know -- >> punch drunk --

>> this has been described for years, before professional football players, the most famous players in this country were boxers and watched much more closely in the early part of the century. we've known about these effects. we didn't connect them so well, but there's no question that football likely contributes to these head injuries that result in -- >> let me ask the question for a parent's standpoint. 78% of those strapping on the pads will show signs of brain injury. should i be concerned if my kid wants to play football? >> i don't think there's any question. as a parent, things you have to consider, i think, every player who plays whatever sport, hockey, boxing, soccer, even, if you're going to take that risk of you really want to play and it's that important to your life and lifestyle, you take risks in whatever you do. there are bounds. have to be careful. you have to make sure if there's head injury that there's rest --

that's correct. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> my pleasure. >> coming up, we'll go live to bisi onile-ere in detroit for an update on that university of michigan quarterback who suffered that concussion last weekend. there's been fallout about the coach's decision to put him right back in the game. >> the s.e.c. repealed a blackout rule for nfl games on television. the league was barred from broadcasting local games not sold out. the average football fan won't notice the game, because most games are sellouts. the league is still allowed to set its own blackout policy with cable companies. the nfl is penalized for flagging a player for unsportsmanlike conduct. nfl officials say players who pray after scoring a touchdown of not violating a rule.

>> olympic swimming star michael pell thats has been charged with driving drunk. he was pulled over in maryland for speeding, his blood alcohol level twice the state's legal limit. it is his second d.u.i. charge in 10 years. he is the most decorated olympian in history. he tweeted an apology and said he was taking responsibility for his actions. >> there are more than a few fans still celebrating in kansas city this morning. the royals ended a playoff drought last night with a 12 inning comeback victory against the a's. perez with the game-winning single. they now play the los angeles angels for the division series. >> let's get a check of your forecast with nicole mitchell. >> it's fall, the temperature tends to do that roller coaster thing from time to time. we're see that go this week. this morning, temperature 49 in chicago. we've got a core ahead of a front of 50's and 60's behind that. by the weekend, when this front really pushes through, much

colder air, a 10-20-degree drop depending where you are. that makes somewhere like today, minneapolis at 64 could be in the 40's. chicago going from the 70's the next couple days to the 50's saturday and sunday. >> after evading animal control officers in new jersey for six hours, a 300 pawned bear scampered up a tree. a tranq brought him down. >> did he fall? >> two, three, four, five. >> got strong bicep that is bear. >> but he's out. he has been relocated to a safer area. >> two very different dogs will get a chance to earn best in show, added to the kennel club show. one is the wire haired visla, a

hunter. the other is the happy go lucky pooch from madagascar. >> we've got a member of the house committee that grilled the secret service director. >> we'll be right back.

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join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> ebola in america, a dallas man becomes the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. officials are trying to contain the virus and calm fears. >> another presidential security breach. new details emerging about an armed convict on the same elevator as the president, as the head of the secret service is grilled on capitol hill. >> university of michigan students and fans are calling for heads to roll after football officials put a player in a game with a concussion.

>> one mall in two cities with two different pay scales for employees. why what zip code you work in decides how much money you take home. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. growing concern this morning as the deadliest ebola outbreak in history has made its way to the u.s. a man in dallas has the virus and is now in isolation. >> it's the first case ever diagnosed in the u.s. and outside of africa. health officials are scrambling to find anyone who may have come in contact with this man. >> the c.d.c. saying the patient flew from liberia to dallas on september 20. the world health organization saying flight suspensions aren't needed to keep the virus from spreading. we have a team of reporters tracking the story. robert ray is at the c.d.c. in atlanta, but we start live in dallas. do we have new information on this infected patient?

we're hearing that this man is showing the classic symptoms. he has diarrhea, high fever. as of last night, he was still communicating, asking for food. he is now in isolation in this dallas hospital behind me. the hospital is under a lot of questions as far as how it admitted this man. friday, he walked up this ramp seeking emergency treatment, but walked away that day with nothing but antibiotics. now, this is the hospital's explanation. >> the patient's initial visit was two days before when they presented with very non-descript, nonspecific symptoms. it was not clear he had come from an area with ebola. the information became more clear when he returned. >> the hospital administration

says it is investigating whether procedures were followed correctly on that initial visit by this patient, whether the correct questions were asked and whether the correct actions were taken. >> we also understand that the three paramedics who brought the man to the hospital were now held in isolation. what exactly is the situation with them? >> that's right. when this man ended up walking 911 to come back to this hospital on sunday, it was those three paramedics that took him here by plans. those three individuals are currently under quarantine, being observed in case he develops symptoms. there's no word whether that has been the case. the ambulance used to transport this patient is quarantined, as well. there's a major point of concern. three days went by before the ebola diagnosis was confirmed by the c.d.c. during those three days, the paramedics and ambulance was back to business as usual. the paramedics have their day

off and they were interacting with the community and the ambulance was key don tam nateed. it has returned to service and carried more patients. >> live in dallas, thank you very much. >> let's go to robert ray outside c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta. good morning. are the feds concerned at all about ebola spreading outside of dallas? >> good morning. clearly, there's concern, but if there's big concern, they're trying to squash that in the public. definitely, the c.d.c. director down playing it all, saying that they can control this, all this in the meantime while one of the first aid workers, nancy writebol who was treated at emery university hospital just down the block from me here came out and spoke yesterday about her recovery in atlanta. >> we will control this importation or this case of ebola so that it does not spread

widely in this country. >> the doctor, director of the centers for disease control, deflecting fears of a widespread ebola outbreak in the united states. a quick response after that dallas man became the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus here on american soil. >> it is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual, a family member, or other individual could develop ebola in the coming weeks, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >> federal health officials insisting this is an isolated case and that the american public is not at risk. >> ebola doesn't spread before someone gets sick, and he didn't get sick until four days after he got off the airplane, so we do not believe there is any risk to anyone who is on the flight at that time. >> dr. freeden briefed president obama on the situation, telling him that c.d.c. had been prepared for an ebola case in

the u.s. and that the proper infrastructure was already in place. that infrastructure was first put to the test in july when americans kent brantley and noons writebol were flown to atlanta after contracting the disease while working in lie bear i can't. now, after weeks of intensive treatment with experimental drugs, writebol is speaking out about her traumatic experience. >> when they put me on the plane to evacuate me, david and i said goodbye, and i wasn't sure that i would live. >> now clearly, things worked out for nancy writebol and her colleague, dr. kent brantley. we'll see about this new patient in dallas. as reported, he is in serious condition there. the c.d.c. left here, atlanta

yesterday, landed in dallas with a team of investigators on the ground to try and figure out exactly who this new patient was in contact with over the past few days, to try and build a time line to make sure that if he was with more people than just his family and some of those ambulance workers that those people get in isolation, as well to stop the spread of ebola. >> robert ray for us live in atlanta. robert, thank you. an infectious disease specialist joins us this morning. doctor, we've had you on this show over the last few weeks. i want to go back. i think a lot of americans are concerned. this seems a little too close to comfort. >> yeah, i think that's absolutely right and they're right to be concerned. this is something we've known could happen. there are not measures in place to protect the people who have the virus traveling, although there are measures in place to prevent those contagious.

this is why we should be responding in west africa. up until two months ago, there was one doctors without borders group responding. >> the world health organization was on this show a little more than a month ago and said we were blowing this out of proportion, it was not that bad, then borders were closed, now thousands of people infected in west africa. flight suspensions aren't necessary to keep the view us is spreading, it was said. do you still agree with that position? >> i think the w. when o. have really underestimated the severity of this epidemic and have been slow to respond and slow to encourage others to respond, but i do agree that flight restrictions are not the right way to go. flight restrictions look like they work well. the immediate logic of saying someone flew here with this disease, they probably transmitted it to other americans and therefore we should restrict flights seems

sensible, but that takes resources away and attention away from fighting the virus. stopping people traveling is going to be impossible, you're never going to keep everyone out. >> this person showed up at an emergency room on friday in dallas and they sent him home with antibiotics. they didn't even ask him fed traveled to west africa. that seems like a problem. >> there is a verge number of liberians living in dallas and texas. we don't know enough to say that they definitely dropped the ball, that maybe mitigating circumstances, they may have asked, but it does seem they dropped the ball on this and he spent four days when he was contagious in amongst the general public. it's not that con take this and you say a virus. i would not be in a mad panic if i was in dallas. i would not stop using that hospital, but they should have isolated him immediately for sure. >> thanks for being with us this

morning. >> secret service director julia pearson is pledging it will not happen again. she has taken responsibility for last month's security breach at the white house when a man jumped the fence and made it to the east room. president obama rode in an elevator with an armed felon during his recent trip to atlanta, she now admits. what else can you tell us about the man that was caught carrying a gun as he was in the elevator with the president? >> another black eye for the secret service. it was reported by the washington post. the president was visiting the c.d.c. to talk about ebola and other issues. he was in the elevator with the president, a private security contractor, had been previously convicted of assault and battery, carrying a gun as part of his security job with the c.d.c. clearly he should not have been in that elevator with the president, based on secret service protocols and there is now an investigation underway about why he wasn't vetted and

why he was in that elevator with the president. >> the secret service director, julia pearson felt the heat during tuesdays hearing. what's her status this morning? >> she's officially still on the job and officially at least publicly has the continued support of the white house. it was clear yesterday that she has little if any support from members of congress. here's a listen. >> after the fence jumping incident, the secret service is quick to put out a statement that honored the officers and agents for they are "tremendous restraint." that is not what we're looking for. >> the representative wants deadly force if people come over the fence. not everyone on the panel agreed that you should shoot first and ask questions later, but there was a universal, universal sense of outrage that this had

happened and that the secret service had even misled the public about how far this gentleman had gotten into the white house originally. many calling for an independent investigation, the congress don't just want the secret service looking into this incident and what went wrong. >> coming up, we will have a congressman here, steven lynch will join us to discuss the security breaches. during the hearing yesterday, he called them disgraceful. >> there was a meeting between president obama and israel's prime minister. it is set to take place at the white house today, benjamin netanyahu here to discuss iran's nuclear program, mideast peace and the u.s. led fight against isil. that meeting comes after netanyahu's fiery speech at the u.n. calling isil and hamas branches from the same tree. >> demonstrators live on the streets of hong kong are making new demands as they push for democracy. their protests coincides with a

national day, drawing even more people out on the streets. we are joined live from hong kong. what's happening now behind you? >> >> we were -- protest leaders -- today -- although -- really happened -- >> ok, as you can see, we are having difficulty with the signal coming out of hong kong. the live images, they say enough. the pictures in this case saying tens of thousands of things about the number of people on the streets. >> we're hearing it reported that there are actually more people in today's protest than we've seen in the last week. that is because it is a national holiday in mainland china. ironically enough, it is national day, kind of like their july 4. what we heard earlier from our reporter on the ground is that there is a cell bra atory atmosphere and there is not a huge presence of security

forces -- >> also he said when they fire tear gas on the crowds, that caused more people to come, so it was a security measure that backfired. we are live in hong kong now. can you hear us? >> yes, can you hear me? >> yes, what's going on now? >> it's almost a festive sentiment here, although the tensions are starting to rise, because the protestors have set new deadlines now. they are saying that if the chief executive does not step down by thursday, they are going to start to occupy government buildings. security will be stepped up even further, no doubt, right across hong kong. i do estimate one point, since last sunday when we saw those tear gas pictures out of hong kong, then we saw the riot police on the street, we haven't seen any police at all since

then. now with the new deadlines, we're sure to see more security on the streets and around government buildings, as well. >> these protests have been going on for days now, but still no movement from officials in china. have protestors told you their next move if the demonstrations themselves aren't successful? >> yes, they have said that they're going to occupy government building buildings ie chief executive will not step down. he has said he will not step down. he said if he does, there's a very strong possibility that beijing might actually take away hong kong's chance of voting at all in the 2017 election. he said that any vote is better than no vote, but those protestors are saying you need to step down, you need to go, because you're unpopular. i need to point out that he is an unpopular leader in hong

kong. since he's come into office, housing prices have increased in hong kong, there's been a lot of problems socially and this is mainly because a lot of mainland chinese have come into hong kong, changing the culture, changing the economy. a lot of the locals don't like it. they want him to go. >> live for us in hong kong this morning, thank you very much. >> intense airstrikes taking aim at isil in iraq and syria. some have fallen in a turkish town near the border. this video are fighting is put out near the town. turkey has deployed tanks to the area. we have more from just across the border. >> it's been a day of sustained mortar fire and gunfire coming

kobane just behind me. activists also are telling us that they believe he there have been a couple of u.s. airstrikes that have attempted stop the advance of isil. they don't seem to have succeeded so far. here in turkey, the parliament will vote thursday on a motion that will allow the turkish military to be involved in international campaigns against syria and iraq and allow the foreign military to use turkish bases. there's been pressure from the u.s. to allow it to use a base in turkey or the u.s. air force to launch attacks on sites in syria and iraq. it looks like now there may be a possibility that turkey will open its bases to the u.s. and other coalition forces fighting isil. >> let's bring in john now. the u.k. now taking action against isil. >> we learned that yesterday. britain's royal other force is joining in the airstrikes but

only over iraq, not syria. that's important. two tornadoes attacked a suspected isil armed pickup truck in iraq tuesday. both fighter jets returning safely to their base. the british ministry of defense said they carried out two airstrikes to help kurdish troops in iraq coming under attack. last friday, the british parliament gave the green light to airstrikes by royal air force jets against isil in iraq only. lawmakers did not approve airstrikes in syria. neither have other major european allies, like france and denmark. several have cited the lack of u.n. security resolutions authorizing strikes on syria. the president of the united states said he has all the power he needs to attack isil in syria, but david cameron must get the permission of parliament. they wouldn't give it, because syria didn't ask for help,

unlike iraq. >> thank you very much. >> a u.s.-afghan security pact is not enough to stop the violence. seven people were killed, 21 others wounded today in a pair of suicide bombings. the bombings struck two buses carrying military initials in kabul. the twin attacks come one day after afghanistan and the u.s. signed that deal, allowing american forces to stay in the country. the taliban has taken responsibility for the attacks. >> back here in the u.s., stormy weather is going to make its way across the country today. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> the potent system within the history of everything from the severe storms to snowy weather, especially in higher elevations. you can see the system wrapping up into the atmosphere in the northern plains and then the front coming through the midwest now. a little easier to see that on the close range. look at heavy rain through iowa, missouri, embedded thunderstorms in all of that, as well. as this continues to move allege for the next couple days, not

moving too quickly, but especially right in between, where the fronts are coming together is the merge point for the heaviest rain. that will be the focal point for stronger storms possible today and even more widespread tomorrow. winter weather behind this, including cold air. i'll have more on that later. back to you guys. >> we heard winter weather. >> trying to ignore it. >> british forces joining in the fight against isil carrying out its first round of airstrikes, retired royal air force lt. michael kay has inside analysis on this operation. >> the rising death toll from an eruption on a volcano in japan, workers escape the ash raining down on them. >> a massive fire as a tire plant in south korea. that and other videos captured

by our citizen journalists.

>> time now for videos captured

by citizen journalists around the world. fire crews in south korea face ago blaze at a tire plant. a passer by captured the flames and black clouds of smoke filling the night sky. nearby residents were forced to evacuate. >> residents in barcelona, spain bringing in the start of fall with the annual festival marking the end of the summer and beginning of autumn. it features fireworks and fire runs on display. >> u.s. airstrikes overnight taking aim at isil fighters near kobane, the syria bored town under siege for days. explosions could be heard nearby. isil fighters have moved been two miles of the town. in iraq, peshmerga forces have recaptured villages with the

help of coalition airstrikes, now including british airstrikes. those are the first that country has conducted on isil in iraq. >> a retired air force colonel, former advisor to the u.k. ministry of defense joins us. do we know why it took the british so long to get involved? >> the parliament have to vote on this. i think syria is an incredibly complex situation. john already alluded to the fact that parliament voted on airstrikes in iraq only. that's an important distinction. in terms of obama's strategy, in terms of the degrade and destroy, the iraq is all about degrading or containment. you are not going to destroy them unless you go to the heart. that's incredibly complex. the west has been trying to uproot the president of syria for the last three years, and so there has to be some sort of tangible agreement. if this is to be legal in the

eyes of the international community, it has to be upon have it by the sovereign leader of the head of state of syria and at the moment, that isn't happening. >> that is why the brits have decided not to strike within syria. is there action in iraq? i understand only a few tornado jets were involved in airstrikes. is that purely kim boletic or does the u.s. need britain? >> britain has capabilities that america doesn't have. the main mission is to neutralize the isil targets while minimizing collateral. they do that using dynamic targeting. that's a combination of precision guided munitions, laser guided bombs or jewel mode before him stone and time sensitive intelligence. the jets get airborne, sit in a close support air stack and as soon as they hear a convoy, they'll strike it. before him stone is something

that the americans don't have, a missile that can be launched, lots of them and hit a crossing target, a truck at 100 kilometers an hour. that is a significant capability. >> does that prevent concerns for civilian casualties? that is going to be something that all sides are concerned about. >> this is a big worry. there are various levels of effect of airstrikes. we look at them from the military perspective, bomb damage assessment, a photograph before and after and see if the infrastructure or target's been taken out, what about the collateral, the long term effect. how do you measure whether women, children, farms have been hit. how do you measure how many isis fighters that will recruit in the long term. that is the bit we haven't been able to measure, the long term effect. it's excite impossible to gauge. that's something we need to be careful of. there's no point in taking out a convoy this f. they're going to

be replaced by twice as many through recruitment. >> great point. thanks so much. >> elsewhere, the death toll continues to climb on japan's mountain, dozens of bodies found bringing the number of dead to 48. the search for more people have been suspended. the conditions are too dangerous. >> a hiker captured the eruption with his smart phone. saturday, he tried to outrun the volcanic ash range down. the closest mountain lodge was not too far away, fortunately for him. >> i don't know why all those clouds up in the sky, stormy weather, nick mitch joins us now. >> it's fall. it wasn't going to stay balmy forever. you can see the contrast in the midwest. >> 50's, 40's, behind that in denver this morning. another weaker one that moved through the great lakes region,

chicago at 50. where the front hadn't moved through, 60's, almost all the way up to far go this morning. you will see contrast even just within a couple states, memphis at 90. as this front comes through over the weekend, the significantly cooler air comes in. chicago going from the 70's into the 50's just in time for the weekend. >> thank you. >> the secret service under fire from members of congress following security lapses at the white house. congressman steven lynch will discuss the failures and growing lack of confidence in the agency on capitol hill. >> fire brandon! >> students at the university of michigan rally tuesday to get athletic officials fired. they are crying foul over a decision to put a football player in the game. bisi onile-ere is live in detroit with calls for officials to be sacked. >> a tale of two cities, one california mall in two

communities when it comes to minimum wages.

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in our next half hour, netflix is facing a backlash over a plan to bring a cramping tiger hidden dragon sequel as it attempts to shake up the film industry. we'll examine the drama behind the outrage. >> 50 years since japan introduced the bullet train. how tokyo is shaping its future by looking to the past. >> growing concern this morning in dallas after doctors at that hospital confirmed a man has ebola, the first case diagnosed on u.s. soil and first outside of africa. health officials are scrambling to find anyone who may have come in contact with the patient. he is in isolation in a dallas hospital. >> it is the most intense day of airstrikes in isil, including the first air tax by the united kingdom. kobane has been under siege for several days. >> the secret service revealing

president obama rode in an elevator with an armed felon in atlanta, a security contractor. the director of the secret service appeared before congress to face questioning. we have more on the hearing. >> an intruder walked in the front door of the white house and that is unacceptable. >> the outrage came from all sides and facing a house panel, the secret service director didn't deny there was good cause for anger. >> it's obvious that mistakes were made. self evident that mistakes were made. >> it follows sandals and lames by an agency once thought beyond reapproach. >> this is unacceptable. i take full responsibility and i will make sure that it does not happen again. >> her testimony came the day after new revelations about the

september 19 intrusion by omar gonzalez. we learned that he made it much further than we thought. entering through the unlocked front door, overpowering an officer and passing a staircase leading to the first family's living quarters, then passing through the east room before stopped just outside the green room. despite all that, she tried to reassure the public. >> is the president safe today? >> the president's safe today. >> that wasn't good enough at the hearing, who shared her outrage but held her personally responsible. >> i believe you ever done a disservice to the president of the united states. >> i wish to god you protected the white house like you're protecting your resultation here today. >> outside the white house tuesday, a temporary second fence, a makeshift measure while further security steps are considered, while inside, the president's spokesman said president obama stands behind pearson. >> she is somebody who took responsibility for the incident

that occurred 10 days ago. she also took responsibility for ensuring that the necessary reforms were implemented to ensure it never happens again. >> mike viqueira, aljazeera, washington. >> congressman steven lynch joins us now from boston. thanks for being with us here on aljazeera america. after you're hearing. your heard that the president rode in an elevator with an armed convict. >> it keeps getting worse. julia pearson was brought in to move the agency to a new place after the scandals in columbia involving prostitutes and other lapses, but it just teams sob getting worse, so very concerned to have an armed felon get on the elevator with the president is just unacceptable. it just points to the need for a

top to bottom reconfigure reaction of this agency. tweaking it here or there or adjusting policies and protocols won't do it. we need to shake things up at the secret service and get them back to where we expect them to be. >> is it your sense, sir, that president obama, this president, is receiving less protection than other former leaders of this country? >> i'm not sure comparatively, but it sure seems like the risks are greater, with the technology that's out there now with some of these armed groups, you know, with terrorism being a real threat today, and we had one mentally ill individual that was in the custody of the secret service on two occasions, they got him the first time, he had

11 guns, he had a map of the white house, the second time, he was outside the white house with a hatchet in his belt, and yet even though we had those opportunities to get a restraining order or to keep him away from the white house, that wasn't done. the third time he showed up at the white house, he ended up at the green room through an open door. it sure seems that there's a measure of laxity on the part of the secret service protecting the at the. it's not just one case. this is a repeated instance of security lapses that are quite embarrassing and dangerous for the president and the first lady and his family. i remember i was in third grade when president kennedy was assassinated, and what that did to this country, i just don't

think they're taking their job seriously enough. >> miss pearson cited budget cuts causing the cutting of several agents. does congress bear responsibility for not properly funding this agency? >> please, please. how about locking the door? how about locking the door? you know, this is -- to stop -- to stop a mentally ill person from coming through the front door of the white house we need more money? you know, that's ridiculous. that's just a ridiculous claim. we need more money so that an armed felon doesn't get on the elevator with the president? we need more money so that, you know, we don't allow a mentally ill individual with sniper rifles and scopes and laser technology to walk free after

he -- you know, he's got a map of the white house, and, you know, it's just ridiculous. it's ridiculous to say that this is a lack of funding. a lack of leadership is what it is. >> should she step down at this point? >> excuse me? >> should ms. pearson step down? she is competent for this job? >> i have serious doubts. i have serious doubts that she is the person to lead this agency to where it needs to go. we've got some great people over at the secret service. i think that some of them have the sense of mission and sense of purpose that we need. we need to make sure that those people percolate up into the leadership and we, you know, the president's going to have to have a long discussion with his, you know, national security team, including jay johnson, who oversees it as the director of homeland security, he oversees the secret service.

they're going to have to have a conversation about this, but i seriously doubt that she is the person, she is the agent of change that we need in this case. >> congressman steven lynch, joining us from boston this morning, sir, thank you so much for your time. >> president obama has a plan to deal with the flood of people coming to the u.s., many children coming alone. >> the president wants to give a few of those kids refugee status. >> you may recall that the obama administration took this summer getting the word out in central america about the danger and futility of parents sending their kids to the border alone. this plan would help a few kids who journeyed anyway. >> of the hundreds of thousands of people who immigrate to the u.s. each year, a few get refugee status. the government is expected to make 70,000 such designations available in 2015. president obama announced a plan setting aside 4,000 of those

designations to refugees from latin america and caribbean in response to the massive in flux of unaccompanied minors flowing into the u.s. looking for better lives this past year. the president spoke about the problem in june. >> the journey is unbelievably dangerous for these kids. the children who are fortunate enough to survive it will be taken care of while they go through the legal process, but in motor cases, that process will lead to them being sent back home. >> according to the department of homeland security, more than 66,000 unaccompanied children mainly from honduras, guatemala and el salvador journeyed to the u.s. in the first months of last year, twice the previous rate. the president said he knew why central americans had gotten the wrong idea that sending their kids to america was a good idea. >> is problem is that our system is so broken, so unclear, that folks don't know the rules. >> this is the latest effort by

the white house to fix as much of america's immigration problems alone without the help of what the president says has been an uncooperative congress. >> today, i'm beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as i can on my own, without congress. >> the president's step this summer to get the word out that the journey north wasn't worth making seems to have had an effect. unaccompanied children trying to get into the united states dropped to around thee thousand in august, down from 10,000 in june. >> students at the university of michigan say they want the athletic director there fired, several rallying calling for his ouster. it follows saturday's decision by the coach to play his quarterback after a crushing hit and concussion. bisi onile-ere is live in detroit this morning. this is about more than just one incident. what are the students fired up

about? >> students are upset over an increase in ticket prices and so far this season, the football team has lost more games than its won. athletic director dave brandon has apologized for what took place last saturday. he also says that he wants to implement change, but for some, that's not enough. >> fire brandon! >> angry students gather at university of michigan, calling for athletic director dave brandon to be fired. >> somebody has to be held accountable. the writings on the wall with this guy. >> they are upset with the way the team handled a football player's head injury. >> head injuries and trauma are serious, we see it in the nfl, hockey, even soccer these days. the fact that a leading world educational collegiate institution sentence taking this seriously is stupefying.

shane morris takes a violent hit, can barely stand but gets back in the game. >> i don't make decisions who plays and who doesn't play as far as when there's injuries. >> at the time, school officials said morris suffered an ankle injury but was later diagnosed with a concussion. dave brandon apologizes for the mistake with this statement: >> for many of the kids on campus, those words are too little, too late. >> i think that there have been a lot of decisions made beyond the safety of morris that have kind of reached the students at this point. >> the calls for brandon to go getting louder. one student going as far as starting this petition, taking his message to the college president. so far, more than 9,000 people have signed off on it and now a

congressman in new jersey wants the big 10 to investigate. amid the controversy, the man at the center of it all, tweeting out, i just want to play football. >> university of michigan president released a statement on the matter last night saying: despite the outcry for brandon's firing, a statement was released saying now there are no plans on behalf of the president as well as the board of reeg regent to discuss brandon's future. >> thank you very much. >> netflix's venture into

feature films facing an uphill battle. >> our financial expert will join us with the big money tied to this big screen battle. >> words of wisdom from a word leader celebrating a major milestone said it's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure, but to be determined not to fail. >> who those commanding words are from, next. only on al jazeera america

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> who said it's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure, but to be determined not to fail. >> our big quote is from president jimmy carter, celebrating his 90th birthday today. >> celebrating a milestone in the land of the rising sun. >> cities are debating raising

the minimum wage. those who work at one malin california need help from two municipalities. >> what side of the bored every you're on could determine your pay. >> this is a mall, part in san jose, another in santa clara. >> a lot of people don't know about the difference and find out last minute, actually. >> shoppers certainly won't notice the difference. for workers, different cities mean different rules. >> i'm standing on the border, one foot in each city. if you work in san jose, your minimum wage is $10.15 an hour. if you're toiling away in santa clara, it is $9 an hour. >> the split happened in 2012 with san jose raised its minimum wage. soon the lower side of the mall

saw deserters, facing staff shortages, until they stepped it up. >> we're in santa clara, which pays $9 an hour. we want to be competitive in the mall, so we pay a little bit more for our employees. >> some store like this pretzel chain had employees demanding equity. >> eventually, enough of us started making a stink about it and we got our raises. >> that's meant the store has had more pressure to turn the same profit for its owners. >> we want to have that raise up, your profit is going down. that means your labor expense is going up, so you're at the bottom line change right away. you have to sell more. you see the profit drop because of the changes. >> the gap had another conundrum, the store straddles both cities.

it opted for the path of least resistance. >> we start our employees off at the higher wage, which has been great for us. it allows us to continue to retain our great talent, while still continuing to attract other great talent into our location. >> does raising wages force prices up and reduce consumer demand? at valley fair mall, its depends. some raised prices, some didn't. after all, economistists and politicians have battled over this one for years. aljazeera from san jose and santa clara, california. >> the federal minimum wage went up to $10.10 an hour, more than 40 million workers would get a rage, but some would lose their job. >> three major theater chains are all refusing to show a sequel to crouching tiger hidden

dragon. netflix revealed it would release the film on line at the same time that it premiers in theaters next august. hillary kramer is the president and chief investment officer of a.n.g. capital. should hollywood worry about netflix closing in on its turf. >> hollywood is really frightened right now, because everything that they have known about the paradigm of how to make a movie and eventually have it go down the pipe and seen by viewers has changed because of netflix. the movie theaters, that business sadly is a dying business. imax did agree, with their 868 movie theaters did agree to show crouching tiger when it comes out in august around the world in their theaters. >> haven't we heard movie theaters are a dying industry. i'm a movie nerd. i love to sit in the theater and have that popcorn and pay that

$20 for the soda. aren't there going to be an audience that wants to see it on the big screen? >> you would think so, but the millennials and new generation. >> of which i am one -- >> don't you like watching movies right on your computer, crouching over the screen, don't you like watching it on a small screen, that's the trend. that's what the generations are doing now. as a matter of fact, social media and everything that we know has changed, so that culture of watching in a movie theater is completely different now. that's why it is dying, the movie theaters. however, there's exciting things that are taking place, and that's what netflix is doing, which is saying i can produce original content, whether it be series, like house of cards, which was incredibly successful

and differentiated netflix and other streaming businesses and can now introduce movies saying you can go to a theater or at least the one theater that will still show it, you can watch it on line and also have a d.v.d. >> ebay and pay pal, why the split? >> very interesting. you have ebay, an auction marketplace company, unto itself is profitable, revenues were $2.2 billion last year, growth of 12%. then there's this pay pal division, pay pal, which facilitates the payments, on line payments and we're all familiar with pay pal, a lot of small businesses use pay poll. you have pay pal trapped at a certain valuation. you split these two companies

up, the ebay piece gets to focus on improving and bringing in more users, but pay pal gets to get out there and compete against what's becoming a very crowded territory, including now i pay. this all came about when i pay with the new apple phone was introduced and pay pal wants to be able to get a piece of that. you are going to see pay pal and ebay will both get acquired. i highly recommend that investors, you can buy ebay now, get the two companies, you can own them or wait and buy pay ball or ebay or both. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> 50 years ago, japan introduced the world to the bullet train. since then, japanese trains have gottennen faster and sleeker. not everyone is onboard. >> when the first bullet train entered service, it signaled the

departure of the old and arrival of the new. it was launched less than 20 years after japan's loss in world war ii, showing signs of becoming an economic power. this is the first train that rolled out of the tokyo station in 1964, more than just the start of a new rail service. it was an event that would have far-reaching socioeconomic effects. today's bullet trains have evolved into sleeker machines and travel times further reduced. >> it connects the three metropolitan areas. many travel for business and pleasure. i think we are playing an integral role for the japanese economy and tourist industry. >> some long for the slower days, the sea side city has always been popular with domestic tourists, who come to see traditional gabe is that performances, among other things.

that didn't change with the introduction of high speed royal, but the type of tourism did. >> there are good and bad things. from tokyo to here takes 30 to 40 minutes. visitors used to stay overnight, now they're going home instead. >> things may be about to get a whole lot quicker, thanks to a magnetic levitation train that's reached a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour. construction on the first line of the so-called magliv may begin before the end of the year. opponents say even though it is a private company, it's inevitable government money will be needed ford project and japan can't afford it. >> japan's major development projects have almost always cost at least two to four times more than the original budget. if there isn't enough money, how will they afford it? it's possible tax money may be used.

>> given the poor state of the economy and its aging population, there is increasing pessimism about the future in japan. the pioneering rail spirit continues, but unlikely to have the same effect it had 50 years ago when a train nicknamed the enter express of dreams was launched. >> aljazeera, tokyo. >> the first leg of will connect tokyo by 2027, the second leg by 2045. >> so badly needed here. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> have a great morning. we'll see you right back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. first a look at our images of the day. sixty years ago, leo fender introduced a guitar that would change rock and roll forever. >> quickly becoming the guitar of chase for legends.

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